GIGABYTE B660 AORUS MASTER DDR5 MOTHERBOARD

Description

Intel® B660 AORUS Motherboard with 16*+1+1 Twin Hybrid Phases Digital VRM Design, DDR5 XTREME MEMORY Design, Fully Covered Thermal Design, 3 x PCIe 4.0*/3.0 M.2 with Enlarged Thermal Guard, Intel® 2.5GbE LAN, WIFI 6 802.11ax, 120dB Hi-Res Audio with WIMA, Rear USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C®, RGB FUSION 2.0, Q-Flash Plus

• Supports 12th Gen Intel® Core™ Series Processors
• Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR5, 4 DIMMs
• 16*+1+1 Twin Hybrid Digital VRM Design with 60A DrMOS
• DDR5 XTREME MEMORY Design with Shielded Memory Routing
• Fully Covered Thermal Design with High Coverage MOSFET Heatsinks
• WIFI 6 802.11ax 2T2R & BT5 with AORUS Antenna
• Amp-Up Audio with ALC1220 and WIMA Audio Capacitors
• Blazing Fast Intel® 2.5GbE LAN with Bandwidth Management
• Triple Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0*/3.0 x4 M.2 with Enlarged Thermal Guards
• SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C® delivers up to 20Gb/s transfer speeds
• RGB FUSION 2.0 with Multi-Zone Addressable LED Light Show Design, Support Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips
• Smart Fan 6 Features Multiple Temperature Sensors, Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP
• Q-Flash Plus Update BIOS without Installing the CPU, Memory, and Graphics Card

SPECIFICATION

• CPU
  1. LGA1700 socket: Support for 12th Generation Intel^®Core™, Pentium^® Gold and Celeron^® Processors*
  2. L3 cache varies with CPU

* Please refer to “CPU Support List” for more information.

• Chipset
  1. Intel^®B660 Express Chipset
• Memory
  1. Support for DDR5 6000(O.C.) / 5800(O.C.) / 5600(O.C.) / 5400(O.C.) / 5200(O.C.) /4800/4000 MHz memory modules
  2. 4 x DDR DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB (32 GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory
  3. Dual-channel memory architecture
  4. Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
  5. Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
  6. Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

(Please refer to “Memory Support List” for more information.)

• Onboard Graphics

Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel^® HD Graphics support:

1. 1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2304@60 Hz
   * Support for DisplayPort 1.2 version and HDCP 2.3
2. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2160@60 Hz
   * Support for HDMI 2.1 version and HDCP 2.3.
   ** Support native HDMI 2.1 TMDS compatible ports

(Graphics specifications may vary depending on CPU support.)

• Audio
  1. Realtek^®ALC1220-VB CODEC
     * The back panel line out jack supports DSD audio.
  2. High Definition Audio
  3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
  4. Support for S/PDIF Out
• LAN
  1. Intel^®5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps)
• Wireless Communication module

WIFI Module

1. WIFI a, b, g, n, ac, ax, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band
2. BLUETOOTH 5.2
3. Support for 11ax 160MHz wireless standard and up to 2.4 Gbps data rate
   * Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment.

• Expansion Slots
  1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
     (The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 4.0 standard.)
  2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
     * The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the M2M_SB connector. The PCIEX4 slot becomes unavailable when a device is installed in the M2M_SB connector.
  3. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x1 (PCIEX1)
     (The PCIEX4 and PCIEX1 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
• Multi-Graphics Technology
  1. Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies
• Storage Interface

CPU:

1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_CPU)

Chipset:

2. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_SB)
3. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M_SB)
4. 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
Intel^® Optane™ Memory Ready
* System acceleration with Intel^® Optane™ Memory can only be enabled on the M.2 connectors supported by the Chipset.

• USB

Chipset:

1. 1 x USB Type-C^®port on the back panel, with USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 support
2. 1 x USB Type-C^®port with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support, available through the internal USB header
3. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) on the back panel
4. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB headers

Chipset+2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 Hubs:

5. 6 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)

Chipset+USB 2.0 Hub:

6. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports on the back panel

• Internal I/O Connectors
  1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
  2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
  3. 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
  4. 1 x CPU fan header
  5. 1 x water cooling CPU fan header
  6. 4 x system fan headers
  7. 2 x system fan/water cooling pump headers
  8. 2 x addressable LED strip headers
  9. 2 x RGB LED strip headers
  10. 3 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
  11. 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  12. 1 x front panel header
  13. 1 x front panel audio header
  14. 1 x USB Type-C^®header, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support
  15. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header
  16. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
  17. 1 x noise detection header
  18. 2 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connectors
  19. 1 x Trusted Platform Module header (For the GC-TPM2.0 SPI/GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0 module only)
  20. 1 x reset button
  21. 1 x Q-Flash Plus button
  22. 1 x reset jumper
  23. 2 x temperature sensor headers
  24. 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
• Back Panel Connectors
  1. 1 x USB Type-C^®port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 support
  2. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red)
  3. 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
  4. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  5. 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)
  6. 1 x DisplayPort
  7. 1 x HDMI 2.0 port
  8. 1 x RJ-45 port
  9. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
  10. 5 x audio jacks
• I/O Controller
  1. iTE^®I/O Controller Chip
• H/W Monitoring
  1. Voltage detection
  2. Temperature detection
  3. Fan speed detection
  4. Water cooling flow rate detection
  5. Fan fail warning
  6. Fan speed control
     * Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.
  7. Noise detection
• BIOS
  1. 1 x 256 Mbit flash
  2. Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
  3. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0
• Unique Features
  1. Support for APP Center
     * Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.
     @BIOS
     EasyTune
     Fast Boot
     Game Boost
     ON/OFF Charge
     RGB Fusion
     Smart Backup
     System Information Viewer
  2. Support for Q-Flash Plus
  3. Support for Q-Flash
  4. Support for Xpress Install
• Bundled Software
  1. Norton^®Internet Security (OEM version)
  2. cFosSpeed
• Operating System
  1. Support for Windows 11 64-bit
  2. Support for Windows 10 64-bit
• Form Factor
  1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm