ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF

[Combatus]

The ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF is built for extreme overclockers and aspiring enthusiasts, with physical controls for precise tweaking. Also included are dual Thunderbolt 4 ports, Wi-Fi 7, and five M.2 SSD slots, with excellent cooling and tool-free operation.

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[FreedomEclipse]

"I got a fever. And the only prescription. Is more power phases" - AsRock, 2025

 

[Kohl Baas]

"I got a fever. And the only prescription. Is more power phases" - AsRock, 2025

Back in the old days there were even more phases on some boards. I remember Asus doing one with 24 or 26 for CPUs consuming 120-140W stock. This board can eat CPUs with 400+W power consumption so finally it may be warranted...

 

[Mr. Perfect]

Hold up, Intel's BE200NGW is working on AM5 now? Up until now the AMD subreddit has been lousy with people unable to get Intel WiFi7 cards to work on AM5, they've all been using the Qualcomm QCNCM865 instead.

Crap, sorry. I can't keep these chipsets straight.

 

[EatingDirt]

I guess this is neat for.. professional overclockers?

I personally think someone needs to tell Asrock to calm down with the Taichi Intel boards(4), especially considering the current... not so appealing 1-socket generation lineup. 4 flagship Intel Taichi's is 2 too many.

Not sure why they went with the Yellow highlights, it's ugly.

 

[dj-electric]

I miss when this was called OC Formula and had much bolder designs.

 

[Caring1]

I miss when this was called OC Formula and had much bolder designs.

It still says OC Formula on the Motherboard.

 

[ir_cow]

• Not worth it unless you're overclocking

Mostly you can do everything a amateur overclocker can on a cheaper motherboard. Real benefit here for us normies is the 2-slot DIMM for 10,000+ memory and power button the motherboard.

Does anyone actually use the BLKC+ buttons?

Profile switches are a nice concept. Would like to see that in action for this review. Big selling point besides 2-DIMM MB. For example, if I set a memory profile with one set of memory, but switch to another and use that same profile, will it load correctly? Assuming both memory kits can handle the settings applied. What about if I switch CPUs?

 

[Upgrayedd]

iGPU support is nice. My Z590 OCF doesn't support it.

Curious what settings are causing such large discrepancies in CP2077? DTT maybe?

 

[csendesmark]

Honestly I don't blame that they built the mobo this way.
Since it is about OC, but even if it was not — still preferable because it will heat the CPU_M2 slot, and generally the CPU cooler-block.
So why is that a con?
If it was CPU with many more PCIe lanes and the board had several more PCIe slots, it could be a con.
But in this case it is more like a PRO in my opinion.

 

[forgotten05]

That sounds like a pro to me as well, especially considering the aim of this motherboard.

 

[Gigaherz]

Not sure why they went with the Yellow highlights, it's ugly.

Its an OCF. Always been like that.

Does anyone actually use the BLKC+ buttons?

Never used those. But I love retry, reset and the safeboot buttons on my rog boards.

 

[Austntok]

I considered the z890 Taichi OCF. The Apex is white so that wasn't an option for me, but i can't stand the yellow design on the Taichi, if they wouldn't have used a design like that, I would've gotten it. So I got the z890 Unify-X instead. 2 dimms, just like I wanted and it's an amazing board. Running 2x24 TForce Xtreem cudimms at 8600 CL38, and my 285k has a stable OC @ 51x E Cores, 40x ring, 36x NGU and D2D no offsets. Long story long, I'm happy with the Unify-X instead of the Taichi OCF.