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(Gigabyte, for example, sells an optional “CNVi WiFi upgrade kit” for some of its motherboards.) If yours includes it, you’ll want an 802.11ac “Wave 2” router that can take advantage of CNVi’s full potential, like the Asus RT-AC87U. Don’t expect to see Wi-Fi on every H370, B360, and H310 motherboard, in other words, especially as you move further down the price scale. Intel 300-series motherboards: Feature comparisonsĮquipping extra hardware to fully activate the functionality can add to the cost of a motherboard, and it’s an option for motherboard vendors-not a requirement. There isn’t much variety here, nor fancy gaming brands. Here are some of the options in Newegg’s H310 selection. They lock you out of a lot of niftier new features that’ve blossomed in Intel’s ecosystem in recent years. These ultra-basic motherboards should only be considered for bargain-basement systems with simple needs. The memory setup only supports a single DIMM per channel, reducing overall bandwidth. It doesn’t support PCI-E 3.0, only the slower PCI-E 2.0, and you can’t use Intel’s Optane Memory technology like you can with the other options. Far fewer USB and SATA ports are supported. H310 motherboards really strip things back.