ASUS Intros Prime B365-Plus Motherboard

Response from motherboard producers to the Intel B365 Express mid-range socket LGA1151 chipset has been fairly lukewarm, with only a few product launches. The B365 Express is a rebadged H270 Express “Kaby Point” with eighth and ninth technology Core CPU assist changing sixth and seventh gen. ASUS launched one in every of its first ATX form-factor boards primarily based on this chipset, with the Prime B365-Plus. The board attracts energy from a mixture of 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS energy connectors, conditioning it for the CPU with a 4+Three section VRM. The CPU socket is wired to 4 DDR4 DIMM slots, and a PCI-Express 3.zero x16 slot. The board helps ninth technology Core processors out of the field.

Besides the principle x16 slot, the board’s growth slots loadout is designed to profit from the elevated 20-lane PCIe funds of the B365 Express. You get a PCI-Express 3.zero x16 (electrical gen 3.zero x4) slot, and 4 PCI-Express 3.zero x1 slots. There are two M.2 slots on provide. The backside slot has PCI-Expres 3.zero x4 wiring solely, and helps M.2-22110 drives, whereas the highest M.2 slot has PCI-Express 3.zero x2 and SATA 6 Gbps wiring. There are six SATA 6 Gbps ports. Display connectivity consists of one every of D-Sub, DVI, and HDMI. USB connectivity consists of eight USB 3.zero ports, 4 on the rear panel, 4 by headers. The board’s sole 1 GbE community interface is managed by a Realtek 8111H PHY. The onboard audio resolution is pushed by an entry-level Realtek ALC887 CODEC. Expect this board to be priced round $90.