Asus ProArt B660-Creator D4 Review: Pros on a Budget

A well-priced (sub-$200) board for creative professionals.

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Asus ProArt B660-Creator D4
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Asus’ ProArt B660-Creator D4 BIOS sports a black and light-blue theme along with a bright white font that’s  easy to read. The BIOS is loaded with options and menus, and the most frequently accessed items are easily accessible and not buried several layers down. There’s also an Easy Mode that’s more of a dashboard with limited functionality. We're fans of the Asus BIOS and its logical layout. It has everything you need and then some to tweak your motherboard and component settings. And if you want to know how to access your BIOS (from any system), we can help!

Joe Shields
Joe Shields
Staff Writer, Components

Joe Shields is a staff writer at Tom’s Hardware. He reviews motherboards and PC components.

3 Comments Comment from the forums
  • HideOut
    a "creator" board with 10 year old audio? wow. I understand not spending the $ on the newest 4xxx chipset for sound, but the ALC 1200 family is still really nice and barely more $ than this crap.
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  • Co BIY
    A question that I would like to see answered is - what level of chip could this board handle with no throttling?

    i7 or i5K?

    What is different that allows the board to dominate the Office benchmarks? It seems like the biggest best most expensive should still lead those too.

    These moderate boards will help Raptor Lake a bunch at launch. DDR5 still doesn't look worth it in most cases to me. Intel could have a little motherboard advantage for the first time in a long time.
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  • Geezer760
    $199!! is hardly under $200, don't for get to add taxes, a budget board would be more like $79-$100, mid-range-$159-$169 range.
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