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The Asus Prime B460-PLUS is compatible with Intel processors with the LGA 1200 socket.
It has 128 GB DDR4 maximum RAM and conforms to the ATX form factor standard.
 | CPU Socket | LGA 1200 | | SLI Support | 1 graphics cards | ||
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| CPU Compatible Make | Intel | | Crossfire Support | 1 graphics cards | ||
| CPU Chipset | B460 | | Onboard GPU | no | ||
| Form Factor | ATX | | PCI Slots |
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| Max RAM | 128 GB DDR4 | | SATA 1.0 | 0 | ||
| RAM Slots | 4 x DDR4 | | SATA 2.0 | 0 | ||
| Memory Channels | 2 | | SATA 3.0 | 0 | ||
| Compatible RAM Speeds |
| | RAID Support | yes | ||
| USB 2.0 Rear | 2 | | Internal I/O |
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| Graphics Card Interface | Not sure | | Back Panel I/O |
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The Asus Prime B460-PLUS uses the Intel LGA 1200 CPU socket. Any compatible Intel CPU will have the same socket entry. It uses the DDR4 memory type, with maximum speeds of up to 2666 MHz, and 0 DDR4 slots allowing for a maximum total of 128 GB RAM.
Conforming to the ATX standard, the Asus Prime B460-PLUS should fit into the majority of cases. ATX is the most common form factor, and as such has a high degree of compatibility with other components while providing a decent number of slots to widen your expansion options.
The Asus Prime B460-PLUS has 6 SATA 3.0 hard drive slots. These allow for theoretical data transfer speeds of up to 6GB/s, as opposed to the 3GB/s of SATA 2.0. Generally speaking, only high performance hard drives, specifically solid-state drives, will be able to take advantage of the bandwidth potential of SATA 3.0 ports, though it is backwards compatible, so you do not have to take advantage.
The Asus Prime B460-PLUS does not support onboard graphics. Any system build that uses this motherboard therefore requires a separate graphics card, or a processor that has a GPU on the same die, such as AMD APU processors. There are 1 PCIe x16 slots on this motherboard. This means it is perfectly capable of accommodating the latest graphics cards, although it is important to try and use a graphics card with the same graphics card interface of Not sure, as anything below will not reach the motherboard's potential, and anything above will have its performance slashed to the bandwidth maximum of the Asus Prime B460-PLUS's Not sure. The Asus Prime B460-PLUS does not support multiple graphics cards via Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire.
The Asus Prime B460-PLUS has 2 USB 2.0 slots but no USB 3.0 slots. While USB 3.0 slots are so far by no means necessary, and with a plethora of USB 2.0 peripherals to choose from, the USB functionality on this motherboard should be fine. With so few slots, however, you would have to use a USB expansion hub. As such, we would highly recommend a different motherboard, preferably with USB 3.0 functionality as well.
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