The Intel B560 Motherboard Overview: 30+ Budget Models Starting from $75
by Gavin Bonshor on March 29, 2021 7:00 AM ESTGIGABYTE B560M DS3H AC & B560M DS3H
Representing a more modest pair of micro-ATX options from GIGABYTE is the B560M DS3H AC and B560M DS3H. The only difference between both models is that the B560M DS3H AC includes a Realtek Wi-Fi 5 CNVi, whereas the regular B560M DS3H does not. Both models follow the same design, with a black, grey and deeper grey patterned PCB, withblack power delivery and chipset heatsinks. GIGABYTE is advertising a direct 6+2 phase power delivery, which is using a single 8-pin 12 V ATX CPU power input.
The GIGABYTE B560M DS3H AC motherboard and B560M DS3H share the same design
Located in the center of the board is one full-length PCIe 4.0 x16 slot, with two PCIe 3.0 x1 slots below it. For storage, GIGABYTE includes two M.2 slots, including one with support for PCIe 4.0 x4 drives,a second slot that can accommodate both PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA drives, with six SATA ports; two with right-angledand four with straight-angled connectors. In the top right-hand corner is four memory slots, with support for up to 128 GB of DDR4 memory, although GIGABYTE hasn't currently given us its memory QVLlist.
GIGABYTE B560M DS3H AC rear panel (only difference is Wi-Fi)
On the rear panel, the GIGABYTE B560M DS3H AC includes an AzureWave RTL8821CE Wi-Fi 5 CNVi, which is the only difference between both models. Both models include one USB 3.2 G1 Type-C, three USB 3.2 G1 Type-A, and two USB 2.0 ports. GIGABYTE includes a pair of video outputs including a DisplayPort and HDMI, with three 3.5 mm audio jacks powered by a non-specified Realtek HD audio codec. Finishing off the rear panel is a single Realtek Gigabit Ethernet port, with a PS/2 combo port designed for use with legacy peripherals.
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limitedaccess - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
Rocket Lake CPUs have 20 PCIe (4.0) lanes off the CPU. This a departure from previous generations in terms of lane count. Comet Lake (and older) for Intel have 16 lanes off the CPU.4 of those lanes are connected to the "first" m.2 slot of B560/Z590 motherboards. 10th gen CPUs don't have those lanes even as PCIe 3.0. Previous generation motherboards have all their m.2 slots using lanes connected to the chipset.
jrbales@outlook.com - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
Thanks for the explanation. My AMD X570 has PCIE 4 lanes from both CPU and chipset, so this is my first build wheres I'm running up against this limitation. Now it all makes sense and fortunately, I did place my Samsung 970 EVO into the 2nd M.2 slot. Thanks again! And old dog CAN learn something new!ScottSoapbox - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
There are three typos in the first paragraph that Word or a browser would catch if you took 10 seconds to check. Hint: words need spaces between them.Linustechtips12#6900xt - Thursday, April 8, 2021 - link
am I the only one who noticed the CMOS battery on the wifi thing in the asrock board?? lolutmode - Saturday, April 10, 2021 - link
has reaktek fixed speed dropping issue in their RTL8125B 2.5G NICmammuthus - Sunday, June 20, 2021 - link
Guys, witch one I should choose between ASUS ROG Strix B560-I Gaming WIFI and MSI MPG B560I Gaming Edge Wi-Fi?aigo - Thursday, July 29, 2021 - link
There is no sound through HDMI ports regardless of the OS; Linux, Windows. Definitely not a multimedia board, and neither it is for gaming.dwoodcock - Friday, August 13, 2021 - link
After messing about with this board all day trying to get RAID working I find out it doesn't support RAID at all!!!BadConfiguration - Thursday, October 28, 2021 - link
Hi Gavin, will the M.2_2 (marked ultra m2) use the pcie lanes from chipset ? Or would it use the pcie lanes from cpu ?