Gigabyte B660 Aorus Master (rev. 1.x) Motherboard

Gigabyte B660 Aorus Master (rev. 1.x) Motherboard :

Rule supreme with the Gigabyte B660 Aorus Master motherboards. The new king of gaming platform continues the legendary AORUS bloodline with the most robust power delivery and dominant thermal design, glorified with the complete memory overclocking technology to crown your PC with the best Alder Lake’s performance in all its gaming glory.

Features :

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

Overview :

UNPARALLELED PERFORMANCE
With technology moving so fast, GIGABYTE still keep up with the latest trends and provide our customers with advanced features and latest technology. GIGABYTE B660 Series motherboards come with upgraded power solution, latest storage standards and outstanding connectivity to enable optimize performance for gaming.

XTREME MEMORY
GIGABYTE B660 Motherboards feature the latest DDR5 architecture and XMP 3.0 capability. The new DDR5 memory technology brings 50% more bandwidth to the platform and increases the system performance drastically by implementing Unlocked Native DDR5 Voltage, Xtreme Memory Routing. In addition to the hardware upgrades, the user friendly UI provides full functionality to overclock higher with exclusive DDR5 tuning capability.

ADVANCED THERMAL SOLUTION
GIGABYTE B660 Series Motherboards’ Un-throttled performance is guaranteed by innovative and optimized thermal design to ensure the best CPU, Chipset, SSD stability and low temperatures under full load application and gaming.

CONNECTIVITY
GIGABYTE B660 Series Motherboards let you experience ultimate connection flexibility and blazing data-transfer speed with next generation network, storage, and WIFI connectivity.

PERSONALIZATION
GIGABYTE motherboards bundle several useful and intuitive software to help users to control every aspect of motherboard and provide customizable lighting effect with outstanding aesthetics to fit your unique personality.

ULTRA DURABLE
GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ features its product durability and high-quality manufacturing process. GIGABYTE motherboards use the best components and reinforce every slots to make each of them solid and durable.​

Specifications :

• CPU

1. LGA1700 socket: Support for 12th Generation Intel^®Core™ i9 processors/Intel^® Core™ i7 processors/Intel^® Core™ i5 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 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 “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