Sources say Intel will stop production of Z690 and B660 chipsets, leaving only entry-level H610

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens South China Daniel Wu, OC_Formula and Xiao Zhan for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com February 22 news, with the 13-generation core a large number of shipments, supporting Z790 and B760 chipsets will also become the main sales force. According to the latest revelations from Bobantang, Intel has informed motherboard developers to stop production of previous-generation Z690 and B660 chipsets of similar specifications.

According to the revelation, Intel has issued the latest notice that it will no longer produce Z690 and B660 chipsets, leaving only the entry-level H610 chipsets, and the discontinued product line will be fully taken over by Z790 and B760 chipsets.

CTOnews.com found that the differences between Intel 600 and 700 series chipsets are mainly focused on PCIe channel and USB support, as well as different appearance, but for many users, the incentive to upgrade is not very great.

The number of PCIe 4.0channels in Z790 chipset increased from 12 to 20, but the number of PCIe 3.0channels decreased from 16 to 8.

The number of PCIe 4.0channels in B760 chipset increased from 6 to 10, but the number of PCIe 3.0channels decreased from 8 to 4.