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ASUS ROG Strix B660-A Gaming WiFi D4 Motherboard Review

Features

  • Intel® LGA 1700 Socket: Ready for 12th Gen Intel Core, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® processors
  • Optimal Power Solution: 12+1 power stages with ProCool power connectors, high-quality alloy chokes and durable capacitors to support multi-core processors
  • Optimized Thermal Design: Integrated I/O cover, VRM heatsinks with high conductivity thermal pads, and three onboard M.2 heatsinks
  • High-performance Networking: On-board Intel® WiFi 6 (802.11ax) and Intel 2.5 Gb Ethernet with ASUS LANGuard
  • Best Gaming Connectivity: Supports HDMI® 2.1 and DisplayPort™ 1.4 output, three M.2 slots, as well as USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C®
  • Intelligent Control: ASUS-exclusive AI Cooling, AI Networking and Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation to simplify setup and improve performance
  • DIY Friendly Design: M.2 Q-Latch, pre-mounted I/O shield, BIOS FlashBack™ button and Q-LED
  • Unmatched Personalization: ASUS-exclusive Aura Sync RGB lighting, including one RGB header and three addressable Gen 2 headers
  • Industry-leading Gaming Audio: ALC4080 with Savitech SV3H712 amplifier, along with DTS® Sound Unbound™ and Sonic Studio III
  • Renowned Software: Bundled 60-day free trial of AIDA64 Extreme, and an intuitive UEFI BIOS dashboard

 

 

Specifications

CPU

  • Intel® Socket LGA1700 for 12th Gen Intel®Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors*
  • Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0**
* Refer to www.asus.com for CPU support list.
** Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 support depends on the CPU types.

Chipset

  • Intel® B660 Chipset

Memory

  • 4 x DIMM, Max. 128GB, DDR4 5333(OC)/5000(OC)/4800(OC)/4600(OC)/4400(OC)/4266(OC)/4000(OC)/3733(OC)/3600(OC)/3466(OC)/3400(OC)/3333(OC)/3200/3000/2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory*
  • Dual Channel Memory Architecture
  • OptiMem II

*Actual Memory frequency support depends on the CPU types and DRAM modules, for more information refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).

Graphics

  • 1 x DisplayPort**
  •  x HDMI® port***
  • *Graphics specifications may vary between CPU types. Please refer to www.intel.com for any updates.

** Support 4K@60Hz as specified in DisplayPort 1.4.

***Support 4K@60Hz as specified in HDMI 2.1.

**** VGA resolution support depends on processors’ or graphic cards’ resolution.

Expansion Slots

  • Intel® 12th Gen Processors
    • 1 x PCIe 5.0/4.0/3.0 x16 slot(s)*
  • Intel® B660 Chipset**
    • 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode)*
    • 2 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
    • * Please check PCIe bifurcation table in User Guide Chapter 1 // support site.
    • ** Supports Intel® Optane Memory H Series on PCH-attached PCIe slot

Storage

  • Total supports 3 x M.2 slots and 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
  • Intel® 12th Gen Processors
  • M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110
  • – Intel® 12th Gen processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode.
  • Intel® B660 Chipset
  • M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x2 mode)
  • M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
  • 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports***
  • * Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports SATA RAID 0/1/5/10.

 

Ethernet

  • 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet
  • ASUS LANGuard

Wireless and Bluetooth

  • Wi-Fi 6
  • 2×2 Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
  • Supports 2.4/5GHz frequency band
  • Bluetooth v5.2

USB

  • Rear USB (Total 9 ports)
    • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 port(s) (1 x USB Type-C®)
    • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port(s) (1 x Type-A)
    • 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 port(s) (2 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)
    • 4 x USB 2.0 port(s) (4 x Type-A)
  • Front USB (Total 6 ports)
    • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 connector (supports USB Type-C®)
    • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header(s) support(s) additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
    • 1 x USB 2.0 10-1 pin header + 1 USB 2.0 4 pin hearer support additional 3 USB 2.0 ports

Audio

  • ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC ALC4080
    • Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs
    • Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking
    • High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 113 dB SNR recording input
    • Supports up to 32-Bit/384 kHz playback
  • Audio Features
    • SupremeFX Shielding Technology
    • Savitech SV3H712 AMP
    • Premium audio capacitors
    • Audio cover
    • * Due to limitations in HDA bandwidth, 32-Bit/192 kHz is not supported for 7.1 Surround Sound audio.
    • ** A chassis with an HD audio module in the front panel is required to support 7.1 Surround Sound audio output.

Back Panel I/O Connectors

  • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 port(s) (1 x USB Type-C®)
  • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port(s) (1 x Type-A)
  • 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 port(s) (2 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)
  • 4 x USB 2.0 port(s) (4 x Type-A)
  • 1 x DisplayPort
  • 1 x HDMI® port
  • 1 x Wi-Fi Module
  • 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet port
  • 5 x Audio jacks
  • 1 x BIOS FlashBack button

Internal I/O Connectors

  • Fan and Cooling related
    • 1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header(s)
    • 1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header(s)
    • 1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header(s)
    • 3 x 4-pin Chassis Fan header(s)
  • Power related
    • 1 x 24-pin Main Power connector
    • 1 x 8-pin +12V Power connector
    • 1 x 4-pin +12V Power connector
  • Storage related
    • 3 x M.2 slots (Key M)
    • 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
  • USB
    • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 connector (support USB Type-C®)
    • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header supports additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
    • 1 x USB 2.0 10-1pin header + 1 USB 2.0 4pin header support additional 3 USB 2.0 ports
  • Miscellaneous
    • 3 x Addressable Gen 2 headers
    • 1 x AURA RGB header
    • 1 x Clear CMOS header
    • 1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)
    • 1 x S/PDIF Out header
    • 1 x SPI TPM header (14-1pin)
    • 1 x 20-3 pin System Panel header with Chassis intrude function
    • 1 x Thunderbolt™ header

 

 

Special Features

  • Extreme Engine Digi+
    • 5K Black Metallic Capacitors
  • ASUS Q-Design
    • M.2 Q-Latch
    • Q-DIMM
    • Q-LED (CPU [red], DRAM [yellow], VGA [white], Boot Device [yellow green])
    • Q-Slot
  • ASUS Thermal Solution
    • M.2 heatsink
    • VRM heatsink design
  • ASUS EZ DIY
    • BIOS FlashBack™ button
    • BIOS FlashBack™ LED
    • CPU Socket lever protector
    • Pre-mounted I/O shield
    • SafeSlot
    • SafeDIMM

Software Features

  • ROG Exclusive Software
    • GameFirst VI
    • ROG CPU-Z
    • Sonic Studio III + Sonic Studio Virtual Mixer + Sonic Suite Companion
    • Sonic Radar III
    • DTS® Sound Unbound
    • Anti-virus software
  • ASUS Exclusive Software
    • Armoury Crate
    • AIDA64 Extreme (60 days free trial)
    • AURA Creator
    • AURA Sync
    • Fan Xpert 4
    • Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation
    • AI Suite 3
    • Performance And Power Saving Utility
    • TurboV EVO
    • EPU
    • DIGI+ VRM
    • Turbo app
    • MyAsus
    • WinRAR
    • UEFI BIOS
    • ASUS EZ DIY
    • ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
    • ASUS EZ Flash 3
    • ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode

 

 

BIOS

  • 192 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

Manageability

  • WOL by PME, PXE

Accessories

  • Cables
    • 4 x SATA 6Gb/s cables
  • Miscellaneous
    • 1 x ASUS Wi-Fi moving antennas
    • 1 x Cable ties pack
    • 1 x M.2 Rubber Package(s)
    • 1 x M.2 Q-Latch package(s)
    • 1 x ROG key chain
    • 1 x ROG Strix stickers
    • 1 x ROG Strix thank you card
  • Installation Media
    • 1 x Support DVD
  • Documentation
    • 1 x User guide
  • Form Factor
    • ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm

Operating System

  • Windows® 11 64-bit, Windows® 10 64-bit

Form Factor

  • ATX Form Factor
  • 12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )

 

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