ASUS B150 PRO GAMING AURA RGB LGA1151 DDR4 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 B150 ATX Motherboard LGA1151 socket for 6th Gen Intel® Core™ Desktop Processors SupremeFX: Flawless audio that makes you part of the game Intel Gigabit Ethernet, LANGuard: Top-speed protected networking USB 3.1 Type A/C & M.2: Ultra-speedy transfer for faster gaming Aura: RGB lighting control for a customized look Shop Modal header Superior Specs Illuminated Accents Gaming Audio Gaming Networking Performance Level up Gamer's Guardian 1Intel LGA 1151 2PS/2 3HDMI, VGA 4USB 3.1 Type-A + Type-C 6 x USB 3.0 (2@board; 4@rear) 6 x USB 2.0 (4@board; 2@rear) 5Intel® Ethernet GameFirst LANGuard 61 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (Suports CFX) 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (@ x4 mode) 2 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots 2 x PCI 7SupremeFX SupremeFX Shielding Premium Audio Caps Headphone AMP SupremeFX LED lighting Still Breathing Flowing 8DDR4 2133MHz 4 DIMM, dual-channel Support XMP 96 x SATA 6Gb/s 10M.2 Socket 3 PCIe x2 mode (Gen 3.0) 11ROG_EXT Support Front Base 12Aura RGB lighting BRIGHTEN YOUR BUILD WITH CUSTOMIZABLERGB LED ILLUMINATION Gaming is about your style, your personality — and your passion. B150 Pro Gaming/Aura is the gaming motherboard that lets you inject passion to project your style and personality in full color! Aura, our all-new LED-illumination technology, lighting up an endless spectrum of color combinations coupled with a selection of fascinating and fun effects. Aura Customize your own favorite LED effect to cast a stunning multi-color glow across your build, change shades to indicate CPU temperature, or pulsate in time to the beat of your favorite tunes. Try six control schemes StaticAlways on BreathingFades in & out Music effectPulses to the beat of your music Color cycleFades between the colors of the rainbow StrobingFlashes on & off CPU temperatureChanges color with CPU load Aura Customize your own favorite LED effect to cast a stunning multi-color glow across your build, change shades to indicate CPU temperature, or pulsate in time to the beat of your favorite tunes. Try six control schemes StaticAlways on BreathingFades in & out StrobingFlashes on & off Color cycleFades between the colors of the rainbow Music effectPulses to the beat of your music CPU temperature Changes color with CPU load FLAWLESS AUDIO THAT MAKES YOU PART OF THE GAME! Be the best on the battlefield with B150 Pro Gaming/Aura's truly immersive SupremeFX audio and experience sound so alive with realism that it hands you the vital competitive edge needed to win. With near-lossless delivery and exclusive Sonic Radar II technology to pinpoint battlefield enemies before they spot you, SupremeFX sounds stupendous — and puts both your ears and frags in front of everyone else! SupremeFX Shielded audio, superior sound ASUS-exclusive SupremeFX technology delivers high-fidelity, near-lossless audio no matter how frantic your game becomes. The purity and stability of the remarkable 115dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is assured, with a shielded design, electromagnetic-interference (EMI) cover and voltage-protected 5V power supply. Supreme FX's superior components, including the trusted Realtek ALC1150 codec, maximize acoustic performance and eliminate interference – so you hear only the very best from your gaming headset or speakers! Illuminated red line shielding Banish analog interference and enjoy eye-catching, customizable lighting effects. EMI cover Effective shielding against electromagnetic interference preserves the integrity of audio signals for the best quality. 300Ω-headphone amplifier Drive some of the very best headphones available for exceptional gaming-audio and music-listening experiences. Premium Nichicon® audio capacitors Fine-quality Japanese-made components that produce a warmer, natural sound with exceptional clarity and fidelity. A. Illuminated red line shielding Banish analog interference and enjoy eye-catching, customizable lighting effects. B. EMI cover Effective shielding against electromagnetic interference preserves the integrity of audio signals for the best quality. C. 300Ω-headphone amplifier Drive some of the very best headphones available for exceptional gaming-audio and music-listening experiences. D. Premium Nichicon® audio capacitors Fine-quality Japanese-made components that produce a warmer, natural sound with exceptional clarity and fidelity. Sonic Radar II Scan and detect to dominate! Sonic Radar II displays a stealthy overlay that shows what your opponents and teammates are up to on the battlefield, all managed via a simple control panel and customizable game list. See the direction and origin of key in-game sounds, and practice your enemy-pinpointing skill, plus Audio Enhancement technology clarifies every last sound — so you hear the distant sound of enemy footsteps and become the hunter, not the hunted! TOP-SPEED PROTECTED NETWORKING Only the quickest shot survive, so B150 Pro Gaming/Aura banishes lag — letting you annihilate your foes as fast as your trigger finger! Our engineers pack in only the best networking technology, including tournament-level Intel® Gigabit Ethernet and ASUS-exclusive LANGuard and GameFirst technologies to keep your connection fast, so always fire first and watch your enemies fall. Intel Gigabit Ethernet More throughput, less CPU usage and great gaming experiences Featuring the very latest Intel Ethernet (I219-V) for faster, smoother gaming — always. Intel's LAN has the serious double advantage of reducing CPU overhead and offering exceptionally high TCP and UDP throughput. This significantly reduces the processor's workload, so there's more power for your game and your gameplay. LANGuard Pumped-up throughput. Best surge protection Signal-coupling technology and premium surface-mounting ensure a more reliable connection and better throughput, plus electrostatically-guarded and surge-protected components (ESD Guards) for 1.9X-greater tolerance to static electricity and 2.5X-greater protection (up to 15KV) against surges! LANGuard Pumped-up throughput. Best surge protection ASUS LANGuard is hardware-level networking protection that employs signal-coupling technology and premium anti-EMI surface-mounted capacitors for rock-solid gaming connections and better throughout for online play, plus electrostatically-guarded and surge-protected components for greater tolerance to static electricity and improved protection against surges. * ESD result is undertaken by individual LANGaurd EMI cover Surface-mounted capacitors GameFirst Team up to banish lag GameFirst IV Beta optimizes network traffic for faster, lag-free online gaming — and now we've added Multi-Gate Teaming to team all your networks for maximum bandwidth and the smoothest-ever gameplay. You'll also enjoy all-new Intelligent mode, which automatically compiles a database by parsing new app data to ensure that every game is optimized for the best performance. Multi-Gate Teaming Team all your network gateways for maximum bandwidth and assign connections to every application for the smoothest-ever gameplay. PERFORMANCE LEVEL UP Maxed-out performance means maximum gaming thrills, and with exclusive AI Suite 3's dashboard-style control panel you'll fine-tune almost every aspect of your B150 Pro Gaming/Aura-based system. Get the best balance between performance, cooling, stability, efficiency and aesthetics — all via a simple and intuitive interface. FAN Xpert3 Play quieter and cooler with advanced fan and water-pump controls for the ultimate cooling in undisturbed gaming. With five onboard thermal sensors and hardware-level four 4-pin/3-pin PWM/DC mode detection, Fan Xpert 3 makes sure every fan achieves the best balance of high cooling performance and low noise, so you enjoy all the performance you demand with none of the racket — great for liquid-cooling setups! GPU Boost Exclusive ASUS GPU Boost technology lets you accelerate B150 Pro Gaming/Aura integrated GPU (iGPU) for extreme graphics performance safely and easily via a user-friendly interface – it's a free iGPU level-up! USB 3.1 Boost An exclusive utility that automatically accelerates USB 3.1 for sequential read/write speeds of up to 854.6/863.9MB/s.* It requires to update USB 3.1 Boost to V1.08.02 or later version. Award-winning BIOS design The smoothest, slickest mouse-controlled graphical BIOS has been improved to make it even more appealing. Whether you're a PC novice or a seasoned overclocker, the EZ and Advanced Modes help you find your way. In EZ Mode you can get set up very quickly, applying the date and time, fan profiles and Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory profiles. Switch to Advanced Mode to set up favorites and shortcuts, record and review recent changes with Last Modified or make notes in Quick Notes. CrashFree BIOS 3 Never again worry about corrupted BIOS, as CrashFree BIOS 3 lets you restore a PC to working order — even when it won't boot! EZ Flash 3 Update the latest BIOS via the internet, and from within the BIOS. RAMCache Speed your game loads Uniquely-intelligent technology that effectively caches an entire storage device so that favorite games and apps launch at breakneck speeds, getting to work the moment it's activated. RAMCache turns milliseconds into microseconds to boost game-load times to stratospheric levels! GAMER'S GUARDIAN FOR REAL-WORLD PROTECTION Protect your back in the game and let B150 Pro Gaming/Aura protect all sides in the real world! Motherboard self-protection with loads of brilliant defenses, including our unique smart DIY features ensures long-term gaming is in your future. Digi+ VRM Digi+ VRM voltage-regulator module (VRM) is one of the finest in the industry, ensuring ultra-smooth and ultra-clean power delivery to the CPU at all times! DRAM overcurrent protection All connection ports and DRAM are protected against overcurrent and short-circuit damage by onboard resettable fuses, extending your motherboard's life. Highly durable components Fine-quality, super-tough components are our watchwords. We fit only superior chokes, plus durable capacitors engineered to resist extreme temperature variations of between -55°C and 105°C —110% better than the industry standard. Stainless steel back I/O Crafted from chromium-plated, corrosion-resistant stainless steel, the input/output (I/O) panel is three times longer than ordinary panels! Q-shield 0 pain! Protect your hands from nicks and cuts. Q-slot 1 clip to swap or secure your graphics card. Q-DIMM 1 -sided clips mean handling memory modules is a cinch — super simple and super secure. Q-LED 4 LEDs indicate problems with the CPU, memory, graphics card or boot device for quick diagnosis. ESD Guards 2X-greater ESD protection for extended component lifespan Electrostatic discharge (ESD) could mean game over for your rig, so B150 Pro Gaming/Aura is protected by ESD Guards to actively prevent ESD — ensuring longer component lifespan and providing system resilience that's two times greater than industry standards. Game on! Audio connector Capacitor protection on both front and back audio-output circuits. LAN connector ESD TVS diode protection and an anti-surge LAN connector protects against extreme events, such as lightning strikes. USB 3.0/2.0 connectors On-circuit transient-voltage-suppression (TVS) diodes and capacitor protection for surface-mount and dual-inline packages. VGA connector Additional on-circuit ESD TVS diodes to protect D-Sub functionality. Keyboard and mouse connector Additional on-circuit ESD TVS diodes. A. Audio connectors Capacitor protection on both front and back audio-output circuits. B. LAN port ESD TVS diode protection and an anti-surge LAN connector protects against extreme events, such as lightning strikes. C. USB 3/2.0 connectors On-circuit transient-voltage-suppression (TVS) diodes and capacitor protection for surface-mount and dual-inline packages. D. VGA connector Additional on-circuit ESD TVS diodes to protect D-Sub functionality. E. Keyboard and mouse connectors Additional on-circuit ESD TVS diodes. BUILT FOR GAMING B150 Pro Gaming/Aura is built for play, shaped by professional gamers and tested for gaming perfection — strong enough storm through the industry's most punishing labs workouts. We engineer and test for the finest quality, longevity, performance, stability and compatibility. Our world-class engineers are themselves avid gamers, and combine their own passion with the skills and demands of some of the planet's best players to create innovative gaming features everyone will crave. With B150 Pro Gaming/Aura you do more than just play — you'll experience gaming on the edge of reality. THE POWER OF INTEL! Intel B150 Express Chipset The Intel® B150 Express is a single-chipset design that supports 6th-generation Intel LGA1151 Core™ i7/Core i5/Core i3/Pentium®/Celeron® processors. It provides improved performance by utilizing serial point-to-point links, allowing increased bandwidth and stability. It natively supports up to six USB 3.0 ports, six SATA 6Gbit/s ports, and PCIe 3.0 lane speed support for faster data retrieval. Intel® B150 Express chipset also supports iGPU functionality, so you'll enjoy the very latest Intel integrated graphics performance. Ready for 6th-generation Intel LGA1151 Core i7/Core i5/Core i3/Pentium/Celeron processors This motherboard supports 6th-generation Intel Core i7/i5/i3/Pentium/Celeron processors in the LGA1151 package, with graphics, memory and PCI Express controllers integrated to support onboard graphics output with dedicated chipsets, two-channel (4-DIMM) DDR4 memory and 16 PCI Express 3.0/2.0 lanes for great graphics performance. Superior Specs Illuminated Accents Gaming Audio Gaming Networking Performance Level up Gamer's Guardian