ASRock Announces Exciting New AMD X870 and X870E Motherboards to Liven Up the Market

[btarunr]

ASRock, the global leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, mini PCs, power supplies, and gaming monitors, today is pleased to announce its new range of AMD X870/X870E motherboards, adding more exciting products into its product portfolio. New products such as X870E Taichi OCF, the very first OC formula motherboard based on AMD platform, Phantom Gaming X870 NOVA WiFi, the new high end gaming motherboard based on X870 chipset, elegantly designed X870 Taichi Creator and X870 LiveMixer WiFi, lastly the powerful yet budget friendly X870 Pro-A WiFi.

Being the very first OC Formula motherboard based on AMD platform, the X870E Taichi OCF is designed for extreme overclocking with server grade ultra-low loss PCB and a stunning 22+2+1 phase 110 A SPS design. The innovative memory layout design with one DIMM per channel architecture provides exceptional overclocking potential. X870E Taichi OCF is equipped with Dual front USB Type-C, Dual USB4 Type-C at the rear, six M.2 slots for SSD and two of which even support PCIe 5.0 x4, delivering high performance and brilliant functionality, a perfect example of a flagship product.



Born to Create - X870 Taichi Creator
Being the newest member of the Taichi family, X870 Taichi Creator is packed with every bit of the features a content creator needs. Dual network with 10GbE & 5GbE connection offers fast access to local network such as home server or NAS, Dual PCIe Gen 5 x4 M.2 slots and USB4.0 Type-C gives opportunity for fast storage devices, this motherboard even has dual PCIe 5.0 X16 physical slots with extra spacing for dual graphics cards to maximize productivity. It also integrates four Ultra USB Power by utilizing a dedicated 12 V-to-5 V power converter, delivering superior voltage stability and lower electrical noise to power sensitive USB devices such as audio equipment to enhance USB audio quality.

Gamer's Top Choice - X870 NOVA WiFi
The X870 NOVA WiFi has been given a powerful 18+2+1 phase 80 A SPS VRM and premium 8-layer 2Oz PCB to deliver uncompromised gaming experience, and with the support of two PCIe Gen 5 x4 NVMe M.2, you may enjoy fast access to your favorite games with ease. PD 3.0 with 36 W charging capability is also available through the front Type-C connector, offering fast charging for smartphones and tablets without the need for a costly PD charger. X870 NOVA WiFi offers uncompromised performance and expandability without the premium price tag.

Sleek and Elegant - X870 LiveMixer WiFi
The new X870 LiveMixer WiFi offers a wide range of connectivity and expansion options for streaming, an abundant amount of 25 USB ports with the support of 2 USB4.0 Type-C, dual PCI-Express x4 slots for peripherals such as capture cards. This motherboard also comes with 5GbE networking and Lightning Gaming Ports to give fast and low-latency connections, Ultra USB Power delivers stable, noise-free power for USB audio and portable devices reliability.

X870 Pro-A WiFi
Packed with a powerful 16+2+1 phase VRM design and an enlarged heatsink, X870 Pro-A WiFi is able to deliver uncompromised performance for various kinds of applications. PCIe Gen 5 x4 M.2 slot with top and bottom side heatsinks are able to dissipate heat efficiently to ensure your high-speed storage device always works at its optimum. Premium features such as 802.11be WiFi 7 and dual USB4 Type-C are also available on this motherboard, making X870 Pro-A WiFi the top choice for budget-friendly build.

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[HBSound]

The creator board looks nice!

 

[Tigerfox]

The only thing "new" on these board I can detect in the specs yet available is that some come with 512Mb BIOS-chip instead of 256Mb. Otherwise they are just additional designs for a bigger portfolio, but nothing new.

10GbE + 5GbE on Taichi Creator is stupid, because there are no 5GbE-switches and probably never will be, so you have to use 10GBase-T switches with NBASE-T capability anyway. If you want to use Link Aggregation, AFAIK this would only work with 2x5GbE, so you are better of with 1x10GbE. They should have used a 2x10GbE NIC like X550 or the new E610. Heck, since AQC113CS can use either Gen4x1 or Gen3x2, they would have been better of even with two of these.

One interesting detail on Nova: While a 2nd (and 3rd) M.2 Gen5x4 is usually only possible on X870(E) by switching x16 to x8 (thus losing 4 lanes if you only omplement 2nd M.2), they went another way an made the 2nd M.2 shared with USB4-controller, so you can choose between x2 for both of them or x4 to only one of them.

But, to all these boards, and X870(E) in generall: To few PCIe-slots that aren't shared with somethin important, to few SATA for my purposes.

 

[Quicks]

I guess the new revision fixes the bug that makes the CPU's burn?

 

[Hecate91]

Not sure I'd trust an Asrock board, but these new boards looks nice.

 

[Ravenmaster]

By 'Liven up' I assume you mean 'Burst into flames'

 

[Tomorrow]

The X870E Taichi OCF is literally only the second AM5 ATX board with 1DPC.
The other is ASUS X870E Apex that costs 700€.

Here's hoping X870 Taichi OCF will be cheaper but im not sure by how much when the regular X870E Taichi costs 440€ already.

 

[Makaveli]

I guess the new revision fixes the bug that makes the CPU's burn?

based on the daily post you see on the asrock reddit i'm not sure this is fixed yet.

 

[rv8000]

They announced this two months ago at Computex, not much of news. They’re already months late to compete with the Apex, and we still have no price for the OCF. Guess it’s moot as I gave up and bought an Apex anyways.

 

[JimBob69]

I will not buy ASRock again.

 

[Sandbo]

All the death reports on Reddit definitely didn't spell well for Asrock

 

[Caring1]

Too many trolls turning up just to bag Asrock over something they repotedly saw on Reddit, go back to Reddit and cry there trolls.

 

[Mack4285]

The creator board looks nice!

It does, but probably costs a lot. But this is the kind of board I would like to buy, looks professional.

Would like to see a first back-connect X870 motherboard as well.