ASUS B150 PRO GAMING D3 ATX DDR3 1800 Motherboard

I originally bought an MSI b150i motherboard for a small gaming build. That was a mistake as the board died within two days of operation. I have had an ASUS ROG Maximus 6 Gene in my main gaming rig for over three years now and it still runs strong. So, when my MSI board died, I went with ASUS and the B150i Aura motherboard because it was also mini-ITX and it also had built in wifi saving me more money in the long run than buying a micro atx and having to buy the separate wifi adapter to go into it. Anyway, below you will find my experience with the b150i Aura as I have now owned it for a little over a month now.The board runs like a champ and the lights on it are very cool. I enjoy the features of the Asus utility that allow me to check the temps on my board and CPU as well as pair up the RGB Aura lighting on my Strix 1070. Originally, I planned on upgrading to a new NVVME SSD m.2, but I could not afford it so I had to go ahead and get an ssd from PNY to migrate my OS over to the new drive. The migration worked like a charm and everything has been going smoothly since I changed over to the SSD. I could not be happier with this motherboard as it helps me monitor all of my termps and stats within my much smaller gaming rig (I housed it in a Cooler Master N200 to give you an idea of my change from a Corsair Carbide 540... A HUGE downsize for sure!), Temps are a major concern when building in such a small rig and I definitely like ASUS's features here as they are very detailed if you learn how to use the utilities well enough. Now on to the few negatives I have about this board...The negatives are minor as I have troublshot everything and been able to eliminate any problem I have encountered so far. When I first build it and even when I upgraded a few things in it about three days ago, I had trouble with the RAM LED and booting up for the first few times. However, this was because the motherboard's RAM slots had not fully locked the RAM into place even with the pressure I put them in with (enough to see the latch and hear it lock down, but for some reason the latch didn't lock it down like it should). Anyway, just make sure you put the RAM in and that when you do the latch properly locks the RAM into place (pretty simple fix by just paying close attention to it). The only major issue I ran into was the wireless adapter that is built in. ASUS's website (and even the CD that comes with it) has the Qualcomm drivers fro the wireless. While both bluetooth AND wireless drivers are indeed Qualcomm, I found that the wireless drivers conflicted with the Intel drivers and caused the wireless to constantly disconnect and reconnect and eventually not be read at all by Windows... It took buying a Netgear USB adapter and quitre a bit of looking into the problem to fix this so pay attention since I have done the grunt work for you now...You have to (while you have internet from the drivers included on ASUS's website or from the disk) manually go online and search for the drivers that are on Intel's website. Here's what I did step by step:1) Go into windows Device Manager and click on the network devices.2) You will see Qualcomm (and if it's anything like mine) Intel Wireless AC 8260. You're not going to do naything here in device manager, you're just double checking that it matches up with what mine says before going any further. Regardless, whatever that Intel device is for wireless, search that online. (eg: Mine said Intel AC 8260, so I google searched for "Intel Wireless AC 8260 Drivers")3) Download said drivers from Intel's website and go through the installation (You will lose connection to the internet whilst installing, but it should come back up just fine afterward).4) Once they are installed, make sure you reconnect to the wireless router you want to be connected to and then go ahead and download the Qualcomm drivers from ASUS's website if you haven't by now. The reason for this is you need to run the setup again and UNINSTALL the Qualcomm drivers so they do not interfere with the Intel wireless drivers.5) At this point you should be finished and the problem should be resolved. When I did all of this it no longer caused me any issue, but i will provide updates in this review as long as I can on the subject.Overall, this board is an amazing little wonder! I love every aspect of it along with the fact that I can use RGB on just about everything I have now and match everything as I feel fit. The music RGB feature is particularly fun! Anyway, I'm going to be sticking with ASUS for a long time now that I gave MSI another shot and they failed me (I started with about ten MSI boards back in 2007 up until 2012 when I switched to ASUS because the MSI boards were constantly failing me even without overclocking or any alterations that would cause the failures. You'll most likely love this board as well and I certainly recommend it for anyone who is looking to build a small form factor gaming PC!Note to ASUS if you guys are monitoring these reviews any further (which it appears you are so I want to give my honest feedback). I love your products and I think most other people will too. However, please make sure that you provide your customers with proper drivers. Whatever happened with this board and the conflict it had between the Intel wireless drivers and Qualcomm, just make sure you guys are giving out the proper drivers so customers don't have to go through what I had to. The Qualcomm Bluetooth drivers work fine for Bluetooth but appear to conflict with the Intel drivers, thus causing the need to uninstall JUST the Qualcomm wireless drivers and install Intel wireless drivers straight from Intel website... This is pretty much the only thing I see you guys really needing to fix with an otherwise great product. Keep up the good work, but again, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE PROPER DRIVERS ON YOUR SITE!Update 1 (08-04-16):So after doing all of that the problem popped up again. The Intel is apparently not the wireless device and it its in fact the Qualcomm, so even with uninstalling the Qualcomm drivers I still had the issue. What I did was went into the Device Manager again, used the Device Manager to uninstall the Qualcomm device and its drivers, then I right clicked network devices and selected check for hardware changes. This made Qualcomm reappear. However, this only worked for a little while before failing again.... What I did next was uninstall the drivers in the same manner, but then I right clicked the Qualcomm device and chose update drivers. Instead of search automatically, I chose to install manually, then went to the downloaded drivers from ASUS's website and selected the wifi drivers folder for Windows 10. Windows then installed the drivers and I am still waiting to see if this fixed the problem altogether... I will keep this review as up to date as possible as I continue to try and get this issue resolved... In the meantime, if you need wifi, I recommend the Netgear AZ1200 High Gain Wifi USB Adapter... It works amazingly and is what is getting me through any of the spottiness where my wifi goes out until I can get the problem resolved with the onboard wireless...Update 2 (08/08/16):So as promised I am writing an update to this review because yet again this issue with the wifi has come up in the same manner as before. Below is the step-by-step of what I did to try and fix it again. So far this fix is working perfectly and I hope it will hold the signal as it is supposed to instead of cutting in and out again.1) Google search for Qualcomm atheros QCA61x4A drivers. Go down to the 4th found site and then once you get there click the blue download link to download drivers.2) Once these files are downloaded, leave them where you set them to download (mine downloaded simply to my downloads folder). Right click the Start button in your Windows taskbar and select Device Manager.3) Scroll down and click on Network adapters and find the Qualcomm atheros QCA61x4A wireless network adapter. Right click this and select Update Driver Software.4) Click Browse my computer for driver software.5) Browse to the folder of files you just downloaded and select the drivers you downloaded (it should be labeled "20821847_3426cefddb747d7985dd2ffbbfd18242072769e7" or some random assortment of numbers like that and you should put it into its own folder - I labeled mine Wireless Drivers). Select the folder you placed these driver files into.6) Check for include subfolders being ticked. Click Next and continue with the install.7) After this, it should tell you the drivers were installed and you should be good to go.I so far have found this fix to be fairly permanent, but again, only time will tell. I will, of course, continue to keep you all updated later on and let you know if this fix has indeed fixed the problem of the cutting in and out of the wifi. Cheers and enjoy your Aura b150i motherboard!

I bought this for my parents' new computer and coupled it with a Core i3. This motherboard was very easy to setup and as usual Asus' EUFI BIOS is top notch and easy to navigate. I made sure I bought a case with a side-window so I could show off the LED effects.Pros:Fast and easy to setupVERY intuitive UEFI BIOSColor LED show is an awesome feature and easily livens up a caseHigh-Fidelity sound card featuresBuilt-in Wireless works extremely wellAsus' management software and features are very intuitive and helpfulCons:USB type-C is NOT USB 3.1, just 3.0M.2 connector is on the backside of the motherboard. Not an issue for me since my case had an open backside for easily mounting aftermarket coolers, but would be a problem in other cases in the event of SSD failure or upgrade.

The motherboard worked exactly as expected. Installation documentation was clear, and the ASUS name continues to live up to it's reputation. Paired the motherboard with a Intel BX80662G4400 Pentium Processor G4400 3.3.HEADS UP installing the CPU, and why I gave 4 instead of 5 stars. First It's VERY easy to bend the pins removing the protective cover. Second, there is a general socket issue, because ASUS (and others) have a circle in the corner of the CPU socket. The CPU comes with a triangle in one corner and a circle in another corner. If a novice lines up the circle to the circle they can damage the motherboard pins by maligning the CPU. The triangle on the CPU should point at the circle on the CPU socket. Instead look for the small semi-circle cut-outs to install the board correctly. Expect memory issues and other strange behavior to result from bent pins. While these two issues are not ASUS specific, I would expect ASUS to work with Intel and others in the industry to make the labeling more human factors friendly.

Works great and is perfect quality just needs more PCI or PCI-E ports. One PCI port is super underwhelming. Also kinda short on USB ports.

Easy to install and nice intuitive BIOS. Has nice LEDs built onto the motherboard which cycle through various colors while powered on. Those who don't like extra colors coming out of their case might want to stay away, although I think there is a driver or software that can be downloaded through Asus to control the lights. High quality from Asus as expected. Highly recommend!

This board does not work for me. I tried to put everything on it and hope it might start normally, but it didn't. I cannot get any input on my monitor and I am sure the monitor works pretty good. I then tried to remove everything except for CPU and power supply, but it still doesn't work. I bought another motherboard just now and will come back to write more once I make sure the problem is about the motherboard or CPU.

Buyer beware! Love this! (BUT) I was just replacing my case and motherboard so I thought......my CPU is (Was) 4th generation i7, this board supports only 6+ and my ram was outdated too. So, guess what....bought an i7 7700K and new 16 GB Ram. Board is impressive and I downloaded a newer Bios, plus software to control the lights. BTW the lights stay on when the PC is turned off unless unplugged of course.OH! One cool thing is it has a slot for a new SSD M.2 Hard-drive. So, I bought an Intel 118 GB SSD M.2With my Geforce GTX 1060 6GB Video card my system is now a hard core gaming PC.