Asus ROG Strix B860-A Gaming WiFi DDR5 WiFi 7 Aura Sync Gaming Motherboard BUNDLE Processor

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

Graphics : 
1 x DisplayPort**
1 x HDMI™ port***
1 x USB4® (20Gbps) ports support USB
Type-C® display outputs****

Expansion Slots : 
Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors (Series 2)
1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slot

Intel® B860 Chipset
1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode)*

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 2280/22110
(supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
M.2_4 slot (Key M), type 2280 (supports
PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)**
4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
* Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports
SATA RAID 0/1/5/10.
** M.2_4 slot shares bandwidth with
PCIEX16(G4). When PCIEX16(G4) slot is operating, M.2_4 will be disabled.

Ethernet : 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet
ASUS LANGuard

Wireless & Bluetooth
Wi-Fi 7*
 2×2 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 USB4® (20Gbps) port (1 x USB Type-C®)
3 x USB 10Gbps ports (2 x Type-A + 1 x USB
Type-C®)
2 x USB 5Gbps ports (2 x Type-A)
4 x USB 2.0 ports (4 x Type-A)

Front USB (Total 5 ports)
1 x USB 10Gbps connector (supports USB
Type-C®)
1 x USB 5Gbps header supports 2 additional
USB 5Gbps ports
1 x USB 2.0 header supports 2 additional
USB 2.0 ports
* USB Type-C® power delivery output: max.
5V/3A

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*
Audio Features 
– SupremeFX Shielding Technology
– Savitech SV3H712 AMP  
– Rear optical S/PDIF out port
– Premium audio capacitors
– Dedicated audio PCB layers
– Audio cover
* Due to limitations in HDA bandwidth, 32-Bit/192 kHz is not supported for 7.1 Surround Sound audio.
** A chassis with an HD audio module in the front panel is required to support 7.1 Surround Sound audio output.

Back Panel I/O Ports : 
1 x USB4® (20Gbps) port (1 x USB Type-C®)
3 x USB 10Gbps ports (2 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®) 
2 x USB 5Gbps ports (2 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
4 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
1 x USB 2.0 header supports 2 additional USB 2.0 ports

Miscellaneous : 
3 x Addressable Gen2 header(s)
1 x Front Panel Audio header (F_AUDIO)
1 x 10-1 pin Front System Panel header
1 x Thermal Sensor header
1 x Thunderbolt™ (USB4®) 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
4 x M.2 rubbers

Documentation
1 x Quick start guide
Operating System
Windows 11  (22H2 & later)
Form Factor
ATX Form Factor 
12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )