Wednesday, August 25th 2021
EVGA X570 DARK Motherboard Pictured, Fully Loaded
Here's the first picture of a production EVGA X570 DARK motherboard, the company's flagship Socket AM4 motherboard targeting overclocking features on the latest "Zen 3" processors. The board prioritizes CPU and memory overclocking headroom above all else. The orientation of the Socket AM4 is rotated 240°, such that the memory slots are located on top of the socket. There's only 1 DIMM per memory channel, which is the most optimal topology for memory overclocking. The angled power inputs, along with onboard buttons, switches, POST code display, and voltage measurement points, are conveniently located in the top-right corner of the PCB, with the power inputs being angled to reduce cable clutter.
The CPU socket is wired to two PCI-Express 4.0 x16 slots (x8/x8 with both populated), and an M.2 NVMe slot with PCI-Express 4.0 x4 wiring. The X570 chipset (not specified whether it's an X570S), is cooled passively, by a large heatsink that extends into heatsink over the board's two M.2 slots. Connectivity likely includes two wired networking interfaces, a Wi-Fi 6E wireless interface, and EVGA's highest-grade onboard audio solution. The board's BIOS is optimized for record-breaking CPU and memory overclocking, using sub-zero cooling solutions. The company didn't reveal availability or pricing.
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The CPU socket is wired to two PCI-Express 4.0 x16 slots (x8/x8 with both populated), and an M.2 NVMe slot with PCI-Express 4.0 x4 wiring. The X570 chipset (not specified whether it's an X570S), is cooled passively, by a large heatsink that extends into heatsink over the board's two M.2 slots. Connectivity likely includes two wired networking interfaces, a Wi-Fi 6E wireless interface, and EVGA's highest-grade onboard audio solution. The board's BIOS is optimized for record-breaking CPU and memory overclocking, using sub-zero cooling solutions. The company didn't reveal availability or pricing.
43 Comments on EVGA X570 DARK Motherboard Pictured, Fully Loaded
They will probably be quicker next time.
AM5 is going to need a new chipset, processor, and memory (DDR5). All things that will likely be in short supply at launch.
I dont expect too many problems with AM5 availability. CPU's and RAM are far easier to manufacture than GPU's. Motherboards could be a different story as they're bigger and contain more components.
The problem with boards like the DARK is that the engineering takes time and EVGA does not have as much engineers working on it as some of the bigger players. Meaning that when the board releases it will soon be replaced by new chipsets. Tho AM5 is still a year away but i also doubt one can buy the X570 Dark right away. First it will likely be released as an exclusive for EVGA Elite members. And then it will take time to make it to the retail channel with poor availablility outside USA. Likely at the end of the year or early next year when 5000XT series launches.
W1z portably drooling on this one...
For those wondering, those Bipolar caps are used in audio circuit and only they add distortion, depending where they actually sit, so it may be a case where they do absolutely nothing... they are there only for the looks.
If it's for extreme overclockers though, I don't really see why they've put so much into the onboard sound, seems a waste.
Even for extremists 600 euro is still a heck of a lot just for a board. It better come with a case sticker.
Any way, all ready have a nice board and pushed my 5950X to the limit for what my cooling can handle. So sorry EVGA, you are to late to the game for me.
On Z490 and Z590 Dark they are copper. Wonder why they decided to use alu thus time? I mean it's likely cheaper and lighter than copper but considering the likely price and segment it's still odd.
Clearly im not the target audience for this board as only two M.2 slots (i have 3) and limited number of USB ports would likely annoy me. Im perfectly happy with my X570 Aorus Master. Say what you will about Gigabyte's recent blunders, but their AM4 boards are solid and the Master is one of the best out there along with MSI's Unify and ASUS's Dark Hero.
I mean, using that kind of logic, then LGA-1200 was EOL long time ago, or?