ASRock and Razer have at this time introduced a product collaboration. Two of ASRock’s premium fashions for AM4 are being up to date with Razer styling and Razer Chroma connectivity: the X570 and B550 Taichi Razer Edition. Built upon the favored Taichi sequence, each of the brand new Razer Edition variants embody a 16-phase energy supply, with official help and compatibility with Razer’s Chroma RGB ecosystem.
Whenever Razer does a collaboration with any firm within the {hardware} trade, it will get folks excited and speaking. One of essentially the most distinguished manufacturers globally with its inexperienced impressed peripheral vary, in addition to its varied wacky concepts corresponding to an RGB gaming toaster; I can not ever be as excited for a toaster as a lot because the Chroma Edition.
The ASRock X570 Taichi Razer Edition Motherboard
Back to the precise {hardware}, and it has teamed up with ASRock, an organization seemingly fearless when making an attempt new and off-the-wall concepts. This has realised the 2 new fashions, the B550 and X570 Taichi Razer Edition. The Taichi sequence is certainly one of ASRock’s hottest ranges, particularly within the premium motherboard area, and the brand new Razer Editions will construct upon this with each the AMD AM4 500 sequence chipsets being handled to some Chroma.
Both the ASRock X570 and B550 Taichi Razer Edition fashions will function a lot of the identical function set together with a big 16-phase VRM, constructed with premium 60 A chokes and Nichicon 12Ok black capacitors. In regards to the precise specs, each of those new fashions correspond practically identically with its non Chroma counterparts. The X570 Taichi Razer version consists of three PCIe 4.zero x4 M.2 slots, eight SATA ports from the chipset, a 2.5 GbE port in addition to a Killer AX1650 Wi-Fi 6 module. For the B550, it’s barely decrease down the pecking order because of the PCIe 4.zero help coming solely from the CPU. It consists of one PCIe 4.zero x4 M.2 slot, with a further PCIe 3.zero x4 M.2 slot with eight SATA ports, 4 from the chipset and 4 from an ASMedia SATA controller.
The greatest influence and solely variations between the usual X570 and B550 Taichi’s in comparison with the Razer Edition fashions comes visually, with Razer’s aptitude positioned across the board itself. The addition of addressable RGB headers faucets into one of many greatest RGB Ecosystems round, the Razer Chroma RGB. On each fashions, the Razer emblem may be discovered on the rear panel cowl and the chipset heatsinks, for a little bit of added aptitude and vibrance that RGB affords. These aren’t OLED screens, simply Razer branded vainness plates.
It must be famous that Razer is known (notorious?) for doing issues like inexperienced USB ports to unify the branding. That hasn’t occurred right here nonetheless, indicating that that is extra of a collaborative branding train slightly co-design effort.
As it stands, the ASRock X570 and B550 Taichi Razer Editions aren’t on the open market and neither firm has opted to announce a launch date or pricing. Given that each fashions embody official pages (X570 and B550) on the ASRock web site implies that this launch for its goal markets (TBA) must be imminent.
