Specifications, BIOS/UEFI and Overclocking
Key features:
- Supports 10th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors (Comet Lake-S series, Socket 1200)
- Supports Dual Channel DDR4 2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2666/2400/2133MHZ memory
- 6*SATA3.0 ports
- 1*WiFi/BT module slot
- 2*M.2 slot
*silk-screen”M2-KEYM2″: Support PCI-E X4 NVME SSD and Intel Optane technology
*silk-screen”M2-KEYM1″: support PCI-E X4 NVME and SATA SSD - 1000M LAN
- Realtek ALC892 8-ch audio chipset
- DVI+HDMI ports
- 6*USB2.0 & 4*USB3.2 Gen1 ports(5*TYPE-A+1*TYPE-C,include headers)
- Audio isolated LED light
- 2*4PIN 12V RGB + 2*3PIN 5V RGB headers
- Support S3, S4, S5 wake-up
- Support phone call startup, timing boot, network S5 wake-up
Specifications
| Motherboard Series | Intel chipset, CVN series |
| Chipset | Intel B460 |
| Processor | Supports 10th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors (Comet Lake-S series, Socket 1200) |
| Memory | 4 DIMM slots，support dual-channel DDR4-2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2666/2400/2133 MHz |
| Graphics Support | 1*PCI Express3.0X16 slot |
| SATA Ports | 6*SATA3.0 6Gb/s ports |
| Board I/O | 1*PS2 port;1*HDMI port,1*DVI port; 2*USB 2.0 ports,3*USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A ports,1*USB3.2 Gen1 TYPE-C; 1*RJ45 1000M LAN; 6*audio ports; （onboard： 2*USB2.0 headers,1*USB3.2 Gen1 TYPE-A header） |
| Expansion Slots | 1*PCI Express 3.0×4 slot，1*PCI Express3.0x1，1* WiFi/BT module slot,2*M.2 slots |
| BIOS | 128M UEFI |
| Power Management | 10 Power Phase，support 125W processors |
| Hardware Monitor | CPU Fan speed Controlled，SYSTEM Fan Speed Monitoring, CPU Temperature Monitoring，System Temperature Monitoring，and Voltage monitoring |
| LAN | Realtek RTL8111F 1000M LAN，Provides 10/100/1000Mb Ethernet |
| Audio | ALC892 8-channel audio chipset |
| Configuration | 245*245mm ATX |
For more information, you can go to Colorful’s website.
BIOS/UEFI, Software and Overclocking
The CVN B460M has no options to overclock the CPU or RAM. We can set memory clock up to DDR4-3200 so slightly above the default DDR4-2933 for the Comet Lake-S processors, but that’s all. Since there are no options to adjust the frequency and additional voltages, then the BIOS/UEFI is limited to barely a couple of tabs with standard settings like a date, boot options, storage management, and security. We can feel like we had a laptop, but it’s still enough for a modern PC.
We can’t overclock, but we can manage everything else. COLORFUL is adding quite functional software that can be used for RGB management called iGAME DYNAMIC LIGHT. As you can see on the screenshot below, we can adjust lighting using RGB/ARGB headers and a light bar built-in the motherboard. The software is also showing us the motherboard picture with a lighting preview.
Below you can see some effects in a rainbow mode, which are working perfectly fine with used Enermax AQUAFUSION AIO cooler.
On the photos, you can also see four red diagnostic LEDs. I haven’t found an option to turn them off after a successful boot, but somehow they are not looking bad and are not too bright, even though on the photos, it seems otherwise.
Now it’s time on some tests, so we are moving to the next page.
