Since its launch in the fall, Intel’s 12th gen CPUs have only had high-end Z690 motherboards available for early adopters. That meant that those that wanted a more affordable or budget-friendly board still had to wait before completing a new build. At CES 2022, Intel finally gave those users options with the unveiling of the H670, B660, and H610 SKUs for the 600 series chipset.
Each new SKU provides various benefits depending on what you are looking for. Because of that, each will have their own variable pricing set by various manufacturers.
As far as the general specifications for the motherboards, there is a lot to like.
The H670 offers eight DMI 4.0 lanes, up to 12 PCIe 4.0 lanes, and up to 12 PCIe 3.0 lanes. For USB lovers, you can have up to 14 USB ports total with it broken up between USB 2, USB 3.2 Gen 1×1, USB 3.2 Gen 2×1, and USB 3.2 Gen 2×2. The B660 offers a max of 12 USB ports, four DMI 4.0 lanes, six PCIe 4.0 lanes, and eight PCIe 3.0 lanes. The more budget friendly H610 doesn’t include any PCIe 4.0 lanes but offers eight PCIe 3.0 lanes with a max of 10 USB ports.
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What’s available for Intel 12th gen users?
With the announcement of the new SKUs for the Intel 600 Series chipset, there are now hundreds of options coming for consumers. Prices and specs are on a per-board basis, but we at least have the products to start researching. To help get them into one place, for now you can find a list from those that have been announced thus far arranged by manufacturer. The list also goes from high-end H670 to the lower H610 offerings.
ASRock 600-Series Motherboard Lineup
- H670 Steel Legend
- H670M PRO RS
- H670M-ITX/ax
- B660 Steel Legend
- B660M Steel Legend
- B660 PRO RS
- B660M PRO RS
- B660M-HDVP/D5
- B660M-HDV
- B660M-C
- B660M-ITX/ac
- H610M-HDVP/D5
- H610M-HDV/M.2
- H610M-HDV
ASUS 600-Series Motherboard Lineup
- TUF Gaming H670-PRO WiFi D4
- PRIME H670-PLUS D4
- PRO Q670M-C
- PROART B660-Creator D4
- ROG STRIX B660-F Gaming WiFi
- ROG STRIX B660-G Gaming WiFi
- ROG STRIX B660-A Gaming WiFi D4
- ROG STRIX B660-I Gaming WiFi
- TUF Gaming B660-PLUS WiFi D4
- TUF Gaming B660M-PLUS WiFi D4
- TUF Gaming B660M-PLUS D4
- PRIME B660M-A WIFI D4
- PRIME B660M-A AC D4
- PRIME B660M-A D4
- PRIME B660M-K D4
- PRIME B660M-PLUS D4
- EX-B660M-V5 D4
- EX-H610M-V3 D4
- PRIME H610M-A D4
- PRIME H610M-D D4
- PRIME H610M-E D4
Gigabyte 600-Series Motherboard Lineup
- B660 AORUS MASTER
- B660 AORUS MASTER DDR4
- B660I AORUS PRO DDR4
- B660M AORUS PRO AX
- B660M AORUS PRO AX DDR4
- B660M Gaming AC DDR4
- B660M Gaming X AX
- B660M Gaming X AX DDR4
- B660 Gaming X
- B660 Gaming X DDR4
- B660M Gaming X AC DDR4
- B660M Gaming X DDR4
- B660M Gaming AC DDR4
- B660M POWER DDR4
- B660M D2H DDR4
- B660M D3H DDR4
- B660 DS3H AC
- B660 DS3H AC DDR4
- B660M DS3H AX DDR4
- B660M D2HX
- B660M HD3P
- B660M D2H DDR4
- H610I DDR4
- H610M A DDR4
- H610M D2VX SI DDR4
- H610M H DDR4
- H610M HD3P
- H610M S2H DDR4
- H610M S2 DDR4
- H610I DDR4
MSI 600-Series Motherboard Lineup
- MAG B660 Tomahawk WiFi DDR4
- MAG B660 Tomahawk WiFi
- MAG B660M Mortar WiFi DDR4
- MAG B660M Mortar WiFi
- MAG B660M Mortar DDR4
- MAG B660M Mortar
- MAG B660M Bazooka DDR4
- MAG B660M Bazooka
- B660M Bomber DDR4
- B660M Bomber
- B660M PLUS
- PRO B660M-A WiFi
- PRO B660M-A DDR4
- PRO B660M-A
- PRO B660-A DDR4
- PRO B660-A
- PRO B660M-A CEC WIFI DDR4
- PRO B660M-A CEC WIFI
- PRO B660M-G DDR4
- PRO B660M-G
- PRO B660M-E DDR4
- PRO B660M-E
- PRO B660M-C EX DDR4
- PRO B660M-C EX
