ASUS TUF GAMING B450M-PLUS II

The ASUS TUF GAMING B450M-PLUS II is a microATX motherboard measuring 244 x 244 mm built on the AMD B450 chipset and designed for Socket AM4 processors. It supports up to 128 GB of DDR4 memory running at speeds up to 4400 MHz across four DIMM slots. Graphics cards connect via one PCI Express 3.0/2.0 x16 slot at full bandwidth and one PCI Express 3.0/2.0 x16 slot operating at x8 mode, with additional single PCI Express x4 and PCI Express x1 slots. Power is delivered through a 24-pin main connector and an 8-pin CPU connector. The ASUS TUF GAMING B450M-PLUS II features one M.2 slot supporting PCI-E 3.0 x4 and SATA3 interfaces, plus six SATA Revision 3.0 ports. RAID support includes levels 0, 1, and 10. The audio subsystem is built around the Realtek ALC887 codec with 7.1-channel sound support. Network connectivity is provided by a Realtek RTL8111H controller delivering 1 Gbps bandwidth. Display outputs include HDMI 2.0b and DVI-D ports. USB connectivity consists of one USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port, one USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C port, two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports, two USB 2.0 ports, one internal USB 3.2 Gen 1 header (for two ports), two internal USB 2.0 headers (for four ports), and one COM port. The board features heatsinks on the VRM and chipset, a reinforced PCI-E slot, RGB lighting with Aura Sync support, and comprehensive protection technologies including TUF SafeSlot, Overvoltage Protection, TUF LANGuard, TUF Chokes, and TUF Capacitors.