The motherboard ASUS RoG Strix B660-A Gaming Wi-Fi D4 It is designed for the latest Intel processors and has support for DDR4 RAM. gigabyte on his side he offers us the motherboard X570S AORUS PROAX will think for AMD Ryzen processors.
ASUS RoG Strix B660-A Gaming WiFi D4, for Intel Alder Lake
A few months ago Intel launched the Core 12th Generation, also called Alder Lake. These new processors are based on the 10nm manufacturing process. In addition, these new processors introduce the new socket LGA1700as these processors add support for several new technologies.
This motherboard makes use of the B660 chip, which offers us some interesting capabilities. This offers us a total of 6 PCIe 4.0 lines and 8 PCIe 3.0 lines, as well as four SATA ports. Although these specifications can then be customized by each manufacturer.
This motherboard offers us a power supply system for the processor that has been optimized. It has a system of 12+1 phase or VRM ProCool power supply, with high quality coils and high resistance capacitors.
Although Intel Alder Lake processors support DDR5 RAM, this motherboard supports DDR4. Currently, DDR5 does not make the slightest sense, since it does not add much. Moreover, this new memory standard is much more expensive than DDR4, which is why it is so uninteresting to make the leap.
The ASUS motherboard offers us a PCIe 5.0 x16 slot which is compatible with PCIe 4.0 and PCIe 3.0. Note that there is currently no graphics card or other component that supports PCIe 5.0. In addition, it offers support for three M.2 SSD socketof which two are PCIe 4.0 x4 and one is PCIe 4.0 x2.
Regarding connectivity, it offers us WiFi 6 and a port Intel 2.5Gb Ethernet. It also has a DisplayPort port and another HDMI. Additionally, it has a USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C, a USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A, two USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A and a USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C.
We are talking about a very complete and very good quality motherboard. It is designed to support any Intel LGA1700 socket processor. It only supports DDR4, something that will allow us to save a lot of money.
Gigabyte X570S AORUS PRO AX, for the most demanding
If you want to build a gaming computer based on an AMD Ryzen processor, this motherboard may interest you. The good thing about this Gigabyte solution is that it supports from Ryzen 2000 to the latest Ryzen 5000. A great motherboard for those who want to also overclock their processor a bit.
This motherboard has a design of processor power phases of 12+2 phase VRM of DrMOS that can supply 60A. Additionally, the motherboard includes heat sinks for the integrated M.2 sockets. An interesting aspect of this motherboard is the Q-Flash Plus technologyIt allows you to update BIOS without installing CPU, GPU and RAM.
This motherboard offers us support, as we have mentioned, for the Ryzen 5000 and all processors launched by AMD up to the Ryzen 2000. This motherboard also offers support for a total of 128 GB of memory. DDR4 RAM with a maximum frequency of up to 5400 MHz. It also offers support for overclocking, something that all AMD processors offer, although they do not allow much frequency adjustment.
This motherboard has a slot PCIe 4.0 x16 directly from the processor (if the processor supports PCIe Gen4). The motherboard also has three M.2 sockets for SSDs with a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface, as long as the processor supports it.
Regarding connectivity, this motherboard does not offer WiFi support, but it does have a 1G Ethernet port. Additionally, it offers four USB 2.0 ports, one USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C, four USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A and three USB 3.2 Gen1, as well as an HDMI port.
Those looking for a quality motherboard with good connectivity have a great solution in this motherboard. It supports different generations of AMD Ryzen processors and offers overclocking capabilities.
