Intel introduced B860 and H810 chipsets for low-cost boards for Core Ultra 200

Intel has officially introduced the B860 and H810 chipsets, designed for use in relatively inexpensive motherboards for Core Ultra 200 desktop processors.

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The mid-range Intel B860 chipset offers support for 14 PCIe 4.0 lanes (not counting the PCIe lanes supported by the CPU), four SATA III ports (6 Gbps), 1 Gbps LAN, Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 6. It also supports RAM DDR5 with frequencies up to 6400 MT/s. It claims to support 16 USB 3.2 ports and 12 USB 2.0 connectors. However, the bandwidth for these 12 ports can be reallocated by motherboard manufacturers to implement two 20 Gbps USB ports, four 10 Gbps USB ports, or six 5 Gbps USB ports.

The entry-level Intel H810 chipset supports fewer PCIe lanes and USB ports. The amount of supported RAM is also reduced. The Intel H810 claims to support four SATA III ports (6 Gbps), Bluetooth 5.3, Wi-Fi 6, 1 Gbit LAN and two eSPI ports. The supported memory frequency is 6400 MT/s, like the Intel B860, but the low-end chipset works with a 1DPC (DIMM Per Channel) configuration, in which only one DIMM is used in each channel. The chipset also supports 8 PCIe 4.0 lanes (excluding PCIe lanes supported by the CPU), up to 10 USB 2.0 ports, up to two USB ports at 20 Gbps, four USB at 5 Gbps and up to four USB 3.2 ports.

The cost of motherboards based on the Intel H810 chipset will start at $99. Boards based on the Intel B860 chipset will be offered starting at $129. The company also announced the manufacturers that will produce motherboards based on the H810: Asus, Gigabyte, ASRock and Colorful. The B860 chipset will be used in boards from Gigabyte, Maxsum, MSI and Asus ROG. Obviously, other Intel partners will join them over time. However, most likely, these manufacturers will be the first to release their solutions on the new Intel chipsets.