We first have the motherboard ASUS TUF Gaming B560-PLUS WIFI, which is an excellent option. This range of products have very good characteristics and are usually cheaper than RoG. Then we have the ASUS Prime Z690M-PLUS D4 for the new Alder Lake processors, compact design.
ASUS TUF Gaming B560-PLUS WIFI for Intel LGA1200 processors
If you want to save some money and you don’t care about the generation of the Intel processor, this board is a great option. It is intended for those Intel Core 11th Gen (Rocket Lake) they are still a great solution. The good thing is that since there is a newer generation, we can find them at a better price.
This ASUS TUF motherboard is ATX format and is based on the chipset B560, which is excellent. We are talking about a mid-range chipset that offers us 16 PCIe 4.0 lines for the graphics card and 4 lines PCIe M.2 Gen4 for an SSD drive. Come on, we can have a huge gaming computer with the best technologies.
As we said, this motherboard is designed for Rocket Lake processors, so it has the socket LGA1200. It has a system of 8+1 phase VRM for the processor, so we could install a Core i7 without problems. We could also install a Core i9, but it is less recommended, since these tend to have high consumption. In addition, the motherboard offers support for memory DDR4 RAM @ 5000MHz.
Connectivity is another important point of any motherboard. It has a port DisplayPort 1.4 and one HDMI 2.0which are not very relevant, because we will use dedicated graphics, but having them can be useful.
This motherboard has two ports USB-A 3.2 Gen1 in blue, three USB-A 2.0 in black, and two ports USB-A 3.2 Gen2 sea water color. A USB-C 3.2 Gen1 connector could not be missing for maximum performance and more connectivity possibilities. It has a port Ethernet Realtek 2.5G and connection WiFi 6.
We are talking about a high-quality motherboard, since the ASUS TUF range is very good and has little to envy the RoG range. The connectivity is excellent and it has high quality features to create a beast of PC Gaming.
ASUS Prime Z690M-PLUS D4, compact but very complete
It may be that you are one of those who like to be up to date and for you we bring you this excellent motherboard. This one is for newcomers Intel Alder Lake (Core 12th Gen) although it does not support DDR5 RAM. At the moment it is not interesting to jump to the new standard either, since they are expensive and provide very little performance improvement.
Of course, this motherboard makes use of the high-end Z690 chipset and the new LGA1700 socket. The interesting thing about this motherboard is that it is formatted micro ATX, so we can create a more compact system. In addition, it offers a 10+1 VRM phasesso we can install any processor.
This motherboard has several interesting things, such as four sockets for DDR4 RAM. In addition, it has three M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD socket, for latest generation storage units. supports PCIe 5.0although there is no hardware that makes use of this data transfer standard to the processor.
This motherboard has an HDMI port and a DisplayPort port, which can be useful in case the graphics fails, to be able to pull the integrated one in the processor (if it has one). It has two USB 2.0 ports, one USB-A 3.2 Gen2four USB-A 3.2 Gen1 and a port USB-C 3.2 Gen2x2. It also has an Intel 1G Ethernet port and simple audio connectors.
Internally, this motherboard features a header for Thunderbolt 4 front, front USB 3.2 Gen1 ports, and one front USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C.
The ASUS Prime range tends to be simpler in terms of performance and is not suitable for overclocking. Of course, it is an excellent solution for those who want to build a compact high-performance gaming system.
