Today, we’ll be taking a look at the ASRock Phantom Gaming B860i Lightning Wi-Fi motherboard. It cones in an mini-ITX form factor, and it’s considered to be one of the smallest B860 motherboard on the market, measuring just 17.0 x 17.0cm. It features Intel’s latest B860 chipset and is compatible with all the latest Core Ultra (Series 2) processors on the LGA1851 socket.
It features a 10+1+1 Power Phase Design with 110A Dr.MOS for VCore+GT+SA, giving you smooth power delivery and stability. It comes with a composite VRM heatsink combining a cooling fan and several large Aluminium heatsinks for efficient heat dissipation.
It comes with 2 x DDR5 DIMM slots with Memory OC shield, and supports both Intel XMP and AMD EXPO memory modules, with speeds of up to DDR5-9333+ (OC)
Because of its size, you only get 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 for next-gen graphic cards, but you get plenty of storage options. These include 3 x SATA ports, 1 x Blazing M.2 (PCIe Gen5x4) and 1 x Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4x4) slots.
Believe it or not, this motherboard offers plenty of connectivity with total of 12 x USB ports, 1 x Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C port, a 2.5G LAN, Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth.
For connectivity, the rear I/O panel you’ll find 1 x HDMI output, 4 x USB 3.0 Ports, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Ports, 1 x Thunderbolt 4 Ports Type-C (40 Gb/s)*, 2 x WiFi anntenna connectors, BIOS flashback button, Mic-in, Line-out and SPDIF.
Other features include the 7.1 HD Nahimic Audio, HDMI output and support for BIOS Flashback and ASRock’s Polychrome RGB.
What’s more, the ASRock B860 Steel Legend Wi-Fi motherboard supports SignalRGB, which unifies your all RGB devices with advanced lighting controls, and offers greater customization and flexibility for game-reactive effects, macro automation, and system monitoring.
Intel B860 Chipset
Intel® Core™ Ultra desktop processors (Series 2) are the foundation of the AI PC, and Intel® 800 Series Chipsets are designed to enable their intelligent performance and next-gen connectivity. The Intel® 800 Series has something for every user. From the latest technology features that users need to connect and work to the enthusiast-level options for those who demand a powerful rig, the Intel® 800 chipset
maximizes the peripheral and connectivity options.
I would like to thank ASRock for providing the review sample. This is a snippet from what ASRock has to say about themselves on their website:
ASRock Inc. is established in 2002, specialized in the field of motherboards. ASRock strives to build up its own brand. With the 3C design concept, “Creativity, Consideration, Cost-effectiveness”, the company explores the limit of motherboards manufacturing while paying attention on the eco issue at the same time, developing products with the consideration of eco-friendly concept.
ASRock has been growing fast and become world third largest motherboard brand with headquarter in Taipei, Taiwan and branches in Europe and the USA. The young and vibrant company targets from mainstream to enthusiast MB segments for different kinds of users, owning reputation around the world market with its reliability and proficiency.
We’ll be testing the ASRock Phantom Gaming B860i Lightning WiFi Motherboard with Intel’s latest Core Ultra 9 285K processor, along with 32GB of Patriot Viper Gaming Xtreme5 DDR5-7600, Crucial T700 PCIE Gen5 SSD, and a GeForce RTX 4080 Super graphics card.
OK, let’s stop fussing and start by taking a look at the specifications and features in our next page. You can buy the ASRock Phantom Gaming B860i Lightning WiFi motherboard for around USD $219 from Newegg – https://tinyurl.com/2md5uys4
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