Review MSI Pro B660M-A DDR4 Motherboard Review: Pro Board on a Budget

[Admin]

The MSI Pro B660M-A DDR4 sports a jet-black appearance offering two M.2 sockets, four SATA ports, mid-range audio, and fast wired networking. At under $140, it’s a good deal for those looking to get into Alder Lake and not overclock. That said, there are less expensive options available with similar specifications.

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[shady28]

It's interesting how much difference motherboards make to both performance and power consumption. There's a 35% difference in system power draw from top to bottom in that power chart.

 

[Udyr]

If the product doesn't include RGB in the naming or marketing, RGB should not be either a pro or con in the final result.

 

[Co BIY]

Great review. I think Raptor Lake will benefit from having these low end boards appropriate to the lower end chips available at release. Alder Lake was hampered by only very high priced premium Z-series boards being available. Hopefully the needed BIOS updates will be quickly available.


What does this board do that allows for superior performance in the Office and Excel tests? It's beating the top Aorus/Hero/Taichi boards in these tests. I would expect these results to follow the others or at least be even across the boards. It's like a Toyota Camry actually handled a daily commute faster than a Corvette.


Edit note: [QUOTE Starting with PCIe, MSI fused three full-length slots to the board and one closed-end x1 size slot. ][/QUOTE]

I think that is meant to be two full-length slots.

 

[Tom Sunday]

I think Raptor Lake will benefit from having these low end boards. It's like a Toyota Camry actually handled a daily commute faster than a Corvette.

Good Point…Toyota Camry qualified! If I could only convince my girlfriend in giving-up her 5-year old HP laptop, I would consider this kind of ‘economy class’ MB in building her a new daily driver. Going from her HDD 5200RPM to NVME! After all her laptop never leaves her one-room apartment and she has steadily refused for me in offering her new 27-inch monitor for the bigger picture. Her Corvette upside: “She can walk that walk and talk that talk and has other attributes which are uniquely visible.

 

[toooooot]

Good Point…Toyota Camry qualified! If I could only convince my girlfriend in giving-up her 5-year old HP laptop, I would consider this kind of ‘economy class’ MB in building her a new daily driver. Going from her HDD 5200RPM to NVME! After all her laptop never leaves her one-room apartment and she has steadily refused for me in offering her new 27-inch monitor for the bigger picture. Her Corvette upside: “She can walk that walk and talk that talk and has other attributes which are uniquely visible.

I used to have a 6 yo HP laptop. I loved that huge bulky baby.
I did not use it often but sometimes I did. It looked so well that I did not have a problem selling it
for good money.
I think when you use a laptop all your life, you nevr know how comfy a PC feels at home.