THERMAL SOLUTION FOR MORE CORES AND HIGHER PERFORMANCE

With more cores’ processors, thermal and power design is more important to make sure the temperature keeps lower. MSI extended PWM heatsink and enhanced circuit design ensures even high-end Intel CPU to run in full speed with MSI motherboards.

LIGHTNING GEN 4 M.2

Utilizing 12th Gen Intel Core processors, MSI B660 motherboards feature latest Lightning Gen 4 M.2 which is the fastest onboard storage solution on the market with up to 64 Gb/s transfer speed.

HIGH-BANDWIDTH AND LOW-LATENCY NETWORK

2.5Gbps LAN provides incredible data transfer speed faster than general Gigabit LAN. This is a premium solution for demanding users.

Features

• Supports 12th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® processors for LGA 1700 socket
• Supports DDR4 Memory, up to 4800+(OC) MHz
• Premium Thermal Solution: Extended Heatsink Design and M.2 Shield Frozr are built for high performance system and non-stop works
• Latest Network Solution: Onboard 2.5G LAN plus Gigabit LAN with LAN Manager deliver the best online experience without lag
• Lightning M.2: Running at PCIe Gen 4 maximizes performance for NVMe based SSDs
• Audio Boost: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality
• Multi-GPU: With Steel armor PCIe slots. Supports AMD Crossfire™

Specifications

  PROCESSOR

• Supports 12th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors *
• Processor socket LGA1700

   * - Please go to www.msi.com to get the newest support status as new processors are released

CHIPSET

• Intel® B660 Chipset

MEMORY

• 4x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 128GB *
• Supports 1R 2133/ 2666/ 3200 MHz (by JEDEC & POR)
• Max overclocking frequency:
  • 1DPC 1R Max speed up to 4800+ MHz
  • 1DPC 2R Max speed up to 4000+ MHz
  • 2DPC 1R Max speed up to 4000+ MHz
  • 2DPC 2R Max speed up to 3600+ MHz
• Supports Dual-Channel mode
• Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

* - Please refer to www.msi.com for more information on compatible memory.

EXPANSION SLOT

• 2x PCIe x16 slots
  • PCI_E1 slot (From CPU)
    • Supports PCIe 4.0 x16
  • PCI_E3 slot (From B660 Chipset)
    • Supports PCIe 3.0 x4
• 1x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot (From B660 chipset)

MULTI-GPU

• Supports 2-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology

ONBOARD GRAPHICS

• 1x HDMI 2.1 with HDR port, supports a maximum resolution of 4K 60Hz1 / 2
• 1x DisplayPort 1.4 port with HBR3, supports a maximum resolution of 4K 60Hz1 / 2

1. Available only on processors featuring integrated graphics.
2. Graphics specifications may vary depending on the CPU installed.

STORAGE

• 4x SATA 6Gb/s ports (SATA5~8, from B660 Chipset)1
• 2x M.2 slots (Key M)
  • M2_1 slot (From CPU)
    • Supports PCIe 4.0 x4
    • Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices
  • M2_2 slot (From B660 Chipset)1
    • Supports PCIe 4.0 x4
    • Supports SATA 6Gb/s
    • Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices
    • Supports Intel® Optane™ Memory
• Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors

1. SATA8 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_2 slot.

RAID

• Supports RAID 0, RAID 1 , RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices

USB

Intel® B660 Chipset

• 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps Type-A ports on the back panel
• 3x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports (2 Type-A ports on the back panel, 1 Type-C available through the internal connector)
• 6x USB 2.0 ports (2 Type-A ports on the back panel, 4 Type-A ports available through the internal connectors)

Asmedia ASM1074

• 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps Type-A ports through the internal connector

DIMENSIONS

• Micro-ATX Form Factor
• 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm

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