First we have the motherboard ASUS TUF Gaming B560-PLUS WiFi, which is a great option. This product line has very good features and is generally less expensive 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 money and don’t care about the generation of the Intel processor, this board is a great option. It is intended for those 11a Gen Intel Core (Rocket Lake) they are always a great solution. The good thing is that since there is a new generation, we can find them at a better price.
This ASUS TUF motherboard is in ATX format and is based on the B560 chipset, what 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 LGA1200 socket. It has a system of 8+1 VRM phases for the processor, we were therefore able to 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 harbor DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.0which are not very relevant, since we are going to use dedicated graphs, but having some 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 seawater color. A USB-C 3.2 Gen1 connector could not be missing for maximum performance and more connectivity possibilities. It has a port Realtek 2.5G Ethernet and connection WiFi 6.
We are talking about a high quality motherboard, since the ASUS TUF range is very good and does not have much to envy to the RoG range. Connectivity is excellent and it has high quality features to create a PC gaming beast.
ASUS Prime Z690M-PLUS D4, compact but very complete
You might be one of those people 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 12a Gen) although it does not support DDR5 RAM. At the moment it is also not worth switching to the new standard, as they are expensive and provide very little performance improvement.
Of course, this motherboard uses the high-end Z690 chipset and the new LGA 1700 socket. The interest of this motherboard is that it is formatted micro ATX, so that we can create a more compact system. Moreover, it offers a 10+1 stage VRMso we can install any processor.
This motherboard has several interesting things, like four sockets for DDR4 RAM memory. Additionally, it has three M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD socket, for the latest generation storage units. supports PCIe 5.0although no hardware uses this standard for transferring data to the processor.
This motherboard has an HDMI port and a DisplayPort port, which can be useful in the event of a graphics failure, to be able to pull the one integrated into 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 has a header for Thunderbolt 4 front USB 3.2 Gen1 ports and one front USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C port.
The ASUS Prime line tends to be simpler in terms of performance and is not suitable for overclocking. Of course, it’s a great solution for those who want to build a compact and high-performance gaming system.
