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ASUS Announces TUF Trooper B85 Motherboard

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ASUS today announced TUF Trooper B85, a rugged, high-value motherboard designed to withstand all conditions and heavy loading, and tested to exacting military standards for total protection to offer exceptional durability and long-term reliability. TUF Trooper B85 is certified by TUF engineers as a server-strength motherboard and is covered by a five-year warranty.

TUF Trooper B85 incorporates many exclusive TUF features, including the military-grade TUF LANGuard Ethernet socket and TUF ESD Guards 2 to protect against electrostatic discharge. Based on the versatile Intel B85 Express chipset, TUF's newest addition also benefits from ultra-durable TUF Components, high-fidelity TUF Audio with physical shielding, and flexible temperature-management with TUF Thermal Radar Core.



Server-grade reliability and military-grade strength backed by a five-year warranty
TUF Trooper B85 is built with military-certified components so it's tough enough for the most demanding conditions, even under heavy loading. Japanese-made 10K black metallic capacitors offer 20%-better temperature endurance for a lifespan that's up to five times (5X) longer, and TUF's chokes are manufactured using high-grade anti-oxidization materials to provide better heat dissipation and unbeatable durability.

Every TUF Trooper B85 motherboard undergoes punishing burn-in tests, with temperatures of up to 55°C for 48 hours and at humidity levels as high as 90%. Every motherboard is also subjected to a 20-hour extreme-temperature test of up to 60°C at 90% humidity, as well as undergoing rigorous thermal-shock tests. ASUS TUF engineers have conducted over 7,000 hours of strict validation tests to make sure our motherboards are compatible with more than 1000 devices, so TUF Trooper B85 is primed to work with the maximum number of peripherals.

Full and exclusive protection against damage from electrostatic discharges
TUF Trooper B85's LANGuard socket has advanced signal-coupling technology and premium surface-mounted capacitors to improve throughput. Tested to military standards, TUF LANGuard is certified for tough duty to protect the motherboard from lightning strikes and static electricity. TUF Trooper B85 also includes upgraded TUF ESD Guards 2 to defend numerous ports against sudden electrostatic discharge. Engineered to be two times (2X) stronger than before, TUF ESD Guards 2 covers all USB sockets and audio connectors - and exclusive pin-level testing on specific rear input-output (I/O) connectors is 30% higher than the previous TUF standard.

With many whole-build server-grade stability tests also thrown at the motherboard, TUF Trooper B85 can be trusted in all conditions - a pledge backed by TUF's five-year warranty.

Superior LED-illuminated audio trace and flexible cooling controls
With LED-illuminated TUF Audio on board, TUF Trooper B85 makes short work of optimizing audio settings for any type of listening, from online chat to watching movies and relaxing to favorite music. The professionally-engineered hardware design features physical shielding and premium components to ensure precise separation of analog and digital signals, as well as minimizing crosstalk interference. The result is sound output that has exceptional clarity and fidelity, enhanced visually by the gorgeous LED-illuminated audio trace.

TUF Trooper B85 also has built-in TUF Thermal Radar Core for complete and easy management of system cooling. Customizable controls allow users to adjust fan speeds, enabling temperatures to be tuned with a single click. This single-click simplicity is even extended to TUF Trooper B85's live-update feature, ensuring that the board's Thermal Radar Core is never out of date.



For more information, visit the product page.

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Asus, at least show us your intentions for longevity and put a small piece of aluminum on those VRMs.

They are being cooled by the downward airflow from the CPU cooler :p - just kiddin. I am more puzzled by B85 chipset, why not H87?
 
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They are being cooled by the downward airflow from the CPU cooler :p - just kiddin. I am more puzzled by B85 chipset, why not H87?

B85 is for the business market. When we upgrade our PC's, we go for the B85 chipset over H97, just tends to have better features at a sensible price point when buying in the thousands.
 
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look at audio parts, it looks more simple than the other that put many audio grade capacitor, shielded chip
and the color
 
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Donno what's the purpose of TUF series. Why don't they merge TUF with ROG instead of splitting us between the two? I have the ancient ASUS Rampage II Gene and despite having a cold bug on high overclocks, it's freaking amazing board. The best I've ever had.
 

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Asus, at least show us your intentions for longevity and put a small piece of aluminum on those VRMs.

They want to give you the opportunity to select what YOU like best for cooling the VRM's! :laugh:
 
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Donno what's the purpose of TUF series. Why don't they merge TUF with ROG instead of splitting us between the two? I have the ancient ASUS Rampage II Gene and despite having a cold bug on high overclocks, it's freaking amazing board. The best I've ever had.

The "TUF series" is intended to fool technically challenged consumers into buying hype... as the PC industry is still in the tank and likely to have plateaued meaning the heyday's of glorious endless sales and windfall profits are over for many including mobo makers. Asus has been migrating to more consumer products as the mobo Biz is stagnant as far as growth.

You'll find Asus has a portfolio of half-backed crap IMO, that they are marketing to naïve consumers, who don't have the technical knowledge to know the stuff is crap so they buy it and recommend it to other gullible consumers. There are many other companies following Asus' lead such as Corsair. They build a name based on good products (years ago) and then milk it for all it's worth with rebadged products and crapware.
 
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as the PC industry is still in the tank

You seem misinformed

The "TUF series" is intended to fool technically challenged

It's also intended to provide those with colour themed preferences with options.
You'll also be amazed how useful it is to have an electrically protected LAN socket.

You'll find Asus has a portfolio of half-backed crap IMO

Like the Asus GTX 980 that got a perfect 10?
Or the Asus GTX 970 that got a 9.9?

who don't have the technical knowledge to know the stuff is crap so they buy it and recommend it to other gullible consumers.

Are you implying that a large portion of this reader/forum base are gullible idiotic naive morons? If so, you're not welcome here. Get out.

They build a name based on good products (years ago) and then milk it for all it's worth with rebadged products and crapware.

You mean like rebadging quality Sea Sonic PSU's, providing some of the best soundcards for non DAC owners, and highly affordable feature-rich motherboards?

You're one step away from getting on the wrong side of my laid back and pleasant nature.
 
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I usually like to avoid Asus products like a plague for their proven track record of nightmare of after sales service in India. But somehow with Sabertooth X99 and TUF B85 I am tempted make exception to this rule.
 
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Donno what's the purpose of TUF series. Why don't they merge TUF with ROG instead of splitting us between the two? I have the ancient ASUS Rampage II Gene and despite having a cold bug on high overclocks, it's freaking amazing board. The best I've ever had.

To give you a better answer, the TUF series exists to fill a gap between their mainstream and ROG boards. For people that want a super reliable board that doesn't have all the extra features of the ROG series. What you end up with is a board with a solid feature set that has a long warranty at a more cost effective price point. This board appears to be targeted at a small business market and looking at the features and chipset I would imagine that it will be very reasonably priced.

My previous board was a Sabertooth P67 and it is still going strong as the basis for my new NAS build. It has been rock solid and it still has warranty left.
 
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