Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Asus's new ROG Strix B860-I is a mainstream motherboard for Intel's Core Ultra Series 2 CPUs. The CPUs themselves haven't been that impressive vs AMD, but for a midrange ITX build, paired with this board, I can kinda see the value argument.

B860-I: amzn.to/4g1StLc
Case: NCase M2
CPU - amzn.to/3PyVZSj
Passive PSU - amzn.to/4gaRoBH
Cooler - amzn.to/3OTmJww
GPU - amzn.to/3OT55ZT
DDR5 RAM - amzn.to/4jh023f
Case Fans - amzn.to/3Pek3Kl

For reference, Asus's B760-I: amzn.to/42cYnG7

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1:20 Chipset Overview
2:58 Board Layout
5:46 Rear I/O
8:48 Power Delivery
9:53 Test Build
10:39 Performance Metrics
12:22 Recommendation