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Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

At present, in the DIY saving machine market, the popularity of the 12th-generation Core i5 with the B660 motherboard is quite high. If you are interested in DIY a set of such computers, then you may wish to pay attention to the Rainbow CVN B660M GAMING PRO V20 motherboard, which is hard to use, with excellent 16-phase CPU power supply design, and support DDR4 memory, lower cost savings, especially suitable for users who pursue high cost performance.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

According to the official introduction of Rainbow, Rainbow CVN B660M GAMING PRO V20 This motherboard can support memory overclocking rates up to DDR4-4800MHz, and the supported DDR4 deposit type is quite extensive, and users can rest assured that they can purchase high-frequency DDR4 memory to use in order to fully release the powerful performance of the 12th generation Core platform.

Next, the author will take a good look at this 12th generation of people-friendly cars!

Exterior appreciation

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars
Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

The Rainbow CVN B660M GAMING PRO V20 motherboard features a black PCB with silver heatsink.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

The CPU power supply heat dissipation module part is covered with two pieces of frost condensation heat dissipation armor, with full coverage condensation paste, the heat dissipation effect is efficient, and the heat can be quickly taken away.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

This motherboard adopts a 15+1 phase CPU power supply design, and is equipped with F.C.C ferrite inductor, DrMOS tube, 10K black gold solid capacitor, high-quality materials can ensure the stable operation of the 12th generation Core processor.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

The CPU power supply interface is designed for 8+6pin.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

New generation LGA1700 processor base with support for Intel 12th Generation Core desktop processors.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

Four DDR4 memory slots, a single slot supports up to 32GB of memory, four is 128GB capacity.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

The extended area is designed with a PCIe5.0 x16 slot, which is perfect for supporting the new generation of RTX30 series and RX6000 series graphics cards. At the same time, this PCIe5.0 x16 slot is metal ruggedized, which can effectively avoid the damage of the self-weight of large graphics cards to the motherboard.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

This motherboard is equipped with two M.2 SSD mounting positions, which are sufficiently scalable. At the same time, it is all equipped with M.2 die-cast metal heat dissipation armor, which can help M.2 SSD run stably without dropping speed.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

Frost condensation cooling armor on the South Bridge chip, with a laser pattern designed on it.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

4 x SATA 6Gbps interfaces.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

8-channel on-board sound card. At the same time, a number of professional audio designs are adopted, including audio chip shielding, audio splitting lines, audio professional capacitors, etc., which can provide good sound quality performance.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

Intel 2.5Gbit on-board nics that provide superior wired networking performance.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

The I/O interface area is designed with a protective cover.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

Integrated I/O backplane, more beautiful, more convenient installation, but also can play a protective role.

The I/O backplane is specially designed with a high-speed Type-C interface, which is very practical.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars
Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

Rainbow designed a cool RGB lighting effect for this B660 motherboard, which can bring better lighting effects by controlling the RGB LED lights distributed in the PCH armor and the side of the PCB.

In addition to the built-in light system, the motherboard also has two 12V RGB and two 5V ARGB strip connectors for compatible external light strips and heat sinks.

Intuitive and easy-to-use BIOS interface

The Rainbow CVN B660M GAMING PRO V20 motherboard features a simple and intuitive BIOS design.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

The main interface of the BIOS displays a wealth of system information and is designed with XMP memory overclocking switches, RAID switches, fan speed adjustments, EZ OC switching and other options.

"Overclocking OC", "Advanced Mode", "BIOS Function", "Language", "Exit" are the five sub-interfaces of this motherboard BIOS.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars
Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

Under the "overclocking OC" sub-interface, players can compare the overclocking operation of the memory, and players who like to overclock can slowly ponder.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

XPM switch option.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

Memory divide mode option.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

There are many setting options under the "Advanced Mode" sub-interface, such as chipset settings, storage settings, and so on.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

Under the "BIOS Function" sub-interface, players can upgrade the BIOS.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

Language Selection interface.

Exit interface.

Hands-on actual measurement

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

Next, the author equipped the Rainbow CVN B660M GAMING PRO V20 motherboard with a 12th generation Core mid-range Core i5-12400F processor and a set of 2×8GB DDR4-3600 memory, and conducted hands-on testing of this motherboard.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

According to the information identified by CPU-Z, after turning on XPM mode, this set of 16GB (8GB×2) DDR4-3600MHz memory defaults to running in Gear2 (1:2) memory divider mode.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

At the DDR4-3600MHz frequency, the memory reading, writing, and copying performance of this platform are good.

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

According to the running score of chess, after matching the high-frequency DDR4 memory, the performance of the Core i5-12400F is also very good, and users can use it with confidence.

Product summary

Rainbow B660 Motherboard Review: D4 MEMORY, 12 generations of people-friendly cars

With solid materials, stable performance and rich interfaces, Rainbow CVN B660M GAMING PRO V20 is such a trustworthy B660 motherboard. For users who pursue high cost performance, this B660 motherboard is worth your possession!

At present, rainbow CVN B660M GAMING PRO V20 motherboard has been listed on the Rainbow Jingdong self-operated flagship store, and it is less than 1,000 yuan when the special promotion is available, and the users who like it can go to buy.

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