ASUS ROG Strix B860-G Gaming WiFi – Intel LGA1851 DDR5 Motherboard with Thunderbolt 4, PCIe 5.0, 4x M.2, Wi‑Fi 7, SupremeFX Audio, Aura Sync

CPU

• Support: Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors (Series 2)

• Supports: Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0

Chipset

• Intel® B860 Chipset

Memory

• 4 x DIMM slots, max. 256GB, DDR5

• Supports up to 9066+MT/s (OC), Non-ECC Un-buffered, Clocked Unbuffered DIMM (CUDIMM)

• Dual channel memory architecture

• DIMM Fit

• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory module

• ASUS Enhanced Memory Profile III (AEMP III)

Graphics

• 1 x DisplayPort

• 1 x HDMI™ port

• 1 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 supports DisplayPort and Thunderbolt™ video outputs

Expansion Slots

• Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors (Series 2):

  • 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slot

Storage

• Total supports 4 x M.2 slots and 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

• Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors (Series 2):

  • M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 5.0 x4 mode)

• Intel® B860 Chipset:

  • M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)

  • M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)

  • M.2_4 slot (Key M), type 2230/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)

  • 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

Ethernet

• 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet

• ASUS LANGuard

Wireless & Bluetooth

• Wi-Fi 7:

  • 2x2 Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)

  • Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band

  • Supports Wi-Fi 7 160MHz bandwidth, up to 2.9Gbps transfer rate

• Bluetooth® v5.4

USB

• Rear USB (Total 10 ports):

  • 1 x Thunderbolt™ 4 port (1 x USB Type-C®)

  • 1 x USB 20Gbps port (1 x USB Type-C®)

  • 1 x USB 10Gbps port (1 x Type-A)

  • 3 x USB 5Gbps ports (3 x Type-A)

  • 4 x USB 2.0 ports (4 x Type-A)

• Front USB (Total 6 ports):

  • 1 x USB 10Gbps connector (supports USB Type-C®)

  • 1 x USB 5Gbps header supports 2 additional USB 5Gbps ports

  • 2 x USB 2.0 header supports 3 additional USB 2.0 ports

Audio

• Realtek ALC1220P 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC:

  • Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs

  • Internal audio Amplifier to enhance the highest quality sound for headphone and speakers

  • Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking

  • High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 113 dB SNR recording input (Line-in)

  • Supports up to 32-Bit/192 kHz playback

Back Panel I/O Ports

• 1 x Thunderbolt™ 4 USB Type-C® port

• 1 x USB 20Gbps port (1 x USB Type-C® with DP Alt mode)

• 1 x USB 10Gbps port (1 x Type-A)

• 3 x USB 5Gbps ports (3 x Type-A)

• 4 x USB 2.0 ports (4 x Type-A)

• 1 x DisplayPort

• 1 x HDMI™ port

• 1 x Wi-Fi module

• 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet port

• 2 x Audio jacks

• 1 x Optical S/PDIF out port

• 1 x BIOS FlashBack™ button

• 1 x Clear CMOS button

Internal I/O Connectors

• Fan and Cooling Related:

  • 1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header

  • 1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header

  • 1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header

  • 2 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers

• Power Related:

  • 1 x 24-pin Main Power connector

  • 2 x 8-pin +12V CPU Power connector

• Storage Related:

  • 4 x M.2 slots (Key M)

  • 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

• USB:

  • 1 x USB 10Gbps connector (supports USB Type-C®)

  • 1 x USB 5Gbps header supports 2 additional USB 5Gbps ports

  • 2 x USB 2.0 header supports 3 additional USB 2.0 ports

• Miscellaneous:

  • 3 x Addressable Gen2 headers

  • 1 x Front Panel Audio header (F_AUDIO)

  • 1 x 10-1 pin Front System Panel header

  • 1 x Thermal Sensor header

Special Features

• Extreme Engine Digi+:

  • 5K Black metallic capacitors

• ASUS Q-Design:

  • M.2 Q-Latch

  • M.2 Q-Release

  • M.2 Q-Slide

  • PCIe Slot Q-Release Slim (with PCIe SafeSlot)

  • Q-Antenna

  • Q-Dashboard

  • Q-DIMM

  • Q-LED (CPU [red], DRAM [yellow], VGA [white], Boot Device [yellow green])

  • Q-Slot

• ASUS Thermal Solution:

  • M.2 heatsink backplate

  • M.2 heatsink

  • VRM heatsink design

• ASUS EZ DIY:

  • BIOS FlashBack™ button

  • BIOS FlashBack™ LED

  • Clear CMOS button

  • CPU Socket lever protector

  • ProCool

  • Pre-mounted I/O shield

  • SafeSlot

  • SafeDIMM

• Aura Sync:

  • Addressable Gen2 headers

Software Features

• ROG Exclusive Software:

  • ROG CPU-Z

  • Dolby Atmos

• ASUS Exclusive Software:

  • Armoury Crate:

    • Aura Creator

    • Aura Sync

    • Fan Xpert 4

    • GameFirst

    • Power Saving

  • AIDA64 Extreme (60 days free trial)

  • HWiNFO

  • ASUS AI Advisor

  • ASUS DriverHub

  • ASUS GlideX

  • TurboV Core

  • Adobe Creative Cloud (30 Days Free Trial)

  • Norton 360 for Gamers (60 Days Free Trial)

  • WinRAR (40 Days Free Trial)

• UEFI BIOS:

  • AI Overclocking Guide

  • ASUS EZ DIY:

    • ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

    • ASUS EZ Flash

    • ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode

    • ASUS MyHotkey

  • NPU Boost

BIOS

• 256 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

Manageability

• WOL by PME, UEFI PXE

Accessories

• Cables:

  • 2 x SATA 6Gb/s cables

• Miscellaneous:

  • 1 x ASUS WiFi Q-Antenna

  • 1 x Cable ties package

  • 1 x M.2 Q-Latch

  • 1 x M.2 Q-Slide

  • 1 x ROG key chain

  • 1 x ROG Strix stickers

  • 3 x M.2 rubbers

  • 1 x M.2 backplate rubber package

• Documentation:

  • 1 x Quick start guide

Operating System

• Windows 11 (22H2 & later)

Form Factor

• micro-ATX Form Factor

• 9.6 inch x 9.6 inch (24.4 cm x 24.4 cm)