The Prime B350M-E from ASUS is a mid-range motherboard that comes with a few interesting features. Compared to the Prime B350-Plus, which ASUS unveiled a few weeks ago, the new model is a cheaper, sub-80 euro board, that still packs a few goodies. Like the name suggests, this new model is based on a micro-ATX form factor.
The main difference regarding the two new models is the size. Unlike the Prime B350-Plus the Prime B350M-E is based on a micro-ATX form factor with two DIMM slots. There is red backlight underneath the audio chip and furthermore there is a steel reinforcement on one of the full-sized PCIe slot. In general the layout is quite simple. There is one full-sized PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 slot and two 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots.

In the storage department there are four SATA ports but none has been angled. Apart from that you get one M.2 slot allowing the installation of differently sized SSDs. The M.2 slot is placed in the middle of the motherboard and it’s compatible with 2280 units.

In terms of pricing this particular board is placed somewhere between the entry-level and mid-range market segment. In the case of the B350 we generally believe that there are some interesting boards based on this chipset. In order to keep the price low, ASUS has changed the gigabit Ethernet compared to higher end boards with a model from Realtek. The ASUS Prime B350M-E will become soon available for a price around USD $80.




Source: ASUS