The B660 Master comes with almost everything you’d expect from a B660 board. There are three M.2 sockets, capable 16-phase 60A power delivery, a last-gen flagship audio codec, along with integrated Intel Wi-Fi 6 and 2.5 GbE. Gigabyte uses a black and gray heatsink combination here, which some may not find particularly appealing. That said, this is still a good-looking board and the heatsinks and shrouds covering most of the board, delivering a premium look.
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As far as hardware goes on the B660 Master, it’s not far off its Z690 brethren with three PCIe express slots, the top x16 operating at Gen4 and the other two operating at x4 and x1 Gen3, respectively. Storage includes one m.2 slot coming off the CPU, this lives above the top PCIe slot. We also have two more m.2 slots to the left of the chipset heat sink, one operating at Gen4 and one at Gen3. SATA connectivity includes four ports at 6Gbps.
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The motherboard arrives in a box in a dominant black, here no visual of the motherboard, only the Aorus logo, which is a falcon. We have blue and orange colors, the historic color of the brand. The only technical mentions are the presence of DDR4, support for the 12th generation and the presence of the B660 chipset.
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As we have already indicated, the B660 chipset does not allow overclocking processors, even non-K. Also, and even if the bios allows to indicate a ratio different from the original one, it is only applied on a single heart. We tested with our i6-12600K, on the P-Core side, the maximum ratio is 49. But whatever happens, the frequency is stuck at 4500 MHz for the P-Core and 3400 MHz for the E-Core.
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In terms of appearance, the B660 AORUS MASTER DDR4 looks like a typical representative of its family, with black and gray colors, large heat sinks for the power section and M.2 drives, as well as the characteristic AORUS logo on the chipset cooler. Of course, there was also a multi-colored LED illumination, because the LEDs were mounted at the right edge of the laminate and around the I / O panel. As for the power section, the manufacturer boasts a 16-phase solution with DrMOS type MOSFETs with a load capacity of 60 A, so there should be no problems with handling even the Core i9 with a long-term power limit of 241 W.
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We have talked about powerful motherboards with B660 chipset, and here we have an example with AORUS MASTER model. This board aesthetically reminds us of the Z690 AORUS PRO that we were able to analyze in October (a beast by the way). It has a great dissipation block for VRM, giving up the Fins-Array fins of the MASTER model with Z690 chipset, which by the way we also had the opportunity to analyze , and that is not a beast, it is the following, an “overkill” plate for enthusiasts or extreme OC.
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The motherboard is based on a 6-layer black PCB in standard ATX format. The design mainly uses black and gray elements, but there are also colored electronic elements. Formally, the board has no predecessor – the Intel B660 chipset and 12th generation processors offer completely different functionality, so just taking and slightly changing any existing product just won’t work. Moreover, Aorus has an almost identical board in its arsenal, but with support for DDR5 memory – B660 Aorus Master.
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The aesthetics of this AORUS B660 AORUS MASTER DDR4 has not changed much compared to the LGA 1200 generation, or at least not as much as it has with the Z690. It is something normal for being a board with a mid-range chipset, always using a standard ATX format .
The heatsinks do seem to have increased in size as they cover more area of the board. Always using right angles for a robust look and combining gray and black. And starting from the top half , we have a strong dual-block passive system to take care of the VRM, in this case with separate blocks using high-performance thermal pads.
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