I don't usually like the RGB Bling on PC components but this does look very nice in my eyes. This board is on my short-list if I decide to upgrade to X570. I especially like the glowing gears that are partially concealed by the Chipset heatsink. It is steampunk-esque and I think looks really cool.
I plan to buy a Ryzen 7 3800X and place it in my current B450M Mortar motherboard but at the same time I would like to expand my storage options and the triple M.2 ports on this motherboard would allow that.
You may want to consider the 3800X since the TDP difference indicates that the 3800X may be able to clock much higher than the 3700X. If overclocking is limited by power, while you can theoretically just boost power, the 3700X might give you more problems.
I said 3800X, hon. I think you misread it? Anyway yes I agree I am choosing the 3800X as I do not manually overclock my processor as the risk of instability causes me great anxiety. That is why I like my 2700X so much now, as I just leave the CPU to decide what the best possible clock speed to run is and it's great. I had the same thinking with the 3800X and the 105W TDP indicating the all-core boost speed is potentially significantly higher than the 3700X, despite the "peak" speed being only 100MHz difference.
How are the PCIe slots fed with lanes? Since there are only 24 lanes available at the AM4 socket and four of those are for the X570 chipset, four for the M.2 slot and 16 for the discrete GPU slot, how is this arranged? Wouldn't it be better for the x1 sockets to be fed with PCIe version 2? Sound cards, SATA controllers and Ethernet cards tend to be PCIe version 2 at best so the precious PCIe version 4 lanes are going to be wasted.
16 come from the CPU (X16 or X8X8) and the rest (X4,X1,X1) come from the X570 chip that multiplexes the 4 lanes it had to the CPU across all its interfaces/ports. So it's peak bandwidth is X4 PCI 4.0, but that is a lot of bandwidth. The rest is that the slots get their lanes after lanes have already been allocated to extra SSDs, LAN interface and WiFi. The X570 is one big, hot chip
Not quite. The x4 slot (PCIe5) comes from the CPU but uses the same lanes as the CPU connected m.2 slot. You can have either an m.2 NVMe SSD connected to the CPU OR use PCIe slot 5, but not both.
Well, that's disappointing. I'd rather the m.2 slot and PCIe5 were both fed with four lanes of PCIe v3.0 instead of just one of them being fed with V4.0 that I can't actually use. It seems as though nobody has thought about how to use PCIe v4.0. I don't have any v4.0 capable cards. I don't even have any v3.0 cards other than graphics cards. Even my 10G Ethernet cards are v2.0 and my 1G Ethernet cards are all v1.
What do you mean DAC chip, any sound device with an analog output has a DAC, do you mean an amplifier? This one has the " NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier for Front Panel Audio Connector (Supports up to 600 Ohm headsets)" https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X570%20Taichi/#Speci...
Well, officially, the maximum speed of the memory controller integrated into the Ryzen SoC is 3200 MT/s for one (probably single rank) DIMM per channel, so anything faster is technically an overclock anyway and not guaranteed. I'm surprised it can be pushed as far as 4666 MT/s. It makes 3200 sound very conservative.
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AshlayW - Thursday, May 30, 2019 - link
I don't usually like the RGB Bling on PC components but this does look very nice in my eyes. This board is on my short-list if I decide to upgrade to X570. I especially like the glowing gears that are partially concealed by the Chipset heatsink. It is steampunk-esque and I think looks really cool.I plan to buy a Ryzen 7 3800X and place it in my current B450M Mortar motherboard but at the same time I would like to expand my storage options and the triple M.2 ports on this motherboard would allow that.
Targon - Thursday, May 30, 2019 - link
You may want to consider the 3800X since the TDP difference indicates that the 3800X may be able to clock much higher than the 3700X. If overclocking is limited by power, while you can theoretically just boost power, the 3700X might give you more problems.AshlayW - Thursday, May 30, 2019 - link
I said 3800X, hon. I think you misread it? Anyway yes I agree I am choosing the 3800X as I do not manually overclock my processor as the risk of instability causes me great anxiety. That is why I like my 2700X so much now, as I just leave the CPU to decide what the best possible clock speed to run is and it's great. I had the same thinking with the 3800X and the 105W TDP indicating the all-core boost speed is potentially significantly higher than the 3700X, despite the "peak" speed being only 100MHz difference.ozzuneoj86 - Thursday, May 30, 2019 - link
All that and not a single ISA slot...Targon - Thursday, May 30, 2019 - link
ISA? How about VESA Local Bus or PCI slots? AGP?Death666Angel - Thursday, May 30, 2019 - link
Give me 40 pin DIP sockets or bust! :DRogerAndOut - Thursday, May 30, 2019 - link
I'm waiting on an ST506 port. I'm sure I have a 5.25" 20-megabyte drive around here from my IBM AT days.Lord of the Bored - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
Mmmm, VLB. You ain't lived until you've pushed a card into the Very Long Bus. I was always scared the motherboard was gonna break in two.AshlayW - Thursday, May 30, 2019 - link
I know right, I also am missing the IDE ports too :(John_M - Thursday, May 30, 2019 - link
How are the PCIe slots fed with lanes? Since there are only 24 lanes available at the AM4 socket and four of those are for the X570 chipset, four for the M.2 slot and 16 for the discrete GPU slot, how is this arranged? Wouldn't it be better for the x1 sockets to be fed with PCIe version 2? Sound cards, SATA controllers and Ethernet cards tend to be PCIe version 2 at best so the precious PCIe version 4 lanes are going to be wasted.nevcairiel - Thursday, May 30, 2019 - link
The x16 slots are all connected to the CPU, so they will split the lanes if they need to, down to 8/8/4 (using the 4 SSD lanes as well)The x1 slots are connected to the chipset, so even though they are 4.0 capable, they don't use up lanes as such.
RogerAndOut - Thursday, May 30, 2019 - link
16 come from the CPU (X16 or X8X8) and the rest (X4,X1,X1) come from the X570 chip that multiplexes the 4 lanes it had to the CPU across all its interfaces/ports. So it's peak bandwidth is X4 PCI 4.0, but that is a lot of bandwidth. The rest is that the slots get their lanes after lanes have already been allocated to extra SSDs, LAN interface and WiFi. The X570 is one big, hot chiprhysiam - Thursday, May 30, 2019 - link
Not quite. The x4 slot (PCIe5) comes from the CPU but uses the same lanes as the CPU connected m.2 slot. You can have either an m.2 NVMe SSD connected to the CPU OR use PCIe slot 5, but not both.John_M - Thursday, May 30, 2019 - link
Well, that's disappointing. I'd rather the m.2 slot and PCIe5 were both fed with four lanes of PCIe v3.0 instead of just one of them being fed with V4.0 that I can't actually use. It seems as though nobody has thought about how to use PCIe v4.0. I don't have any v4.0 capable cards. I don't even have any v3.0 cards other than graphics cards. Even my 10G Ethernet cards are v2.0 and my 1G Ethernet cards are all v1.WatcherCK - Thursday, May 30, 2019 - link
Does anyone with an x470 Taichi make use of PBO and if so what experiences have you had (good bad or not worth the effort?)And price, I hope it is less than 300 however PCIe 4 will not come cheap...
Koenig168 - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
Aorus X570 Master is rumored to be USD299 so the Tachi should be priced around there or lower as the Master has better specs.evernessince - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
The Taichi has been priced around $200 USD for the last 2 generations. Only ASRock's Gaming professional mobos hit near the $300 price point.Might as well buy a ROG if you are going to spend $300, they consistently have the best overclocking.
Koenig168 - Thursday, May 30, 2019 - link
This looks like the best-looking X570 board so far. I would have preferred better onboard audio with a DAC chip in addition to the Realtek.Trevorm7 - Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - link
What do you mean DAC chip, any sound device with an analog output has a DAC, do you mean an amplifier? This one has the " NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier for Front Panel Audio Connector (Supports up to 600 Ohm headsets)" https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X570%20Taichi/#Speci...peevee - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
What is the point in 3 PCIe x 16 sockets when only 1 works? Damn marketoids.peevee - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
"A total of four memory slots with support for DDR4-4666 are present"I suspect it will work at that speed with only 2 DIMMs present.
John_M - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
Well, officially, the maximum speed of the memory controller integrated into the Ryzen SoC is 3200 MT/s for one (probably single rank) DIMM per channel, so anything faster is technically an overclock anyway and not guaranteed. I'm surprised it can be pushed as far as 4666 MT/s. It makes 3200 sound very conservative.Doc Rob - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
I want one! though I would like their water cooled one too but that one is overpriced.