Wednesday, April 4th 2018

ASRock X470 Taichi and X470 Taichi Ultimate Pictured

Apparently, ASRock's Taichi line of motherboards featuring an industrial and less flashy aesthetic, is so well received by the market, that the company is readying two SKUs based on AMD's upcoming X470 chipset for socket AM4 processors, the X470 Taichi, and the X470 Taichi Ultimate. The two SKUs are nearly identical, except for the Taichi Ultimate featuring 10 GbE networking, some onboard buttons (power and reset), and a more premium looking 2-tone rear I/O shroud that runs the entire length of the board. The rest of the feature-set is identical between the two. Both boards feature ASRock's new Polychrome RGB lighting system.

Built in the ATX form-factor, the Taichi draws power from a combination of 24-pin ATX, one 8-pin EPS, and a 4-pin ATX power connectors. A 15-phase VRM conditions power for the AM4 SoC, while a 2-phase VRM powers the memory. Expansion slots include two reinforced PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots wired to the SoC (x8/x8 when both are populated), one PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (electrical x4) wired to the X470 chipset, and two other gen 2.0 x1 slots. Storage connectivity includes two M.2 slots (from which at least one is electrical gen 3.0 x4 and wired to the SoC), and ten SATA 6 Gbps ports. Networking connectivity includes 802.11ac + BT 4.2 WLAN on both models, the Taichi features one 1 GbE interface, while the Taichi Ultimate features a 10 GbE interface in addition to the 1 GbE. Audio is ASRock's highest grade solution, with a Realtek ALC1220 at the helm of things. The two boards could be priced in the $200-300 range.
Source: VideoCardz
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8 Comments on ASRock X470 Taichi and X470 Taichi Ultimate Pictured

#1
eidairaman1
The Exiled Airman
Might as well go for Taichi Ultimate or Crosshair 7 Extreme
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#2
Xajel
Now bring mATX version of the Ultimate
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#4
PcForge
i dont like the chipset but everything else is nice
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#5
Assimilator
Four USB 3 gen1 and a USB 3 gen2 for the front panel... verrry nice.
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#6
srsbsns
You are going to have to snag this board the day it comes out. I fully expect them to sold out day 1.
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#7
xorbe
Not noted in the blurb, but I see that one board also has an extra header on the bottom side towards the left.
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#8
zeloutre
Hello my next motherboard.
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