ASUS ROG Strix B860-A Gaming motherboard revealed

YouTuber leaks ASUS’ ROG Strix B860-A Gaming motherboard

The YouTuber PCEkspertTV has unboxed ASUS’ upcoming ROG Strix B860-A Gaming WIFI motherboard. @momomo_us first spotted this early reveal on Twitter/X.

This new motherboard is an Intel LGA-1851 that uses Intel’s upcoming B860 motherboard chipset. Intel is expected to release this new chipset in 2025. Currently, the only Intel 800-series chipset motherboards available are Z890 models.

B860 is a more mainstream variant of Intel’s higher-end Z890 chipset. Until Z890, this new motherboard chipset will not support CPU overclocking. However, it should support DRAM overclocking.

This ASUS ROG Strix B860-A motherboard model supports WIFI 7 and features four M.2 slots. We can also see that this motherboard supports four DDR5 DRAM modules and supports CUDIMM memory.

Based on the box of this motherboard, this motherboard supports 2.5 Gb ethernet, one USB4 (20 Gbps) port, up to four SATA devices, and supports PCIe 5.0 on its top x16 PCIe slot. The top M.2 slot on this motherboard appears to support PCIe 5.0 connectivity, allowing it to support the fastest M.2 SSDs available.

Intel B860 motherboards should launch alongside Intel’s non-K series Core Ultra 200 series CPUs. These will be Intel’s mainstream Arrow Lake CPU offerings and will feature lower prices than Intel’s overclockable K-series models.

It is unknown if Intel’s LGA-1851 CPU socket will support any post-Arrow Lake Intel CPUs. With this in mind, the lifespan of Intel’s 800-series LGA 1851 motherboards is unknown. Hopefully, Intel will clarify this soon. Currently, AMD plans to support their AM5 CPU socket until at least 2027, making it a better CPU platform for long-term users.

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