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B660 should be a fantastic addition to motherboard lineups depending on vendor choices. For MSI, the MAG B660M Mortar is a well-made solution that sports enough connectivity between USB 2.0 and USB 3.2 for most consumers to be happy. I do like that 2.5Gbe has stayed on as a platform feature with B660 and enjoy that MSI has added Wi-Fi even if it’s the older Wi-Fi 6 standard and not 6e.
Read more @ TweakTown
MSI equips the B660M Mortar with two PCIe x16 (one Gen 4 the other Gen 3) slots and a single PCIe Gen 4 x1 slot. There are two M.2 slots, both of which have a thermal heat sink finished in the same brushed silver as the rest of the motherboard. The PCH heatsink is coated in the silver palette and embossed with the ‘Mortar’ trademark. Additionally, the board features six SATA III ports. The rear panel connectors include three USB 3.2 Gen 2 Sort-A ports, one USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port, four USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports, HDMI, Display-Port, a 2.5G Ethernet port, two WiFi6E antennae, and a seven-channel audio jack array.
Read more @ Guru3D
On the contrary, something that does not go unnoticed are the brushed aluminum heatsinks that it has spread over its entire surface. These coolers have a generous size and an attractive design with black lines and grooves that give the board some charisma. Another thing that surprised me is that both M.2 ports have their own heatsinks, which MSI calls M.2 Shield Frozr .
Read more @ NewEsc (Spanish)
Aside from the LGA1700 socket and the four DDR4 slots for system expansion , MSI has provided a PCIe 4.0 x16, PCIe 3.0 x16 and PCIe 3.0 x1 slot on a mechanical basis on the micro-ATX board . Two M.2 and six SATA 6GBit/s sockets enable a solid storage expansion and some USB interfaces should not be missing. In addition to the 2.5 GBit/s LAN port, there is also a WLAN module. All in all, MSI’s MAG B660M MORTAR WIFI DDR4 sounds pretty interesting. Now let’s go into detail.
Read more @ Hardwareluxx (German)
Courtesy of a premature listing, we now have our first look at board pricing for some of Intel’s upcoming B660 chipset motherboards from MSI (via @momomo_us). The models listed include the B660M Mortar, B660M Bazooka, and B660M-A featuring much lower prices than most motherboards equipped with Intel’s flagship Z690 chipset. This should make building a cheap Alder Lake system much easier on the budget, with budget-friendly B660 motherboards coming as an option in the near future.
Read more @ Tom’s Hardware / momomo_us
MSI did give us a small teaser of its B660M Mortar motherboard last week but now we get to see the full upfront view of the motherboard. The B660M Mortar features the LGA 1700 socket & will support the entire range of Intel’s Alder Lake Desktop CPUs. It can house the unlocked lineup all the way up to the Core i9-12900K but the more preferable choice will be to equip this board with the non-K series the launches alongside the B660 series.
Read more @ Wccftech
Popular Twitter hardware leaker @momomo_us, has just shared an image of over 50 new motherboard models based on Intel’s H670, B660, and H610 chipsets. The board’s models come from Asus, Gigabyte, ASRock, MSI, and Biostar and come in all standard form factors.
Asus appears to have 22 motherboards on the list, consisting of 15 B660 boards, four H610M models, and just three H670 boards. There will be 4 B660 ROG Strix models in the mix, including a -I, -A, -G, and -F. The -A model will have DDR4 support. The -I should be one of Asus’ only mini-itx B660 boards on the market for now.
Read more @ Tom’s Hardware / @momomo_us
The specifications H670, B660 and H610 motherboard specifications have leaked courtesy of @momomo_us. If they turn out to be accurate—and given momomo’s track record, we have no reason to doubt they won’t be—it points towards H670 and B660 series chipsets being highly capable, though we don’t expect too much from cheap H610 boards. Affordable boards to pair with upcoming i3 and i5 CPUs will be very welcome indeed, though.
Read more @ PC Gamer
The motherboard list comes from chi11eddog on Twitter who has previously leaked information on unreleased products including MSI’s flagship Z690 GODLIKE motherboard. The latest series of leaks include the upcoming B660 series motherboards which will be positioned in the mainstream board segment, starting at $119 US & going all the way up to $259 US, making them far more affordable compared to H670 and Z690 offerings:
MAG B660 Tomahawk WiFi – $259 US
MAG B660M Mortar WiFi – $239 US
MAG B660M Mortar – $219 US
MAG B660M Bazooka – $199 US
PRO B660-A – $209 US
PRO B660M-A- WiFi- $209 US
PRO B660M-A – $189 US
PRO B660M-G – $139 US
PRO B660M-B – $129 US
PRO B660M-E – $119 US
Read more @ Wccftech
The fact that B660 motherboards might not support Gen5 is actually a bit surprising considering that Gen5 lanes are attached to the CPU, not the chipset. However, the B660 chipset is aiming at the mid-range segment and 12th Gen Core non-K series. People who might want to upgrade to the LGA1700 platform with the minimum investment are not likely to jump on the Gen5 GPUs and SSDs right away (such devices are expected to launch in the first half of 2022). So needless to say Gen5 is not exactly a feature they might miss.
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