Tuesday, December 7th 2021
Intel H670, B660, and H610 Chipset Features Leaked
Intel is preparing to significantly expand its 12th Gen Core "Alder Lake" desktop processor series next January, alongside more motherboard chipset choices for the client-desktop segment. These include the H670, the B660, and the H610. The H670 offers most of the I/O features of the top Z690 chipset, but you lose out on CPU overclocking. The B660 is the mid-tier option, and while you still get a formidable I/O feature-set, the chipset bus is narrower. The H610 is the entry-level chipset with very basic I/O, and no CPU-attached NVMe slots. The interesting thing is that all these chipsets support PCI-Express 5.0 x16 (PEG) from the CPU, but leave it to the motherboard vendors whether they want to implement it. There do exist Z690 motherboard that lack Gen 5 PEG (and only feature Gen 4).
The chipset-attached downstream PCIe also varies greatly across the lineup. The top Z690 part puts out 12 Gen 4 lanes besides 16 Gen 3 lanes; while the H670 puts out 12 each of Gen 4 and Gen 3. The B660 puts out 6 Gen 4 lanes and 8 Gen 3 lanes. The H610 completely lacks downstream Gen 4, and only puts out 8 Gen 3 lanes. The H670 and B660 put out up to two 20 Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 ports; while the H610 lacks 20 Gbps ports. All chipset models put out at least two 10 Gbps Gen 2x1 ports; and at least four 5 Gbps Gen 1x1 ports. An interesting aspect of the lineup is that Intel is allowing memory overclocking across H670 and B660 chipsets, provided the CPU supports it.
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The chipset-attached downstream PCIe also varies greatly across the lineup. The top Z690 part puts out 12 Gen 4 lanes besides 16 Gen 3 lanes; while the H670 puts out 12 each of Gen 4 and Gen 3. The B660 puts out 6 Gen 4 lanes and 8 Gen 3 lanes. The H610 completely lacks downstream Gen 4, and only puts out 8 Gen 3 lanes. The H670 and B660 put out up to two 20 Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 ports; while the H610 lacks 20 Gbps ports. All chipset models put out at least two 10 Gbps Gen 2x1 ports; and at least four 5 Gbps Gen 1x1 ports. An interesting aspect of the lineup is that Intel is allowing memory overclocking across H670 and B660 chipsets, provided the CPU supports it.
37 Comments on Intel H670, B660, and H610 Chipset Features Leaked
Z690 boards will always look better with RGBs and large heatsinks. You think people buy $600+ boards on performance and value? They buy it because it looks better and some features like 10gbps internet they probably will never use.
If you're going for budget build with Intel H or B series motherboard, it is just wiser to buy a pre-built with DDR5 and the GPU that you want for much less money, because looks and extra features don't matter as much to consumers on a budget.
www.guru3d.com/news_story/gigabyte_b660_gaming_x_ddr4_images_leak.html
videocardz.com/newz/asrock-h670-b660-and-h610-motherboards-for-intel-alder-lake-cpus-leak-ahead-of-launch
Overclocking of the 12400 with debauer, now that is cool !
If it could be done on a cheaper motherboard then I would be interested!
Supposedly Ryzen Zen 4 has a better setup!
Going by Igors lab.