User complaints are more than justified from a price point of view. Everything got more expensive and the Z690 models were not going to be an exception, which depressed sales of the Alder Lake platform. But the solution will be available shortly, since we have filtered out the prices that many mid- and low-end models will reach for the Core 12. These are the prices of the B660 and H610 motherboards.
There is quite a bit of news regarding the three new chipsets that Intel is going to launch and many may not like some of the news. As we know, the blue giant will launch H670, B660 and H610, where the controversy came with the first. A few days after announcing that it would be delayed and could even be canceled, we saw the H670 plates as a leak, which threw the previous one to the ground, but there is new information about it.
The H670 motherboards will not hit the market at the same time as the B660 and H610 and that is not Intel’s fault. The funny thing about this situation is that the models that were supposed to flood the market were bought by OEMs in their entirety, so there is no stock and maybe not for a few months, curious to say the least.
GIGABYTE and ASRock will be the first
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It is also up to pcie4.0 pic.twitter.com/lJxctpsAbD
– LNB10 (@ ALX550) December 27, 2021
At least the first to reach retailers and wholesalers, where in the Chinese Taobao store they have already listed them with the prices. The important thing here is to understand that although they are within the platform, these prices come from individual sellers, which means that there is a possibility that they are fetching even lower prices.
Moreover, another unknown has long been revealed above these chipsets through rumors and which is now confirmed by looking at the specs of some models: B660 and H610 will not have PCIe 5.0 and will stay with PCIe 4.0 and PCIe 3.0 respectively.
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the pcie5.0 channel is not used pic.twitter.com/eUJ4HmFcqU
– LNB10 (@ ALX550) December 27, 2021
This simplifies the electrical connections and the design of each motherboard to be less expensive, which is precisely what users are looking for today. What is shown by ASRock and GIGABYTE reveals models that will have very basic characteristics on the one hand and quite complete on the other hand, which suggests that between the two there will be a lot of interesting models.
The leaked B660M-HDV completely lacks passive dissipation on the VRMs it integrates and only the chipset will have a small heat sink to keep it at bay. Even the M.2 doesn’t have a heat sink, all of which are very basic like its two RAM slots or a single 8-pin EPS connector. This model would be offered for $ 100, which is a fair price for what it offers.
The price of the H610 and B660 cards
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– LNB10 (@ ALX550) December 27, 2021
Everything will start with this ASRock model, which integrates a 7 + 1 phase system without heatsink with a PCIe 4.0 x16. It’s very similar physically to the model described above, where the difference is mainly in the rear connections and of course in the chipset, which is $ 15 cheaper than the B660.
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asrock b660m pro rs pic.twitter.com/HbsxB703r1– LNB10 (@ ALX550) December 27, 2021
The GIGABYTE options focus on the B660M DS3H and D2H, of course with PCIe 4.0 and DDR4 which are listed at $ 118, so these are really affordable prices if what you want is to mount an i3 or even an i5. given that these are contained consumptions. Keep in mind that Intel is now committed to overclocking memory with the H610, so we can enable XMP profiles.
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– LNB10 (@ ALX550) December 27, 2021
The rest of the full models are expected by CES 2022, including the H670 which, as they say, will arrive later as there is no entry stock until OEMs make units available for them. the rest of the mortals. For now, we’ll have to be content with the price of the B660 and H610 cards, which is good news for everyone.
