I had this in mind for a new build but the early pricing, at least in the UK, is terrible vs previous gen. Pre-orders are at £245 vs £155 for the B560 version of this board.
That's a big jump for PCI-E 5.0 and DDR5 support, especially with DDR5 modules being both very expensive and lacking in availability.
That would be a specialty board that almost no one needs. It might be available from industrial board suppliers though but would be non cost competitive for anyone else.
It only needs two thunderbolt 4 or usb4. Quite a few z690 can do that. ASUS Z690i mitx has two TB4 too. But none of these B660 and H670 MBs has it. Just a total waste of the CPUs.
Use almost any cheap board, add a cheap GPU maybe two. Boom, quad 4K support for office use.
Half-height single slot GPUs are available cheaply for very small boxes e.g. 3-5 litres (typical PC size is around 40-50 litres).
PCI riser cables (around £$10) let you put the GPU flat against the back of the motherboard - not sticking out at right angles - for extra small boxes.
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meacupla - Friday, January 7, 2022 - link
Now this looks like a promising DDR5 mITX board.The Z690 mITX lineup was a wash of bad choices, unless you were overclocking RAM.
skydiverian - Saturday, January 8, 2022 - link
I had this in mind for a new build but the early pricing, at least in the UK, is terrible vs previous gen. Pre-orders are at £245 vs £155 for the B560 version of this board.That's a big jump for PCI-E 5.0 and DDR5 support, especially with DDR5 modules being both very expensive and lacking in availability.
HideOut - Sunday, January 9, 2022 - link
PCIE 5 is useless for anything right now. Theres not even a single product available that uses it for consumers. The DDR5 issue is bad though.Spunjji - Monday, January 10, 2022 - link
DDR5 is functionally irrelevant right now. It will be fine once prices and supplies have a chance to catch up, but until then it's a hindrance.dodoei - Sunday, January 9, 2022 - link
Why nobody is making a cheaper board that supports quad 4k displays? Both Ryzen and Alder lake can drive that.HideOut - Sunday, January 9, 2022 - link
That would be a specialty board that almost no one needs. It might be available from industrial board suppliers though but would be non cost competitive for anyone else.dodoei - Sunday, January 9, 2022 - link
It only needs two thunderbolt 4 or usb4. Quite a few z690 can do that. ASUS Z690i mitx has two TB4 too. But none of these B660 and H670 MBs has it. Just a total waste of the CPUs.Spunjji - Monday, January 10, 2022 - link
The vast majority of expected users of these boards will be adding a GPUTomatotech - Monday, January 10, 2022 - link
Use almost any cheap board, add a cheap GPU maybe two. Boom, quad 4K support for office use.Half-height single slot GPUs are available cheaply for very small boxes e.g. 3-5 litres (typical PC size is around 40-50 litres).
PCI riser cables (around £$10) let you put the GPU flat against the back of the motherboard - not sticking out at right angles - for extra small boxes.