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How to Manage Shadow IT in Your Organisation
27 Aug, 2025







£193.06 inc. VAT
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For £159.61 ex-VAT, the ASUS TUF GAMING B760M-PLUS WIFI II is one of those sensible “just works” board picks for small offices, test rigs, or anyone building LGA 1700 workstations on a budget. ASUS’ TUF line tends to be aimed at people who don’t want drama: solid power/board design, straightforward BIOS, and generally good stability with everyday business workloads (and it’ll happily run dev boxes and media tasks too). The Wi‑Fi convenience is the real practical win—no need to buy extra adapters just to get a system online quickly.
That said, I wouldn’t point this at teams who are building high-end, always-on production servers or planners who care most about maximum upgrade headroom and exotic connectivity—they’ll often want a higher tier board with more “nice-to-have” expansion options. Also, if you’re buying specifically for long-term silence and thermals, make sure your case airflow plan is already sorted; the board won’t save a badly ventilated build. Overall: good value for a mainstream Intel build where reliability and getting machines deployed fast matter more than flashy features.

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