B150 motherboard is coming, will it be the next most popular motherboard?

In August this year, Intel launched the sixth-generation CPU, the 14nm Skylake architecture platform, which uses the LGA1151 interface and is no longer compatible with the old platform. This means that the chipset of the Intel motherboard will be upgraded again.

Now, the new generation of Intel 100 series motherboard chipsets have been fully launched, with Z170 occupying the high-end position and H110, H170 and B150 in the mid-to-low-end. The previous generation of B85 motherboards has the highest popularity and the largest sales volume in the market. Now B150 is the replacement of B85 motherboards.

So what changes have taken place in the B150 motherboard? Can it really take over the baton of "most popular" from the B85? Let's find out.

The Intel B150 motherboard we chose this time is the B150 PRO GAMING D3 from ASUS. It is the new 10th generation product of ASUS. Its appearance still continues the appearance style of ASUS motherboards. The red and black colors show its calm nature. In addition, the combination of the breathing light is also very eye-catching.

The ASUS B150 PRO GAMING D3 motherboard adopts the ATX standard board type, is equipped with the Intel B150 chipset, and the LGA 1151 interface Skylake architecture platform. Compared with the B85 motherboard, the CPU same frequency performance is improved by about 15%.

The motherboard adopts 10-phase digital power supply design, 4 DDR3 slots, and supports up to 64GB 1866MHz (overclocked) dual-channel memory combination to meet expansion needs. This is also ASUS's first B150 motherboard to use DDR3 memory. Faced with the fact that DDR4 memory prices are still high, this move is more affordable for non-rich players.

The expansion slots include 2 PCIE 3.0×16 high-speed slots, 2 PCIE 3.0×1 slots and 2 PCI slots, supporting AMD CrossFireX technology. However, whether it is the B85 motherboard or the B150 motherboard, there are still very few people who actually use these two motherboards for SLI and CrossFire.

The ASUS B150 PRO GAMING D3 motherboard provides 6 SATA 3.0 disk interfaces, 2 of which are SATA Express interfaces and a high-speed M.2 disk interface. M.2 solid-state drives have not yet been launched on the market on a large scale, so this is also a preparation for future hard drive upgrades.

The back panel I/O interface includes a set of keyboard and mouse interfaces, VGA/HDMI video output interface, a set of TYPE-A/TYPE/C USB 3.1 interfaces, 4 USB 3.0 interfaces, a high-speed network interface and a set of audio interfaces. Compared with B85, the configuration has 2 more USB3.1 interfaces. Compared with the 3.0 interface, the transmission speed of the 3.1 interface is faster.

The ASUS B150 PRO GAMING D3 motherboard uses the Supreme FX audio chip, providing players with realistic sound effects, making the game more realistic.

As a member of the B150 motherboards, the ASUS B150 PRO GAMING D3 motherboard has unquestionable cost-effectiveness. It is also an indisputable fact that its parameters far exceed those of the B85 motherboard. However, since there are only two types of Skylake architecture CPUs, i5 and i7, and their prices are more than 1,400 yuan, and the sixth-generation i3 processor has not yet been launched, it will take some time for it to be widely rolled out in the market. Therefore, what is now standing in the way of the full popularization of the B150 motherboard is more due to the processor factor.

With the advancement of technology, hardware upgrades and replacements are inevitable. Just like the B85 motherboard replaced the B75 motherboard, it is believed that it is only a matter of time before the new motherboard B150 replaces B85.

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