The Box and Packaging
The box and packaging is what you would expect from ASRock. It comes with a user’s manual, software setup guide, a Steel Legend post card, a Steel Legend key ring, an I/O shield, a pair of SATA cables, 3 sets of M.2 screws, along with a drivers disc, as well as the graphics card holder, and the WiFi antennas.
The ASRock B660 Steel Legend Motherboard
The motherboard has the ususal black/white/silver camo design anomalous to ASRock’s Steel Legend series. There’s onle 1 x M.2 Armor heatsink for your SSD and one large heatsink that cover the B660 chipset. On the top of the motherboard, you’ll find more heatsinks that cool the Mosfets/VRMs around the processor socket.
Since this motherboard is aimed at the mainstream use, it lacks the onboard on/off or reset buttons or any diagnostic LEDs on the motherboard, however you will find a clear CMOS button on the I/O panel, which is easiy accessible.
The ASRock’s Polychome RGB, when switched on will be activated on the right-side of the motherboard and around the chipset heatsink.
A Closer Look
The motherboard only comes with 1 x PCIE power connector which is unusal, but I guess it’s sufficient for powering up the motherboard. For expansion, it includes 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 Steel slot for graphics card, 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot, as well as 2 x PCIe 3.0 x 1 slot.
For storage, there’s a total of 6 x SATA3 ports, 2 x Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4 x4) and 1 x M.2 (PCIe Gen3) for SSDs, as well as 1 x M.2 Key-E for WiFi module (unoccupied).
Other connectors on the I/O panel include the 2 x USB 2.0, S/2 keyboard and mouse, HDMI port, DisplayPort, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C, clear CMOS button, 4 x USB 3.2 ports, Dragon 2.5G LAN, as well as an array of audio connectors.
