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In our first round of Intel B660 motherboards, we checked out 10 entry-level boards priced at or below $140. Of those products, only the MSI Pro B660M-A was a good performer, but it was also one of the more expensive offerings at $140 for the non-Wi-Fi...
The king of the B660 performance hill (without going stupid on pricing) is the MSI B660 Tomahawk Wi-Fi as it performed exceptionally well in our testing.
The MSI MAG B660 Tomahawk WIFI stands out as an affordable option to build an Alder Lake-based system around. The sub-$200 motherboard is at the top of the food chain within MSI's B660 lineup, followed by the Mortar, Bazooka, and Pro SKUs. The Tomahawk...
One USB Type-C port, four USB 3.2 ports and four USB 2.0 ports allow us to connect various peripherals. Those who want to use the integrated graphics unit of the CPU will be served with a current HDMI and a DisplayPort port. If you don’t have network cabling, you’ll be happy about the built-in 6G WLAN. Six SATA ports and three M.2 slots allow connecting a total of eight hard drives. It should be noted that the SATA port with port number 7 is deactivated if an SSD is inserted in M.2 slot number three. The first two M.2 slots have an excellent data throughput. This has been halved for the third port.
Although only for mainstream gamers, MSI MAG B660 TomaHawk WiFi DDR4 might be a very attractive choice at this time considering the DDR5 transition period and the soaring price of PC parts. For those who want to make their own with DDR5 memory, MSI MAG B660 TomaHawk WiFi has been prepared in its line, so you can choose according to the memory, DDR4 or DDR5 by also considering your budget.