On the mainstream motherboard platforms, amd has always been conscientious. The processor overclocking and PCIe 4.0/5.0 bus have always been open, while Intel has been very restricted. The exposure shows that MSI is preparing a new mortar motherboard "mag b660m mortar Max WiFi ddr4", which adds an independent Reza clock generator to the existing "MAG b660m mortar WiFi DDR4", thus bringing support for overclocking and PCIe 5.0.
The model of Renesas clock generator is rc26008, which is installed next to the first PCIe x16 slot and the first m.2 slot, indicating that they can support PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 does not mean much to the graphics card, but with the future PCIe 5.0 SSD, the read and write speed can be easily doubled.
In contrast, overclocking capability is more valuable. In addition to matching with the K series unlocked version, it can also use models such as i5-12400 for overclocking**
In fact, as early as the beginning of the year, after the release of the 12th generation core non-k series, some players successfully overclocked models such as i5-12400 and i5-12600, up to 5.2GHz, but they had to use a special and expensive z690 motherboard and ddr5 memory. Naturally, no one would really do so.
If you can overclock the B660 motherboard at the price of 1000 yuan and the i5-12400/f processor at the same price of 1000 yuan, plus DDR4 memory, it will undoubtedly be very cost-effective
I only hope that Intel will not block this practice, and I also hope that there will be more such motherboards.