ASUS TUF B360M-Plus Gaming, Intel B360 Motherboard - Socket 1151

 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 TUF B360M-Plus Gaming at a glance:
1x PCIe (3.0) x16 & 2x PCIe (3.0) x1
2x M.2 (PCIe 3.0×4) / 6x SATA 6G
2x USB 3.1 type A on the I / O panel
Total 3x 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
The ASUS TUF B360M-Plus gaming in detail
The ASUS TUF B360M-Plus Gaming mATX motherboard has a PCIe x16 slot connected to the chipset with a full 16 lanes. For plug-in and expansion cards, the board has two PCIe x1 slots.

The two M.2 slots connected via four PCIe 3.0 lanes support the NVMe protocol and, in combination with a corresponding M.2 SSD, enable a data transfer rate of almost 4 GB / s. This is about eight times faster than a SATA 6G connected SSD! 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.

The ASUS TUF B360M-Plus Gaming provides two USB 3.1 ports on the I / O panel. USB 3.1 ports are twice as fast as conventional USB 3.0 ports with maximum speeds of 10 Gbps! Other peripherals can be connected via a USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 slots. The USB 3.0 port is Type-C and therefore very thin and can be plugged in on both sides.

One DVI and one HDMI port for image reproduction via the integrated graphics unit of the processor are also located on the I / O panel. For the output of the on-board sound (Realtek ALC887), the motherboard has three 3.5-mm jack outputs. The internal connections include a COM port, S / PDIF Out, Power LED and Speaker header, three fan connectors, as well as two USB 2.0 and one USB 3.0 headers.

The black-and-yellow ASUS TUF B360M-Plus Gaming is illuminated by RGB LEDs and thus skilfully staged. It also has a 4-pin RGB LED header to control other RGB LED products via ASUS Aura Sync.

Technical details:
Format: mATX
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 3.0×16
2x PCIe 3.0×1
Internal connections:
6x SATA 6G
1x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4 / SATA, 2242/2260/2280)
1x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4, 2242/2260/2280)
1x COM port header
1x Power LED & Speaker header
1x RGB LED header (4-pin)
1x CPU fan (4-pin)
2x housing fan (4-pin)
1x front panel audio connector
2x USB 3.0 (one header)
4x USB 2.0 (two headers)
1x S / PDIF-out header
External connections:
1x PS / 2 keyboard
1x PS / 2 mouse
2x USB 3.1 (Type A)
1x USB 3.0 (Type C)
2x USB 2.0
1x RJ45 LAN (Intel I219-V)
1x HDMI
1x DVI-D
3x audio (Realtek ALC887)
Power supply:
1x 24 pin EATX
1x 8-pin ATX 12V