AsRock X570 Taichi Motherboard Review
X570 motherboards are here, and they are pricey, and this ASRock board is no different. Let’s quickly cover why. First, it’s got PCIe Gen 4 support, that’s pricey. Second, the power delivery for the CPUs, this board has to handle a 16 core CPU and overclocking it. Pretty mad for the same board that fits a quad core APU.
So while we are talking about power delivery, let’s talk about this board – Asrock have used a rather beefy setup here, 14 phases, which means the 12 core 3900x even overclocked didn’t make this sweat with the vrm temp sitting around 70c or so under 100% load, with the heatsink only hitting the 40c mark, very impressive.
So now we know it can handle any cpu you can put in it, let’s see what else it can do. Well, first, it’s got triple M.2 slots under the rather large almost half-board heatsink. It uses a Torx head screws, so make sure you don’t lose the screwdriver that comes in the box. When you take it off, you’ll also notice the chipset heatsink fan, which I know a lot of people are worried about.
Personally I’ve not heard the fan at all over the GPU, and while the chipset definitely gets hot, it’s not too bad and so something you likely won’t notice.
While we are talking about connections, the surprise header here is a Thunderbolt one. Thunderbolt is getting rolled into the USB standard soon, and this appears to be a futureproofing move so that when the next version of USB does arrive, this board, in theory, should support it.
Otherwise, you’ve got the usual RGB connections, 8 SATA, 3 PCIe slots with the usual top being x16, middle is x8 and bottom is x4, with 2 x1 slots too. You’ve got USB 3.1 Gen 2 front panel on there too, which is great to see.
Rear I/O wise you have 8 USB ports, 1 of which is Type C and another is 3.2, along with gigabit ethernet, WiFi, HDMI, PS/2 and 7.1 audio with SPDIF – which is powered by the usual Realtek ALC1220 codec, so trusty and decent.
BIOS wise, it’s the same kinda thing you’ll find on most boards. It’s basic, but has all the features you’d expect. Overclocking is pretty simple, you have lots of options and can do it in a few different ways, all of which are supported well here, so a thumbs up here.
When it comes to overclocking, like I mentioned in the Gigabyte Master review, neither of my chips overclocked basically at all and so besides overvolting the 3900X and drawing about 180W instead of the normal 140W, I really couldn’t stress the board too hard. It’s really pretty impressive, and should handle even a golden sample overclockable 16 core with little issue.
Would I put this in my rig, probably, yes. It’s a bit cheaper than Gigabyte’s option, the Master, while providing the same sort of features and quality, so if you are after a nice high end board for your 12 or 16 core Ryzen CPUs then this could be a very good choice.
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