ASUS PRIME B250M-K, Intel B250 motherboard socket 1151

The features of the ASUS PRIME B250M-K at a glance:

1 x PCIe (3.0) x16 / 1 x PCIe (3.0) x1
6 x USB 3.0 / 6 x USB 2.0
1 x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4) / 6 x SATA 6G
The ASUS PRIME B250M-K in detail

The ASUS PRIME B250M-K Micro ATX motherboard has two DIMM slots for DDR4 memory in fast dual-channel mode. The PCIe x16 slot is connected to the chipset with full 16 lanes and the board has two PCIe x1 slots for plug-in and expansion cards. The motherboard provides four USB 3.0 ports and two USB 2.0 ports for input devices, headsets, and other gaming peripherals on the I / O panel.

Data storage in the form of HDDs or (M.2) SSDs can be connected via six SATA-6G connectors and one M.2 slot. The M.2 port allows the use of M.2 SSDs and is typically connected to the chipset via four PCIe lanes, usually in the 3.0 standard. In combination with the NVMe protocol, a data transfer rate of just under 4 GB / s is possible. Thus, M.2 PCIe SSDs are up to eight times faster than SATA 6G SSDs!

The motherboard also offers excellent on-board sound (Realtek ALC1150 chipset) and internally also provides an S / PDIF and COM port header. For the video output via integrated graphics processor of the CPU are available with DVI and VGA two connections.

Technical details:
Format: Micro-ATX
Chipset: Intel B250 (Unionpoint)
Socket: 1151 (for Intel CPUs of the 6th and 7th core generation (Skylake / Kaby Lake)
RAM: 2 x DDR4 (Skylake: DDR4-2.133, Kaby Lake: DDR4-2.400)
Dual-Channel
Slots (physical):
1 x PCIe 3.0 x16
2 x PCIe 3.0 x1
Internal connections:
6 x SATA 6G
1 x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4 / SATA, 2242/2260/2280)
2 x USB 3.0 (one header)
4 x USB 2.0 (two header)
2 x fan (4-pin PWM)
1 x Serial Port (COM Header)
1 x S / PDIF header
Power / Reset / LED / Front Audio
External connections:
2 x PS / 2 keyboard / mouse
4 x USB 3.0
2 x USB 2.0
1 x Gigabit LAN (Realtek RTL8111H)
1 x DisplayPort 1.2
1 x DVI-D
3 x Audio (Realtek ALC887)
Power supply:
1 x 24-pin EATX
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V