Sunday, February 26th 2017

ASRock Announces Motherboards for AMD Ryzen Processors

The leading global motherboard manufacturer, ASRock, is pleased to announce the launch of its series of AMD AM4 socket based X370 and B350 motherboards - celebrating AMD's return to the CPU arena with the all-new, high-performance Ryzen processor. ASRock has created distinctive X370 motherboards to match all your needs, with unique features and a full range of products for gamers, power users, tech geeks and even DIY beginners.

Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming: The world's first AMD X370 motherboard with ultra-fast 5 Gb/s LAN support, ASRock's Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming motherboard is endorsed by professional gaming legend, Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel. The built-in Aquantia 5Gb/s LAN is no need to upgrade cables - just plug in existing Cat 5e cables with 5 Gb/s switching hub, and you can instantly get 5x more network capacity. The IR digital PWM 16 phase power supply design ensures rock solid stability and consistent performance, even with power-hungry loading scenarios. ASRock's signature PCI-E Steel Slots feature extra enhanced quality that prevent signal interference affecting graphics cards, ensuring glitch-free gaming and heavy graphics cards to be well installed. Key on-board features include 802.11ac WiFi, and the gamer's must-have audio solution, Creative SoundBlaster Cinema 3, to enhance gaming sound with stunning audio realism, intuitive positional accuracy, punch and dynamics.
The Best All-Rounder : X370 Taichi - ASRock's X370 Taichi aims to provide all the features that are most in demand amongst mainstream users. This motherboard is carefully crafted to offer optimum IR 16 power phase design without the price hit of more exotic features. The Hyper BCLK Engine II external clock chip supports BCLK overclocking, provides a wider range of frequencies and more precise clock waveforms, allowing any user to get most from their CPU investment with precise, stable overclocking. The motherboard supports dual M.2 modules for ultra-fast SSD storage performance - including a PCIe Gen3 x4 Ultra M.2 interface that pushes data transfer speeds up to 32Gb/s and is compatible with ASRock's U.2 Kit for installing some of the world's fastest U.2 PCIe Gen3 x4 SSDs. Expansion and connectivity options are almost unlimited, with USB 3.1 Type-A and Type-C and 6 USB 3.0 sockets, on board 802.11ac WiFi, and built-in new generation audio technology, Purity Sound 4.

Built To Kill : X370 Killer SLI/ac - The ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac offers a powerful range of features at a very attractive price. Stunning features include SLI and CrossFireX support, with ASRock's new SLI HB bridge, on board 802.11ac WiFi, reversible Type-C USB, dual M.2 modules for ultra-fast SSD storage performance at up to 32Gb/s, and IR digital PWM 12 phase power supply design for stable, reliable performance. As well as supporting Ryzen CPUs, this board also offers full support, including HDMI output, for the economical AMD A-Series APUs with built-in graphics.

Built To Kill : X370 Killer SLI/ac - ASRock's AM4 motherboard series provides something for everybody, with motherboard designs for the full AMD CPU range from the top-end 8 core/16 thread Ryzen 7 1800X 95W processor to the most economical chips. At the highest level, the Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming and X370 Taichi motherboards are customized for the most powerful Ryzen CPUs. Meanwhile, other ASRock AM4 Motherboards are ideal for both Ryzen CPUs and A-Series APUs with integrated graphics processing. All boards support RGB LEDs, and high-performance AMD AM4 CPU coolers with built-in LEDs. ASRock's AM4 socket X370, B350 motherboards not only offer great performance and attractive prices, but they are also carefully styled to provide the foundation of an eye-catching PC system.

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20 Comments on ASRock Announces Motherboards for AMD Ryzen Processors

#1
springs113
having a hard time between the fatality pro and taichi...really hate the pro's colorway though.
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#2
alucasa
Come on. Show some mATX and ITX love.
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#3
FreedomEclipse
~Technological Technocrat~
THESE MUTHABORDZ NEEDS MOAR ARRRRRR GEEEEEE BEEEEEEE


EXPLOSSSSSSIIIIIIIOOOOONNNN!!!!!

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#4
Jhelms
Ok... so where the heck is the AB350M Pro4 the rest of the world is getting?
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#5
Mescalamba
Ah, one decent manufacturer. Cool. Now some mATX ones. :)
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#6
Jhelms
MescalambaAh, one decent manufacturer. Cool. Now some mATX ones. :)
The AB350M Pro4 is an matx board... The rest of the world is getting it - not seeing it anyplace in the US. What gives ASRock?
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#7
YautjaLord
springs113having a hard time between the fatality pro and taichi...really hate the pro's colorway though.
Funny thing i love this color palette: fits HAF X perfectly. This one (Fatal1ty X370 Prof. Gaming) will be my mobo of choice if ASUS won't come up with something that surpasses it, just hate how Crosshair VI Hero looks, even with all this RGB red stuff & especially with 3D printing.
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#8
Arjai
That Taichi graphic is the shizzle! If I find any money laying on the ground, I'm gettin' 'dat!! :cool:

:lovetpu:

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#9
TheGuruStud
springs113having a hard time between the fatality pro and taichi...really hate the pro's colorway though.
Yeah, need some reviews on the integrated audio (never imagined I would say that). I may just get rid of my card. I just use optical or coax, anyway. Win10 drivers are shit for creative.
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#10
dorsetknob
"YOUR RMA REQUEST IS CON-REFUSED"
ASRock have come A long way from being a Budget board manufacture few would recommend
Over the last 10 years More and more people now Rate/Recommend them along side the Major Vendors
These Boards look
Hope they live up to the Ryzen Hype and perform

For the Sake of impartiality here is an Intel Behemoth inspires silhouette

Ya get two cuz intels a bigger company :)
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#11
evernessince
Now the only problem is they are all sold out on newegg except for the killer.
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#12
zSc
Could anyone offer an insight to the fact that the X370 Fatal1ty pro's spec page and user manual specify the maximum memory frequency at 2667 MHx? Seems awfully shy when compared to the Asus' CH Hero and MSI Titanium's 3200 MHz.

Could the AsRock's reported frequencies be only the base frequencies and not the OC frequencies? Asus and MSI clearly specify the offered 3200 MHz is when OC'd.
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#13
praze
Garage1217Ok... so where the heck is the AB350M Pro4 the rest of the world is getting?
I had the same confusion, but it's actually just the model name that contains the confusing "AB350M" nomenclature. If you look at the specs, it has a regular B350 chipset.

The Gigabyte GA-AB350M has the same problem, unfortunately.
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#14
Caring1
zScCould anyone offer an insight to the fact that the X370 Fatal1ty pro's spec page and user manual specify the maximum memory frequency at 2667 MHx? Seems awfully shy when compared to the Asus' CH Hero and MSI Titanium's 3200 MHz.

Could the AsRock's reported frequencies be only the base frequencies and not the OC frequencies? Asus and MSI clearly specify the offered 3200 MHz is when OC'd.
Asrock may be the only ones making it clear what Ram will run when all channels are filled.
Apparently the higher specced Ram will run when one or two sticks are used, but not four.
This should be fixed in a future BIOS update.
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#15
basco
only diff i can see between x370 taichi and gaming is power+reset button
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#16
L1amrob
Anyone knows how many power phases does Taichi X370 has?
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#18
Disparia
Cool. Looking around, I guess I'm a fan boy. Out of four running systems three have ASRock boards (the other is an Asus). I also recently bought an ASRock H110M-STX for a project. There was also an old Gigabyte system here, but I gave it to my sister-in-law last month.

My only issue is the limited Ryzen launch, otherwise I'd be building a 4C/8T Ryzen system for my causal brother-in-law using the PRO4. However, it'll probably end up being an i5 because it doesn't matter to him. AMD will see my money when the 6-cores and X300 drop while ASRock regularly sees my money :)
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#19
Static~Charge
prazeI had the same confusion, but it's actually just the model name that contains the confusing "AB350M" nomenclature. If you look at the specs, it has a regular B350 chipset.

The Gigabyte GA-AB350M has the same problem, unfortunately.
Not sure why you're talking about the chipset. The OP was referring to the board's micro ATX formfactor.
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#20
Grings
bascoonly diff i can see between x370 taichi and gaming is power+reset button
The fatality also has 5gbs network, creative audio (still on realtek 1220) and more rgb lighting around the vrm and io cover

I dont care for any of them, the network may be a bonus one day, but im in no hurry to upgrade from 1gb, and i would really rather not have the creative audio, and rgb's are for turning off:)

The Missing buttons on the taichi really bug me though, and while the intel taichi's are nice too, i'd prefer them in all black
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