Friday, May 11th 2018
ASRock Launches the X470 Fatal1ty Gaming ITX/ac Motherboard
ASRock has finally launched one of their more interesting X470 solutions, the X470 Fatal1ty Gaming ITX/ac motherboard. The specs for this board are already well known to us, but I'd like to point out the graphical DisplayPort output, a feature seldom seen in other products, which is there to facilitate users some FreeSync shennanigans on their Zen APU.
This motherboard crams all of the essentials for a great system (and great looking in its all black color scheme) as it is, though of course, some expandability options are absent due to PCB real-estate limitations. But user looking for a no-frills, ITX motherboard with built-in AC wi-fi support may not need to look anywhere else. No pricing announcement yet, but allowing ourselves to speculate based on past ASRock products and ASUS' own ROG Strix X470-I Gaming, probably places this motherboard in the $200 range. These should start creeping in on store inventories soon - though a warning on ASRock's website saying this model may not be available worldwide sets a feeling of unease.
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This motherboard crams all of the essentials for a great system (and great looking in its all black color scheme) as it is, though of course, some expandability options are absent due to PCB real-estate limitations. But user looking for a no-frills, ITX motherboard with built-in AC wi-fi support may not need to look anywhere else. No pricing announcement yet, but allowing ourselves to speculate based on past ASRock products and ASUS' own ROG Strix X470-I Gaming, probably places this motherboard in the $200 range. These should start creeping in on store inventories soon - though a warning on ASRock's website saying this model may not be available worldwide sets a feeling of unease.
19 Comments on ASRock Launches the X470 Fatal1ty Gaming ITX/ac Motherboard
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Heh, "Fatal1ty mouse port", I had that on my old P67 Performance, they still use that PR-BS I see. :D
edit: It has also headers for USB2.0 and 3.0, so that gives even more USB connectors.
Also, anemic rear I/O. My budget board has more USB.
What you can learn from this is that ASUS is using a true 6 phase while Asrock uses a 3phase for VCore . The temps on the ASUS board when heavely OC and no airflow are well within the limits so the temps on the Asrock board should be a bit worst but within the limits non the less . It also depends on what your friend plans to do with it. If it's content creation then he would probably need some kind of airflow for the VRMs but nothing to extreme.
Not sure why you would want to instill doubt in to the readers mind, but that is pretty standard fare for this type of product, I have seen it numerous times on quite a few different Items.
Also after doing a comparison on Asrock's site between this and their previous iteration, there are minimal differences to warrant "upgrading" if you own the X370 version already.
From what I can see, there are color changes to the board overall, and a newer Gen USB 3.1, moving from version 1 to version 2 as well as support for newer gen Ryzen, which was promised for earlier boards via an update to the BIOS. Everything else appears to be the same.