During Computex 2024, ASRock held an occasion to unveil a few of its upcoming X870E motherboards, designed for AMD’s Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 sequence processors. ASRock’s announcement features a pair of Taichi-branded boards, the X870E Taichi and the lighter X870E Taichi lite, which makes use of AMD’s Promontory 21 chipset for AM5.
The present flagship mannequin introduced from ASRock’s X870E line-up for Ryzen 9000 is the ASRock X870E Taichi. ASRock is promoting a big 27-phase energy supply by means of 110A SPS, suggesting this board is designed for overclockers and all-around energy customers. Two PCIe 5.zero x16 slots present high-speed bandwidth for cutting-edge graphics playing cards and different units. The 4 DDR5 DIMM slots enable customers to expertise probably the most superior reminiscence know-how for sooner and extra highly effective configurations.
The storage providing is spectacular, with three Hyper M.2 slots supporting PCIe Gen5 x4. Also current are two USB4 Type-C ports that ship expansive and high-bandwidth connectivity with strong networking capabilities, together with a Realtek 5 GbE LAN and Wi-Fi 7 CNVi. The audio setup features a Realtek ALC4082 codec and ESS SABRE9218 DAC supporting high-fidelity sound. The BIOS flashback characteristic can be a pleasant contact, and we consider this needs to be a characteristic on all mid-range to high-end motherboards, which gives a simple technique to replace the firmware with out putting in a CPU. The X870E Taichi is a premium motherboard with a slew of options to assist attain superior efficiency and be future-proof for rising applied sciences.
The ASRock X870E Taichi Lite affords a streamlined different to the X870E Taichi, retaining key options just like the 27-phase energy supply with 110A wise energy phases, twin PCIe 5.zero x16 slots working at x16 or x8/x8, 4 DDR5 DIMM slots, and three Hyper M.2 slots (PCIe Gen5 x4). It consists of Realtek 5GbE LAN, Wi-Fi 7, and the ALC4082 codec with ESS SABRE9218 DAC for high-quality audio because the extra premium Taichi; the Taichi Lite includes a less complicated silver-themed design, whereas the usual Taichi has a extra intricate gold-accented and fanciful aesthetics.
In phrases of availability, there isn’t any precise launch date, and in response to Andreas Schilling from HawrdwareLUXX, the X870E and X870 motherboards aren’t anticipated to be launched similtaneously the Ryzen 9000 sequence that includes Zen 5 cores. We will examine this and make contact with the motherboard distributors to substantiate the scenario. Still, as X870E/X870 barely differ from the present X670E/X670 motherboards, and as they’re all AM5 socketed, customers can use these with Ryzen 9000 processors once they launch.
