Features TUF Protection: Safe Slot, ESD Guards, DDR4 overvoltage protection, Digi+ VRM, & stainless-steel back I/O for long-term reliability Military-grade TUF Components: TUF LANGuard, TUF Chokes, TUF Capacitors, & TUF MOSFETs for maximum durability Fan Xpert 2+: Ensures every fan achieves the best balance of cooling performance & acoustics Military-grade TUF Components: TUF LANGuard, TUF Chokes, TUF Capacitors, & TUF MOSFETs for maximum durability Aura Sync RGB: Synchronise LED lighting with a vast portfolio of compatible PC gear Native M.2: Lightning-fast storage speeds Overview Arm Your Battlestation TUF Gaming motherboards are specially designed & tested to survive & thrive in conditions where other boards would struggle. Engineered with highly durable components, these motherboards deliver unwavering stability for gaming sessions that last as long as you dem&. When you build with a TUF Gaming motherboard, you also benefit from the TUF Gaming Alliance — an ASUS collaboration with trusted industry partners that ensures easier building, the best compatibility, & complementary aesthetics from components to case. TUF gaming alliance TUF Gaming Alliance is the marque of collaboration between ASUS & major PC-component manufacturers, including trusted brands like Ballistix, Cooler Master, Corsair, G. Skill, In Win & Themaltake. A growing range of compliant parts, from PC chassis & power supplies to CPU coolers & DRAM, guarantee both compatibility & aesthetic harmony. Were also continually increasing our partnerships, making the TUF Gaming Alliance ever stronger. TUF PROTECTION SAFESLOT Protect your graphics card investment Safe Slot is the PCIe slot reinvented by ASUS & engineered to provide superior retention & shearing resistance. Manufactured in a single step using a new insert-molding process, Safe Slot integrates fortifying metal for an inherently stronger slot, which is then firmly anchored to the PCB through additional solder points. enhanced DDR4 Stability ASUS OPTIMEM ASUS Opti Mem preserves memory signal integrity by routing traces & vias to the optimal PCB layer, & our T-Topology trace layout ensures time-aligned signaling by balancing trace lengths between memory slots. These enhancements allow the TUF Gaming motherboards to support a wide range of dual & quad-DIMM memory kits, while providing your rig with the stability it needs to deal with any type of workload
- whether youre gaming or running intensive applications.
Specification CPU Intel Socket 1151 for 8th Generation Core™ i 7/ Core™ i 5/ Core™ i 3/ Pentium/ Celeron Processors Supports Intel 14 nm CPU Supports Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 * The Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 support depends on the CPU types. * Refer to www.asus.com for CPU support list Chipset Intel H310 Memory 2 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR4 2666/2400/2133 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory Dual Channel Memory Architecture Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) * Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists). * The maximum memory frequency supported varies by processor ** DDR4 2666 M Hz & higher memory modules will run at max. 2666 M Hz on Intel 8th Gen. 6-core or higher processors. Graphic Integrated Graphics Processor- Intel HD Graphics support Multi-VGA output support: HDMI/D-Sub ports
- Supports HDMI 1.4b with max. resolution 4096 x 2160 @ 24 Hz / 25600 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
- Supports D-sub with max. resolution 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz Maximum shared memory of 1024 MB (for i GPU exclusively) Expansion Slots 1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x 16 (x 16 mode, gray) 2 x PCIe 2.0 x 1 3 x PCI Storage Intel H310 Chipset: 1 x M.2 Socket 3, , with M Key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (both SATA & x 2 PCIE mode)*1 4 x SATA 6 Gb/s port (s), gray, LAN Intel I219V, 1 x Gigabit LAN TUF LANGuard Audio Realtek ALC887 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Supports: Jack-detection, Front Panel Jack-retasking Audio Feature :
- Audio Shielding: Ensures precision analog/digital separation & greatly reduced multi-lateral interference
- Dedicated audio PCB layers: Separate layers for left & right channels to guard the quality of the sensitive audio signals
- Premium Japanese audio capacitors: Provide warm, natural & immersive sound with exceptional clarity & fidelity * Choose the chassis with HD audio module in front panel to support 8-channel audio output. USB (Universal Serial Bus) Ports Intel H310 Chipset: 4 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.1 Gen 1 up to 5 Gbps port (s) (2 at back panel, blue, Type-A, 2 at mid-board) Intel H310 Chipset: 6 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0/1.1 port (s) (2 at back panel, , 4 at mid-board) Special Features ASUS TUF PROTECTION
- ASUS Safe Slot: Protect your graphics card Investment
- ASUS ESD Guard: Enhanced ESD protection
- ASUS Overvoltage Protection: World-class circuit-protecting power design
- ASUS Stainless-Steel Back I/O: 3X corrosion-resistance for greater durability!
- ASUS DIGI+ VRM: 5 Phase digital power design ASUS EPU :
- EPU TUF ENGINE! Power Design :
- TUF Components (Choke, Cap. & MOSFET; certified by military-standard) AURA :
- Aura Lighting Control
- Aura RGB Strip Headers ASUS Exclusive Features :
- AI Suite 3
- Ai Charger
- PC Cleaner
- File Transfer ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution :
- Stylish Fanless Design Heat-sink solution & MOS Heatsink
- ASUS Fan Xpert 2+ ASUS EZ DIY :
- ASUS Crash Free BIOS 3
- ASUS EZ Flash 3
- ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode ASUS Q-Design :
- ASUS Q-Slot
- ASUS Q-DIMM M.2 Onboard (The latest transfer technologies with up to 10 Gb/s data transfer speeds) Back I/O Ports 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port (s) 1 x D-Sub 1 x HDMI 1 x LAN (RJ45) port (s) 2 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.1 Gen 1 (blue) Type-A, up to 5 Gbps 2 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 1 x COM port (s) 3 x Audio jack (s) Internal I/O 1 x RGB Header (s) 1 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.1 Gen 1 (up to 5 Gbps) connector (s) support (s) additional 2 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.1 Gen 1 port (s) (19-pin) 2 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 connector (s) support (s) additional 4 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 port (s) 1 x M.2 Socket 3 with M Key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (both SATA & x 2 PCIE mode) 4 x SATA 6 Gb/s connector (s) 1 x CPU Fan connector (s) (1 x 4 -pin) 2 x Chassis Fan connector (s) (1 x 4 -pin) 1 x S/PDIF out header (s) 1 x 24-pin EATX Power connector (s) 1 x 8-pin EATX 12V Power connectors 1 x Front panel audio connector (s) (AAFP) 1 x Clear CMOS jumper (s) 1 x System panel connector Accessories Users manual I/O Shield 2 x SATA 6 Gb/s cable (s) 1 x M.2 Screw Package 1 x TUF Gaming Sticker 1 x TUF Certification card (s) 1 x SCD BIOS 128 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS, Pn P, SM BIOS 3.1, ACPI 6.1, Multilanguage BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 3, Crash Free BIOS 3, F6 Qfan Control, F3 My Favorites, Last Modified log, F12 Print Screen, & ASUS DRAM SPD (Serial Presence Detect) memory information Manageability WOL by PME, PXE Operating System Windows 10 64-bit Form Factor ATX Form Factor 12 inch x 7.9 inch (30.5 cm x 20.1 cm ) Note *1 When a device in SATA mode is installed on the M.2 socket, SATA_2 port cannot be used. Due to the Chipset limitation, when a M.2 device is installed in PCIe mode, the socket is set to PCIe 2.0.