For those waiting for cheaper motherboard options for Intel's Alder Lake CPUs, you will soon have several H670, B660 & H610 products to select from.

Mainstream, Budget & Entry-Tier H670, B660, H610 Motherboards For Intel Alder Lake CPUs Launched

While the initial 12th Gen lineup was made up of high-end unlocked SKUs, the Non-K chips along with more mainstream and entry-level options will be coming to the market in Q1 2022. The Alder Lake platform will also receive three new consumer-grade chipsets which will cost much lower than existing Z690 options. These would range from H670, B660, and H610 motherboards.

ASUS 600-Series Motherboard Lineup

TUF Gaming H670-PRO WiFi D4PRIME H670-PLUS D4PRO Q670M-CPROART B660-Creator D4ROG STRIX B660-F Gaming WiFiROG STRIX B660-G Gaming WiFiROG STRIX B660-A Gaming WiFi D4ROG STRIX B660-I Gaming WiFiTUF Gaming B660-PLUS WiFi D4TUF Gaming B660M-PLUS WiFi D4TUF Gaming B660M-PLUS D4PRIME B660M-A WIFI D4PRIME B660M-A AC D4PRIME B660M-A D4PRIME B660M-K D4PRIME B660M-PLUS D4EX-B660M-V5 D4PRIME H610M-A D4PRIME H610M-D D4PRIME H610M-E D4EX-H610M-V3 D4

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MSI 600-Series Motherboard Lineup

MAG B660 Tomahawk WiFi DDR4MAG B660 Tomahawk WiFiMAG B660M Mortar WiFi DDR4MAG B660M Mortar WiFiMAG B660M Mortar DDR4MAG B660M MortarMAG B660M Bazooka DDR4MAG B660M BazookaB660M Bomber DDR4B660M BomberB660M PLUSPRO B660M-A WiFiPRO B660M-A DDR4PRO B660M-APRO B660-A DDR4PRO B660-APRO B660M-A CEC WIFI DDR4PRO B660M-A CEC WIFIPRO B660M-G DDR4PRO B660M-GPRO B660M-E DDR4PRO B660M-EPRO B660M-C EX DDR4PRO B660M-C EX

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Gigabyte 600-Series Motherboard Lineup

B660 AORUS MASTERB660 AORUS MASTER DDR4B660I AORUS PRO DDR4B660M AORUS PRO AXB660M AORUS PRO AX DDR4B660M Gaming AC DDR4B660M Gaming X AXB660M Gaming X AX DDR4B660 Gaming XB660 Gaming X DDR4B660M Gaming X AC DDR4B660M Gaming X DDR4B660M Gaming AC DDR4B660M POWER DDR4B660M D2H DDR4B660M D3H DDR4B660 DS3H ACB660 DS3H AC DDR4B660M DS3H AX DDR4B660M D2HXB660M HD3PB660M D2H DDR4H610I DDR4H610M A DDR4H610M D2VX SI DDR4H610M H DDR4H610M HD3PH610M S2H DDR4H610M S2 DDR4H610I DDR4

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ASRock 600-Series Motherboard Lineup

H670 Steel LegendH670M PRO RSH670M-ITX/axB660 Steel LegendB660M Steel LegendB660 PRO RSB660M PRO RSB660M-HDVP/D5B660M-HDVB660M-CB660M-ITX/acH610M-HDVP/D5H610M-HDV/M.2H610M-HDV

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Biostar 600-Series Motherboard Lineup

Biostar B660GTABiostar B660GTQBiostar B660GTN

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Colorful 600-Series Motherboard Lineup

Colorful CVN B660M Gaming FROZENColorful CVN B660M Gaming ProColorful Battle-AX B660M-HD Deluxe V20

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All motherboards besides the H610 series will support memory overclocking (XMP 3.0). As for IO, H670 will feature up to PCIe Gen 5 slots (x16 or x8/x8 electrical) while the rest will feature a single Gen 5 slot. All motherboards expect H610 will have a CPU attached NVMe (Gen 4.0 x4). As for DMI, the H670 boards will have a 4.0 x8 link while B660 and H610 will carry a 4.0 x4 link. In terms of Gen 4 lanes, H670 carries 12, B660 carries 6 and H610 carries none. For Gen 3, H670 carries 12 lanes & both B660/H610 carry 8 lanes.

The motherboards will carry lower price points than the Z690 series and we can expect sub-$100 US options based on the H610 chipset. It is also nice that most of these motherboards have DDR4 support as DDR5 is either too expensive or has severe supply issues at the moment to make it a good option for the budget and mass consumer market.

Motherboard manufacturers including ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, ASRock, and Biostar will be unveiling their new 600-series designs based on the H670, B660, and H610 chipsets at CES 2022 so stay tuned!