Images show Intel H610 and B660 motherboards from ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI
New images have emerged of motherboards with Intel H610 and B660 chipsets. The images show boards from ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI. Earlier, other unannounced motherboards from ASUS appeared.
VideoCardz has published images of two unannounced ASUS B660 motherboards and two H610 variants. The website shows, among other things, an ASUS ProArt B660 Creator D4 and a ROG Strix B660-I Wi-Fi. The former has DDR4 support, a PCIe 5.0 x16 slot, three full-size M.2 slots and a smaller M.2 connector. ROG Strix B660-I has a mini-ITX design and supports DDR5 memory as well as PCIe 5.0.
ASUS’ two H610 motherboards are positioned lower to offer less elaborate VRM designs with less cooling. The two variants shown, the Prime H610-A and Prime H610-E, each offer a PCIe 4.0 x16 slot and two M.2 slots with PCIe 3.0 interface. The models offer DDR4 support and do not support PCIe 5.0 slots or PCIe 4.0 SSDs.
Images via VideoCardz
Gigabyte, in turn, seems to be working on 29 different B660 motherboards, states Twitter user hw_reveal† VideoCardz publishes images of three variants. According to the website, Gigabyte comes with a B660 Aorus Master, among other things. The Master is typically the highest ranked variant in Gigabytes Aorus lineups, and the company did not release a Master motherboard with the previous B560 chipset. The website also lists alleged Aorus Pro and DS3H UD motherboards with micro-ATX form factor and B660 chipset. In total, the company would release 29 different B660 motherboards.
Images via VideoCardz and Twitter user hw_reveal
Twitter user chi11eddog shows further images of four alleged MSI B660 motherboards. The Twitter user shows, among other things, a MAG B660 Tomahawk with Wi-Fi 6, DDR4 support and three M.2 slots. The motherboard does not show which PCIe generation this board supports. Chi11eddog also publishes three micro-ATX motherboards: the MAG B660 Mortar, MAG B660 Bazooka and Pro B660M-A. These motherboards all have DDR4 support and multiple M.2 slots, but again it is not clear which PCIe version they support.
The H610 and B660 chipsets are positioned lower than Intel’s current Z690 chipset and upcoming H670 chipset for Alder Lake CPUs. Among other things, the possibility to overclock the CPU is missing, although B660 motherboards can overclock memory. Leaker momomo_us shared earlier this month specifications of the alleged chipsets on Twitter† Intel is expected to introduce the new chipsets during its CES presentation on January 4.
Pictures from chi11eddog via Twitter