Gigabyte B660M AORUS PRO AX Intel B660 Motherboard
Overview :
- Supports 12th Gen Intel® Core™ Series Processors
- Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR5, 4 DIMMs
- 12* 1 1 Twin Hybrid Digital VRM Design with 60A DrMOS
- DDR5 MEMORY Design with Shielded Memory Routing
- Fully Covered Thermal Design with High Coverage MOSFET Heatsinks
- WIFI6 802.11ax 2T2R & BT5 with AORUS Antenna
- Blazing Fast Intel® 2.5GbE LAN with Bandwidth Management
- Dual Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 with Thermal Guard
- SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C® delivers up to 20Gb/s transfer speeds
- Pre-installed IO Shield for easy and quick installation
- RGB FUSION 2.0 with Multi-Zone Addressable LED Light Show Design, Support Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips
- Smart Fan 6 Features Multiple Temperature Sensors, Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP
- Q-Flash Plus Update BIOS without Installing the CPU, Memory and Graphics Card
Specification :
| CPU | 1. LGA1700 socket: Support for 12th Generation Intel® Core™ i9 processors/Intel® Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors |
| 2. L3 cache varies with CPU | |
| (Please refer to CPU Support List for more information.) | |
| Chipset | 1. Intel® B660 Express Chipset |
| Memory | 1. Support for DDR5 4800/4000 MHz memory modules |
| 2. 4 x DDR DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB (32 GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory | |
| 3. Dual channel memory architecture | |
| 4. Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode) | |
| 5. Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules | |
| 6. Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules | |
| (Please refer Memory Support List for more information.) | |
| Onboard Graphics | Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel® HD Graphics support: |
| 1. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2160@60 Hz | |
| * Support for HDMI 2.1 version and HDCP 2.3. | |
| ** Support native HDMI 2.1 TMDS compatible ports | |
| 2. 1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2304@60 Hz | |
| * Support for DisplayPort 1.2 version and HDCP 2.3 | |
| (Graphics specifications may vary depending on CPU support.) | |
| Audio | 1. Realtek® Audio CODEC |
| 2. High Definition Audio | |
| 3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel | |
| * To configure 7.1-channel audio, you need to open the audio software and select Device advanced settings > Playback Device to change the default setting first. Please visit GIGABYTE’s website for details on configuring the audio software. | |
| 4. Support for S/PDIF Out | |
| LAN | 1. Intel®2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps) |
| Wireless Communication module | WIFI Module |
| 1. WIFI a, b, g, n, ac, ax, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band | |
| 2. BLUETOOTH 5.2 | |
| 3. Support for 11ax 160MHz wireless standard and up to 2.4 Gbps data rate | |
| * Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment. | |
| Expansion Slots | 1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) |
| * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot. | |
| (The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 4.0 standard.) | |
| 2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4) | |
| (The PCIEX4 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.) | |
| Multi-Graphics Technology | 1. Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies |
| Storage Interface | CPU: |
| 1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_CPU) | |
| Chipset: | |
| 1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_SB) | |
| 2. 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors | |
| Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 | |
| Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready | |
| * System acceleration with Intel® Optane™ Memory can only be enabled on the M.2 connector supported by the Chipset. | |
| USB | Chipset: |
| 1. 1 x USB Type-C® port on the back panel, with USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 support | |
| 2. 1 x USB Type-C® port with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support, available through the internal USB header | |
| 3. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) on the back panel | |
| Chipset 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 Hubs: | |
| 1. 6 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header) | |
| Chipset 2 USB 2.0 Hubs: | |
| 1. 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers) | |
| Internal I/O Connectors | 1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector |
| 2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector | |
| 3. 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector | |
| 4. 1 x CPU fan header | |
| 5. 1 x water cooling CPU fan header | |
| 6. 3 x system fan headers | |
| 7. 1 x system fan/water cooling pump header | |
| 8. 2 x addressable LED strip headers | |
| 9. 2 x RGB LED strip headers | |
| 10. 2 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors | |
| 11. 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors | |
| 12. 1 x front panel header | |
| 13. 1 x front panel audio header | |
| 14. 1 x USB Type-C® header, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support | |
| 15. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header | |
| 16. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers | |
| 17. 2 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connectors | |
| 18. 1 x Trusted Platform Module header (For the GC-TPM2.0 SPI/GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0 module only) | |
| 19. 1 x serial port header | |
| 20. 1 x reset button | |
| 21. 1 x Q-Flash Plus button | |
| 22. 1 x reset jumper | |
| 23. 1 x Clear CMOS jumper | |
| Back Panel Connectors | 1. 1 x USB Type-C® port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 support |
| 2. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) | |
| 3. 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports | |
| 4. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports | |
| 5. 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R) | |
| 6. 1 x HDMI port | |
| 7. 1 x DisplayPort | |
| 8. 1 x RJ-45 port | |
| 9. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector | |
| 10. 2 x audio jacks | |
| I/O Controller | 1. iTE® I/O Controller Chip |
| H/W Monitoring | 1. Voltage detection |
| 2. Temperature detection | |
| 3. Fan speed detection | |
| 4. Water cooling flow rate detection | |
| 5. Fan fail warning | |
| 6. Fan speed control | |
| * Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install. | |
| BIOS | 1. 1 x 256 Mbit flash |
| 2. Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS | |
| 3. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0 | |
| Unique Features | 1. Support for APP Center |
| * Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications. | |
| @BIOS | |
| EasyTune | |
| Fast Boot | |
| Game Boost | |
| ON/OFF Charge | |
| RGB Fusion | |
| Smart Backup | |
| System Information Viewer | |
| 2. Support for Q-Flash Plus | |
| 3. Support for Q-Flash | |
| 4. Support for Xpress Install | |
| Bundled Software | 1. Norton® Internet Security (OEM version) |
| 2. cFosSpeed | |
| Operating System | 1. Support for Windows 11 64-bit |
| 2. Support for Windows 10 64-bit | |
| Form Factor | 1. Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.4cm x 24.4cm |