Z390M upgrade to B660M

[CrowDazzle]

Hey everyone,

 

I'm looking to upgrade my system and just need some validation to make sure my info is correct.

I currently have an MSI z390 matx mb with a 9700K, EVGA 3080 TI and Corsair Dominator RGB. It looks like my matx options are limited but Newegg has the MSI Mag B660M Mortar on sale. I'm running two two Gen-3 NVME ssd's and 3 sata ssd's.

 

I would like to reuse my Corsair memory which is DDR4 3200 in the new system. It looks like I shouldn't have any problem running this with a 12700K, is this correct? What about if I upgrade to 13 gen in the future?. 

 

The only thing that confuses me right now is the PCI lanes I'm giving up with a B660 over a z690. Does this have enough lanes to handle a gen4 GPU, gen4 NVME ssd's, 2.5Gbit ethernet, and at least two SATA ssd's? It seems like the lane count is shortly a lot at 14 lanes, right?

 

Thanks all!

 

[emosun]

10 minutes ago, CrowDazzle said:

The only thing that confuses me right now is the PCI lanes I'm giving up with a B660 over a z690

then buy a z690

[CrowDazzle]

Like I said, options are limited in the matx space, the Asus Prime in this form factor lacks 2.5Gbit ethernet. Then buy ATX is not an answer either.

[SorryBella]

1 hour ago, CrowDazzle said:

Does this have enough lanes to handle a gen4 GPU, gen4 NVME ssd's

16x to the GPU, 4x to the NVMe both of which goes straight to the CPU and dedicated 4x DMI link that manages every other pcie devices and IO functionality. It'll be MORE THAN fine.