MSI B860 GAMING PLUS WIFI LGA1851 DDR5 ATX Motherboard
The MSI B860 GAMING PLUS WIFI is an ATX motherboard on the Intel B860 chipset for the LGA1851 socket, made for Intel Core Ultra Processors (Series 2) in full-size gaming builds. Its larger layout adds rear USB and fan capacity over its Micro-ATX sibling while keeping the same PCIe 5.0 graphics slot, triple M.2 storage, Thunderbolt 4 port, Wi-Fi 7 and 5G LAN.
Key Specifications
- Socket LGA1851 with Intel B860 chipset in an ATX form factor
- 4 DDR5 UDIMM slots supporting up to 256GB, with DDR5 speeds up to 8800 MHz by overclocking and Intel XMP 3.0 support
- 1 PCIe 5.0 x16 slot, 1 PCIe 4.0 x16 slot running at x4, and 2 PCIe 4.0 x1 slots
- 3 M.2 slots: one PCIe 5.0 x4, one PCIe 4.0 x4 and one PCIe 4.0 x2, plus 4 SATA 6Gbps ports, with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage
- Intel Killer E5000 5Gbps LAN, Intel Killer BE1750x Wi-Fi 7 with Bluetooth 5.4, and Realtek ALC897 codec with 7.1-channel high definition audio
- HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 1.4 outputs supporting 4K at 60Hz, plus a Thunderbolt 4 Type-C port supporting DisplayPort 2.1 up to 4K at 120Hz and 8K at 60Hz, available only on processors featuring integrated graphics
- Rear USB: 2 USB 10Gbps Type-A ports, 2 USB 5Gbps Type-A ports and 4 USB 2.0 ports; front headers add 1 USB 10Gbps Type-C port, 4 USB 5Gbps Type-A ports and 4 USB 2.0 ports
- 4 EZ Debug LEDs, Clear CMOS Button and supplemental PCIe power connector
Lightning Gen 5 Storage
Lightning Gen 5 is the latest PCIe 5.0 solution with up to 128GB/s of bandwidth for maximum transfer speed, covering both the primary graphics slot and the Gen5 x4 M.2 slot. Triple M.2 connectors include one PCIe 5.0 solution strengthened by M.2 Shield Frozr, and EZ M.2 Shield Frozr II uses a new toolless design that makes installing or removing an M.2 SSD and its shield much easier.
- Install an Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) processor with DDR5 memory up to 8800 MHz by overclocking.
- Use the Gen5 M.2 slot for the operating system and the two Gen4 slots for games and media.
- Take advantage of the ATX layout for extra expansion cards, cooling and rear USB devices.
