Cheaper LGA 1851 motherboards: twelve B860 motherboards from Asus cost between 167 and 324 euros
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In addition to ten B850/B840 motherboards with AM5 socket for AMD Ryzen, Asus is presenting twelve B860 motherboards with LGA 1851 for Intel Core Ultra 200S “Arrow Lake” at CES 2025. They represent a cheaper base below the Z890 cards already available. Asus promises “unbeatable value for money”.
Table of contents Twelve B860 motherboards from Asus cost between 167 and 324 euros Intel B860 against Z890 Twelve motherboards in three seriesAsus ROG Strix B860 from ATX to Mini-ITX Asus TUF Gaming B860 in ATX and microATX Asus Prime B860 Price and availability
Intel B860 vs. Z890
Boards equipped with the B860 chipset can also simultaneously connect a 16-lane graphics card and a 4-lane NVMe SSD via PCIe 5.0, but unlike the Z890, the use of the CPU’s PCIe lanes is exhausted. Thunderbolt 4 can also only be implemented once on boards with a B860 chipset, but it can be implemented twice on the Z890. There are other restrictions on USB ports and OC (BCLK) capabilities, although RAM-OC is supported.
Functions (maximum) H810 B860 Q870 Z890 W880 High speed I/O channels (CPU + PCH) 33 (17+16) 45 (21+24) 56 (26+30) 60 (26+34) 60 (26 + 34) PCIe lanes (management) 24 ~34 ~44 ~48 ~48 Ports TB4/USB4 (CPU) 1 1 ~2 ~2 ~2 DMI Gen4 lanes 4 4 8 8 8 PCIe 4.0 lanes (PCH) 8 ~14 ~20 ~24 ~24 SATA 3.0 (6G lanes) 4 4 ~8 -8 – 8 USB2 ports 10 12 14 14 14 USB3.2 ports (20G) 0 2 4 5 5 USB3.2 ports (10G) 2 4 8 10 10 USB3.2 ports (5G) 4 6 10 10 10 IA and BCLK OC – – – ✓ – RAM OC No ✓ – ✓ ✓ PCIe 5.0 Lane Config (CPU ) 1×16 1×16 + 1×4 1×16 + 1×4
or 2×8 + 1×4
or 1×8 + 3×4 1×16 + 1×4
or 2×8 + 1×4
or 1×8 + 3×4 1×16 + 1×4
or 2×8 + 1×4
or 1×8 + 3×4 PCIe 4.0 Lane Config (CPU) N/A N/A 1×4 1×4 1×4 System memory/DPC channels 2/1 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 ECC – – – – ✓ Simultaneous displays 3 4 4 4 4 PCIe RAID 0/1/5/10 support – – ✓ ✓ ✓ SATA RAID Support 0/1/5/10 – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Intel vPro + Standard Manageability – – ✓ – ✓
Twelve motherboards in three series
Asus is showcasing twelve B860-class motherboards at CES 2025: four ROG Strix cards, three TUF Gaming cards and five Prime cards. They vary between 167 and 324 euros and are therefore cheaper than the AM5 offers in the B850 class.
Asus ROG Strix B860 from ATX to Mini-ITX
Like the B850, the portfolio spearheads four ROG Strix models, three of which are available in ATX format and one in Mini-ITX format. The main technical data is linked below.
ROG Strix B860-F Gaming WiFi – €324.00ROG Strix B860-A Gaming WiFi – €303.00ROG Strix B860-G Gaming WiFi – €288.00ROG Strix B860-I Gaming WiFi – €274.00
Asus TUF Gaming B860 in ATX and microATX
Anyone who relies on microATX will find what they’re looking for in the TUF gaming series: two Asus boards in the B860 class use this format. This also matches Asus’ offering with the B850 for AMD’s AM5 socket.
TUF Gaming B860-PLUS WiFi – €266.00TUF Gaming B860M-PLUS WiFi – €260.00TUF Gaming B860M-PLUS – €245.00
Asus Prime B860
With five cards instead of three, Asus offers two additional variants with the B860 for the LGA 1851 socket compared to the B850 for the AM5 socket in the entry-level Prime series. With Intel B860, almost all of these cards also offer PCIe 5.0 for graphics cards and an M.2 slot. The only exception is the Prime B860M-K, which only supports PCIe 4.0.
PRIME B860-PLUS WiFi – €216.00PRIME B860-PLUS-CSM – €202.00PRIME B860M-A WiFi – €210.00PRIME B860M-A-CSM – €195.00PRIME B860M-K – 167.00 €
Prices and availability
The prices of the ten boards vary between 167 and 324 euros (recommended price). On the other hand, motherboards equipped with a Z890 chipset for LGA 1851 from Asus currently cost between 250 and well over 1,000 euros in stores.
In the DACH region, the cards will be widely available in stores from January 17, a week after the B850 and B840 for socket AM5.
ROG Strix B860-F Gaming WiFi – €324.00ROG Strix B860-A Gamingg WiFi – €303.00ROG Strix B860-G Gaming WiFi – €288.00ROG Strix B860-I Gaming WiFi – €274.00TUF Gaming B860-PLUS WiFi – €266.00TUF Gaming B860M-PLUS WiFi – €260.00 TUF Gaming B860M-PLUS – €245.00 PRIME B860-PLUS WiFi – €216.00 PRIME B860-PLUS-CSM – €202.00 PRIME B860M-A WiFi – €210.00 PREMIUM B860M-A -CSM – 195.00 €PRIME B860M-K – €167.00
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