ASUS STRIX B360-F Gaming, Intel B360 Motherboard, RoG - Socket 1151 [90MB0WG0-M0EAY0]

 At the same time, the chipset natively supports a M.2 slot connected via PCIe for the particularly fast NVMe SSDs as well as Intel Optane. Socket 1151 motherboards with B360 chipset form a good basis for budget gaming PCs and home office computers.

The features of the ASUS STRIX B360-F gaming at a glance:
2x PCIe (3.0) x16 (x16 / x4) & 4x PCIe (3.0) x1
2x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4 / x2) / 6x SATA 6G
2x USB 3.1 Type A & 1x USB 3.1 Type C
2x USB 3.0 and 6x USB 2.0 (internal & external)
Supports max. 64 GB DDR4 RAM up to 2.666 MHz
RGB LED lighting + RGB LED header
Special mounting holes for 3D printed parts
The ASUS STRIX B360-F gaming in detail
The ASUS STRIX B360-F Gaming ATX motherboard has two PCIe x16 slots, one with full 16 lanes and the other with four lanes attached to the chipset. For plug-in and expansion cards, the board has four PCIe x1 slots. The two PCIe 3.0 x16 slots support AMD's CrossFire technology and allow the use of two graphics cards.

The M.2 slot, which is connected via four PCIe 3.0 lanes, supports the NVMe protocol, enabling a data transfer rate of just under 4 GB / s in combination with a corresponding M.2 SSD. This is about eight times faster than a SATA 6G connected SSD! Another M.2 slot is connected via PCIe-3.0-x2. Additional drives such as SSDs, HDDs and optical drives can be connected via six SATA 3.0 ports. A maximum of 64 GB of RAM with a clock speed of up to 2,666 MHz can be accommodated in four DDR4 DIMM slots.

On the I / O panel, the ASUS STRIX B360-F Gaming provides three USB 3.1 ports, one of which comes as a particularly thin and double-sided plug-in Type C port. USB 3.1 ports are twice as fast as conventional USB 3.0 ports with maximum speeds of 10 Gbps! Other peripheral devices can be connected via four USB 2.0 slots.

There is also a DVI, HDMI and display port connection for image playback via the integrated graphics processor unit on the I / O panel. For the output of the onboard sound (Supreme FX S1220A), the motherboard has five 3.5 mm jack outputs and an optical S / PDIF connector. The internal connections include a COM port, TPM, temperature sensor, power LED and speaker header, seven fan connectors and one USB 2.0 and one USB 3.0 header each.

The black ASUS STRIX B360-F gaming is illuminated by LEDs on the chipset cooler and thus skilfully staged. In addition to a conventional 4-pin RGB LED header are also special fixtures for 3D printed parts on the motherboard. This makes the motherboard completely customizable.

Technical details:

Format: ATX
Chipset: Intel B360
Socket: 1151 (for Intel CPUs of the 8th core generation ("Coffee Lake"))
RAM: 4x DDR4 (max .: 2.666 MHz, max 64 GB)
Dual-Channel
Slots (physical):
1x PCIe 3.0x16
1x PCIe 3.0 x16 (electric x4)
Compatible Multi-VGA Configurations: AMD 2-Way CrossFire (Quad GPU)
4x PCIe 3.0x1
Internal connections:
6x SATA 6G
1x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4, 2242/2260/2280)
1x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x2 / SATA, 2242/2260/2280)
1x COM port header
1x TPM header
1x Power LED & Speaker header
1x RGB LED header (4-pin)
2x CPU fan (4-pin)
1x water pump header (4-pin)
3x enclosure fan (4-pin)
1x fan (5-pin)
1x temperature sensor header
1x front panel audio connector
2x USB 3.0 (one header)
2x USB 2.0 (one header)
External connections:
1x PS / 2 keyboard / mouse
3x USB 3.1 (2x Type-A & 1x Type-C)
2x USB 3.0
4x USB 2.0
1x RJ45 LAN (Intel I219-V)
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort 1.2
1x DVI
1x S / PDIF (optical)
5x audio (Supreme FX S1220A)
Power supply:
1x 24 pin EATX
1x 8-pin ATX 12V