Overview of the new ASUS ROG B760 motherboard designed for 13th Gen Intel Core desktop cpu.
Today, we're taking a look at one of the newest Intel B760 motherboards, fresh off its reveal at CES 2023. More specifically, we'll be focusing on the ASUS ROG STRIX B760 I GAMING WIFI.
In this article, we'll take an in-depth look at this new B760 motherboard , examining its design, features, and price to help you decide if it's the right motherboard for your next build.
The ASUS ROG STRIX B760 I GAMING WIFI belongs to the latest generation of Intel B760 series motherboards.
This series of motherboards are designed to provide the optimal platform for the latest 13th Gen Intel Core processors, offering high-speed performance and advanced features to support the needs of gamers and enthusiasts.
BOX
Into the box, toghether of course the mobo, we find the always the useful user’s manual, two SATA 3 6Gb/s cables, 1 ROG USB 2.0 splitter cable, 1 panel cable, 1 thermal pad for M2, miscellaneus like as one WiFi moving antennas, one cables ties set, one m2 ruber package, two screw set for m2 storage devices, one m2 bracket, some ROG Strix stickers and one ROG Strix thank you card for purchase.
When we open the box of the ASUS ROG STRIX B760 I GAMING WIFI, we'll find the motherboard of course, as well as a variety of useful accessories to help you set up and optimize your build. The user's manual is included, always helpful. Additionally, you'll find two SATA 3 6Gb/s cables, a ROG USB 2.0 splitter cable, a panel cable, and a thermal pad for M2 storage.
Other accessories include WiFi moving antennas, a set of cable ties, a M2 rubber package, two screw sets for M2 storage devices, a M2 bracket, some ROG Strix stickers, and a ROG Strix thank-you card to show appreciation for our purchase.
DESIGN
Dimensionaly, the new ASUS ROG STRIX B760 I GAMING WIFI board has an mini-ITX form factor and it sizes 6,7 for 6,7 inches or 17x17 cm.
Connectors, capacitor heatsinks, such components leans on square dark grey 8 layer PCB. Here we find various texts, startigs the word ROG that protrudes from under the cpu socket. Near to this there is the entire name of the mobo.
The colling solution is entrusted by three elements.
The first is place on top, the second, very massive on left of Cpu socket fully cover mosfets and it extends along the the IO back panel, the third, in the end, helps the cooling the M2 Slot.
All three metal heatsinks have a black finish. If the smallest of them doesn’ t have nothing of particular.
Instead, the biggest has a trapeziodal shape and is enriched with many things. On top side, on apex there is ROG word, this latter is follow by a decal where there are also here a black ROG logo, but this time is very more enourmous harnessed by a white weavy. On bottom there is a chroma flair
band with game on word. On the diagonal sides there are many purely aesthestic air vents and finally along the edge there are again the ROG word and a reciting phrase “FOR THOSE WHO DARE”.
The last on the M2 socket features again a large chroma band with GAME FIRST, WORK
SECOND motto and STRIX ROG word in large letters.
Plus, next to this latter there are two coordinate, maybe not everyone know and maybe it will
surprise you, these are the exact indications of the ASUS Headquartes location.
POWER DESIGN
Moving to the technical aspect.
The power design, the VRM layout is composed by 8+1 digital power phases. that guarantee the maximum efficiency and power necessary.
CPU SOCKET AND SUPPORT
The new B760 boards features the new Intel LGA 1700 Socket.
In addition to the B760 moterboard the last Intel socket is designed also for top range Z790
motherboards and for the new entrly level H770 mobos of which we’ll talked about in another video soon.
The Intel 1700 CPU socket supports the 13th Gen Intel Core cpu codenamed Raptor architecture processors, however, it’s backwards compatible with whatever previous 12th Gen Intel Core processors including Intel CORE, Pentium Gold and Celeron cpus.
The 13th Gen Intel Core including a great number of cpu:
- i9-13900T
- i9-13900KF
- i9-13900K
- i9-13900F
- i9-13900
- i7-13700T
- i7-13700KF
- i7-13700K
- i7-13700F
- i7-13700
- i5-13600T
- i5-13600KF
- i5-13600K
- i5-13600
- i5-13500T
- i5-13500
- i5-13400T
- i5-13400F
- i5-13400
- i3-13100F
- i3-13100
- i3-13100T
Specifically, in terms of specs as well as of price there are dissimilars from each other.
| i5 13600K | i7-13700K | i9-13900K |
Core | 14 | 16 | 24 |
PC* | 6 | 8 | 8 |
EC** | 8 | 8 | 16 |
Threads | 20 | 24 | 32 |
Boost Clock | 5.1 GHz | 5.4 GHz | 5.8 GHz |
Cache | 24 MB | 30MB | 36 MB |
TDP | 125W | 125W | 125W |
| | | |
Price | 330 USD | 420 USD | 600 USD |
*PC Performance Cores
**EC Efficient Cores
MEMORY
The motherboard is equipped with two DDR5 dimm dual channel memory, the latest generation of memory technology for PC.
Compared with DDR4, the DDR5 architecture is designed to provide some improvements such as higher performance, high speed, as well as the an amplify capacity, and a better power efficiency.
We can installing a minimum of 32 Gb for single dimm memory module up to a maximum capacity of 64 Gb for all two dimm.
Operating base frequencies for memory can range from 4800 MHz to the incredible frequecy of 7600 MHz in overclocking.
INTERNAL CONNECTIONS
Moving on to the motherboard layout internal connections, starting from the left on top we’ve got a 8 PIN Atx 12v power connectors for our cpu, a chassis fan header, a cpu fan header, water cooling pump fan header, an addressable Gen 2 header, an Aura RGB Led header, Q-LED with which see eventualy boot, CPU, graphic card or memory errors.
After, going down on the right, there are a 24 PIN Atx main power socket connector, speakers
header, a front panel header, an USB 3.2 Gen 2 type c front panel header, a USB 3,2 Gen 1
connector and four sata 3 6 Gb/s ports.
In the bottom, the asus b760 mobo has a USB 2,0 header, a spdif out header, a clear CMOS header, thermal sensor header and front panel audio header.
I/O BACK PANEL
Instead, on back, the io panel features firstly a display port, a hdmi portthree usb 2,0 ports a
Ethernet port, two USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports follow by anaother one same type port, an USB 3.2 Gen 2 x2 Type C port two antenna ports, another USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type C port, and the audio jacks
including center subwoofer input port with orange colorway, , side speaker out input port with light blue finish, a rear speaker out in black, a front speaker out in lime color and a microphone input port with pink finish.
STORAGE AND EXPANSION SLOTS
The new B760 motherboard boasts four SATA3 6 Gb/s connectors for storage and two M2 slots for
even more space. One supports storage devices type 2260 and 2280 Pcie Gen 4.0 operating at x4
mode, and the remaining M2 socket supports storage devices type 2242, 2260 and 2280 Pcie Gen 4.0 running at x4 mode.
In terms of expansion slots, its dimensions doesn’t allow to has no more of one reinforced PCIe 5.0 x16 slot operating at x16 mode.
AUDIO
The audio compartment of the B760 motherboard features a the ROG SupremeFX 7,1 channel High Definition Audio Codec S1220A
It boats impendance sense for front and rear headphone outputs, jack detenction, multi streming, front panel jack retasking.
Moreover, it supports SupremeFX Shielding Technology, Savitech SV3H712 AMP and Premium
audio capacitors.
PRICE
The ASUS ROG Strix B760 I Gaming Wifi motherboard is available now on Amazon, Newegg, and Caseking at a price of around $220 or €270 at the time of writing this article.
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