The AMD X570 Motherboard Overview: Over 35+ Motherboards Analyzed
by Gavin Bonshor on July 9, 2019 8:00 AM ESTASRock X570 Taichi
Moving a step down the product stack from the X570 Aqua is the ASRock X570 Taichi which includes a new RGB inspired design, and shifts away from the usual black and white Taichi theme. While still targetted at premium users and enthusiasts, the ASRock X570 Taichi is representative of one of its most well-known lines which in previous generations has combined quality, performance, and a solid feature set at a reasonable price point. The ASRock X570 Taichi also uses its fabled signature cogwheel design across the board covers and integrates ARGB into multiple areas.
The ASRock X570 Taichi redefines the range and marks a change in aesthetics across the entirety of the board. On the majority of the board is its memorable cogwheel design is still a main element of the design but it now includes black heatsink armor around the PCIe slot area. The X570 chipset is actively cooled by a fan, mainly due to the X570 chipsets tendency to run warmer than previous generations. On the rear panel cover as with the chipset heatsink is ARGB for users looking to make a visual statement with their system. The X570 Taichi uses a 14-phase power delivery and has one 8-pin and one 4-pin 12 V CPU power inputs.
On the X570 Taichi is three full-length PCIe 4.0 slots operating at x16, x8/x8, and x8/x8/x4, with two PCIe 4.0 x1 slots. Underneath the heatsink armor is three PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots, while the board also supports up to eight SATA devices. For users looking for Thunderbolt connectivity, a Thunderbolt AIC 5-pin connector is present, but support is limited to ASRock's separately supplied AIC card. A total of four memory slots with support for DDR4-4666 are present, with a maximum supported capacity of up to 128 GB.
On the rear panel is a single Intel I211-AT Gigabit port, and also includes the new 802.11ax Killer AX1650 Wi-Fi 6 wireless adapter. There are three USB 3.1 G2 Type-A, a single USB 3.1 G2 Type-C, and four USB 3.1 G1 Type-A ports. An HDMI video output is present for users looking to use the integrated graphics on Ryzen APUs, while there's five 3.5 mm color coded audio jacks and S/PDIF optical output which is powered by a Realtek ALC1220 HD audio codec. For legacy users, a PS/2 combo port is featured, along with a BIOS Flashback button and a button to reset the CMOS.
The ASRock X570 Taichi has an MSRP of $300 and represents one of its most recognisable ranges for the last decade. Users looking for a mid-range option with plenty of features including triple PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 slots, plenty of SATA, and solid power delivery will be hard pushed to find a better board in its price range.
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Gastec - Saturday, July 13, 2019 - link
Have I been living under a rock in the last 5 years, when did the prices of motherboards doubled?Kougar - Monday, July 15, 2019 - link
Sincerely appreciate the multi-G table on the last page. Was thinking multi-gig would be more commonplace with this generation but guess I was wrong.So much useless stuff on these boards, would trade almost all of it and the Wifi in favor of just a 5G NIC. Not sure mobo manufacturers have realized just how many consumers/businesses have moved all those SATA drives out of the computer and into a NAS.
kri55 - Wednesday, July 17, 2019 - link
Can you please post a picture from the back of this motherboard? I am thinking of buying this one and I want to watercool the chipset, so I need to know how the chipset radiator is fixed. If you could measure the distance between the mounting points it would be awesome.HideOut - Wednesday, July 17, 2019 - link
Your prices apparently mean nothing. When you click no them they show much different results when you get to either neweggs or amazons sites.jamawass - Wednesday, July 17, 2019 - link
Does the ASUS Prime X570-Pro have USB 3.1 type A or Type C headers to connect to a case's USB ports?icf80 - Tuesday, July 23, 2019 - link
X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI, on the gigabyte site is says it has Wifi 5 and BT 4.2, but in the review it says it has Intel AX200 Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax wireless interface and BT 5.0. Check https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/X570-AORUS-EL...mike_bike_kite - Wednesday, July 24, 2019 - link
Can anybody summarise why you'd want an X570 board over one of the older boards ie X470? I know there's better overclocking support but, from all the reports I've read, these new Ryzens are near their max anyway. I know there's PCie4 support but does anyone own such a device? I know it has EEC memory support but why on earth do I need that? Why didn't this review tell us why we should want one of these new boards over the existing boards?I'm considering going all AMD with the 3700X 5700 though my current system (i5-3570K/1060 6GB/8GB RAM) is fairly snappy for what I do (mainly for 2D game development) but I'm just in the mood for a new PC. Smaller, quieter and more powerful would be nice and help justify the cost.
Bateluer - Wednesday, July 24, 2019 - link
The ASRock site lists the Steel Legend as having the ALC1220 chip, not the ALC1200 as noted in the AT table. https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/X570%20Steel%20Legen...enkov - Sunday, August 2, 2020 - link
To confirm from my X570 Steel legend - ALC1220 here. HWINFO64 says Audio Codec Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_1220&SUBSYS_18492223&REV_1001croc - Thursday, July 25, 2019 - link
I find it appalling that no x570 MB has more than 4 DIMM slots, and only dual channel at that. No support for more than 64 GB ram, even on the 'workstation' MB's. For around 700 US I expect better. It should also be considered 'standard equipment' by this time for the M.2's to offer raid support. Really, as a retired professional, I feel raped by these prices and lack of professional features.