ASUS B250 Expert Mining Announced – Features 19 Expansion Slots, Mining Optimized BIOS, Tripe 24 Pin Connectors For $130 US
ASUS has officially announced their latest mining product, the B250 Expert Mining which aims to be the best motherboard for cryptomining enthusiasts. The motherboard comes with an enhanced list of features that will make mining all the better for users.
The ASUS B250 Mining Expert motherboard features a range of advanced technologies, including Triple ATX12V Power Delivery and PCIe Slot State Detection & Mining Mode BIOS Optimization. It also comes with a mining specific BIOS that delivers superb performance by higher hash rate and better ROI. Some features of the motherboard include:
Triple-ATX12V Power Delivery
PCIe Slot State Detection
Mining Mode BIOS Optimization
Voltage-stabilization Capacitors
Taking a detailed look at the motherboard, we can note that the ASUS B250 mining features the LGA 1151 socket and is based on the B250 chipset. The motherboard supports all Intel 7th and 6th Generation processors. The board supports up to 32 GB of DDR4 memory in dual channel mode with 2400 MHz clock speeds. Additionally, the motherboard comes with a 6 phase DIGI+ VRM that should deliver optimal CPU stability. For storage, we are looking at four SATA III while there are a total of 6 USB 3.1 and 4 USB 2.0 ports for I/O. Rear panel I/O includes a pair of PS/2 ports, 2 USB 2 ports, 4 USB 3.0 ports, HDMI, Intel LAN (I219V Gigabit) port and an 8 channel audio jack that will be powered by the Realtek ALC887 codec.
The juicy part is the expansion coverage on the ASUS B250 Mining Expert. There are a total of 19 expansion slots of which 18 are PCIe Gen 3.0 x1 and a single slot is PCIe Gen 3.0 x16. ASUS has officially stated that the latest GPU drivers from AMD and NVIDIA only support up to 8 GPUs when running in multi-GPU setting.
ASUS B250 Mining Expert
Socket-------------------------------------LGA 1151
Chipset------------------------------------Intel B250
Memory-----------------------------------DDR4 x2, 2400 MHz
PCIe x16---------------------------------- 1
PCIe x1------------------------------------ 18
VGA-----------------------------------------HDMI
LAN-----------------------------------------Intel I219V Gigabit
Audio-------------------------------------- Realtek ALC997, 8-ch
SATA 6 Gb/s------------------------------ 4
USB 3.1 Gen 1(Back/Front)----------4 / 2
USB 2.0-------------------------------------4
24-pin EATXPWER Headers---------3
COM Header------------------------------Yes
Form Factor------------------------------ATX, 12 x 9.1 in.
SOURCE: http://wccftech.com/asus-b250-mining-expert-crypto-mining-motherboard/