GIGABYTE B860 DS3H WiFi 6E (Intel LGA1851, ATX, DDR5)

Our analysis

Will you ever add a second pair of memory sticks? That is the question this board answers against the ASRock B850M-X WiFi R2.0: four DDR5 slots on a full ATX board here, two on the ASRock's Micro-ATX, while both list Wi-Fi 6E, 2.5 GbE and two M.2 slots. The socket decides before any of that, though: Intel Core Ultra on this one, Ryzen on the ASRock.

What stands out

• PCIe 5.0 for the graphics card. The same slot generation as the pricier AMD boards we list, on an Intel platform.
• An 8+1+2 hybrid VRM. Fitting for a B860, the chipset our guide recommends for nearly everyone on the Intel side.
• M.2 Thermal Guard and tool-free latches. Cooling for your drives and one less screwdriver job during the build.
• Wi-Fi 6E and 2.5 GbE built in. Wireless and fast wired networking without buying an add-in card, plus rear USB-C.

Where it falls short

• Only two M.2 slots (one PCIe 5.0, one PCIe 4.0), according to Gigabyte’s spec sheet. A third NVMe drive needs a board with more slots.
• B860 is not the chipset for serious CPU overclocking; our guide points to Z890 for that.
• Wi-Fi is 6E rather than 7, which the MSI B850 Gaming Plus offers on the AMD side.

Look elsewhere if

You have not locked in a platform and lean toward AMD: the ASUS TUF Gaming B650E-PLUS WiFi brings three M.2 slots with heatsinks and BIOS FlashBack. If you want Wi-Fi 7 and 5 Gbps networking, the MSI B850 Gaming Plus WiFi has both. Keep in mind both are AM5 boards, so they need a Ryzen, not an Intel chip.

How to read a board's spec sheet before its chipset name is explained in How to Choose a Motherboard in 2026.