Man, I stumbled upon this ASRock booth at Computex, and my nerdy heart went a little wild. They’ve got this X870E Taichi OCF motherboard for the AMD AM5 processors. Seriously, it’s like they’ve put a jet engine in there or something. Okay, maybe not a jet engine, but you get what I mean — it’s got a 25 VRM design and some insane DDR5 overclocking support. It kinda makes you want to grab a screwdriver and start tweaking stuff just ’cause you can, right?
So, here’s the deal: this board has a 25-Phase design — yeah, 25! And the CPU’s powered by a dual 8-pin connector. I don’t even know why that detail hit me so hard, but it did. And those DDR5 DIMMs can handle, like, over 9000 MT/s speeds. I mean, who even knew numbers went that high?
Anyway, let’s talk about the ports ’cause who doesn’t love a good USB port? This thing’s got PCIe 5.0, 4.0 slots, and a gazillion M.2 options — okay, maybe not a gazillion, but almost. Can you picture stuffing all your SSDs in there? And for USB, there’s USB4, USB 3.something, and more. Lots of digits and letters, but all that adds up to being super fast.
Right, so they’ve also got the X870 Taichi Creator. It’s like the artsy sibling for content creators — four DDR5 slots, tons of USBs, and you can slap 256 GB of RAM in there. Who needs that much RAM? Maybe video editors or someone building a digital Empire State Building, I guess.
Oh, and don’t forget about the X870 NOVA WIFI. It’s the more budget-friendly friend of the Taichi, but still packs in some nifty features. Think cheaper but still effective. If I had the cash, I’d probably just hoard all of these. It’s like Pokemon cards but, you know, for motherboards.
Then there’s the A620AI WIFI — smaller, more “entry-level,” but somehow it packs a punch too. It’s got 11-phase VRM layout. What does that even mean? I’m not sure, but it sounds cool. Over 8200 MT/s speed, Wi-Fi 6E, and it’s around 100 bucks. Honestly, sounds like a steal if you ask me. Can’t wait to see what else they roll out.
Gosh, I just realized this is turning into a full-on ramble. Anyway, ASRock is really shaking things up with these new boards. Keep an eye out for more details if you’re into that kind of thing, or even if you’re not. It might surprise you. Who even knows?
