ASUS ROG STRIX B860-F GAMING WIFI LGA1851 DDR5 ATX Motherboard
The ASUS ROG STRIX B860-F GAMING WIFI is a performance-focused ATX DDR5 board for Intel Core Ultra Series 2 on the Intel B860 chipset, with a 16-phase power design, Thunderbolt 4, WiFi 7 and four M.2 slots.
Key Specifications
- LGA1851 socket for Intel Core Ultra Processors (Series 2)
- Intel B860 chipset with 4 DDR5 DIMM slots, up to 256GB, and DDR5 speeds up to 9066+ MT/s overclocked, with DIMM Fit and AEMP III
- 1 PCIe 5.0 x16 SafeSlot plus 1 PCIe 4.0 x16 slot at x4 mode
- 4 M.2 slots and 4 SATA 6Gb/s ports, with the first M.2 slot supporting PCIe 5.0 x4 mode and the others supporting PCIe 4.0 x4 mode
- WiFi 7 with ASUS WiFi Q-Antenna, Intel 2.5Gb Ethernet and Bluetooth 5.4
- 1 Thunderbolt 4 port and 1 USB 20Gbps Type-C rear I/O port, with M.2 Q-Release on the PCIe 5.0 NVMe slot
- 16+1+2+1 power stages rated at 80A each, with PCIe Slot Q-Release Slim
- NPU Boost, AI Advisor, AI Networking II and Aura Sync RGB lighting
NPU Boost and Thunderbolt 4 Connectivity
NPU Boost lets the integrated NPU of Core Ultra Series 2 processors be overclocked from the BIOS for AI workloads, while Thunderbolt 4 adds a high-bandwidth external port for docks and fast storage alongside the USB 20Gbps Type-C port.
- Install an Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processor in the LGA1851 socket.
- Fit four DDR5 modules for dual-channel memory up to 256GB.
- Use the PCIe 5.0 x16 SafeSlot for a graphics card.
- Place the primary NVMe SSD in the PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot and spread the remaining drives across the three PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots and four SATA ports.
