Thursday, July 7th 2022
ASRock X670E Pro RS Motherboard Product Page Goes Live
Slowly but surely, we're getting more and more details about upcoming AM5 motherboards and ASRock has put up a very spec light page for its upcoming X670E Pro RS motherboard. Not much has changed since the Computex reveal, but the product page did contain a couple of extra board shots as well as a look at the rear I/O. This time around the M.2 WiFi card slot is also populated, suggesting that there will be a WiFi version of this model shipping. The board has a single "Blazing" M.2 slot for a PCIe 5.0 SSD as well as what should be three PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots, of which two come with a shared heatsink and one has no heatsink at all. The final M.2 slot is limited to PCIe 3.0. As this is an X670E board, the PCIe x16 slot is of course PCIe 5.0.
Other features include Realtek's Dragon branded 2.5 Gbps Ethernet controller that has some gaming specific software. It appears that ASRock has trimmed the audio jacks to a bare minimum, with only a line out, a mic in and an optical S/PDIF being connected to the Realtek ALC897 audio codec. The board also has a single USB-C port around the back, although it's at least a USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (20 Gbps). There are a total of five USB-A 3.2 ports, of which one is capable of 10 Gbps speeds, with the other delivering 5 Gbps. There are also four USB 2.0 ports, a DP and HDMI port, as well as a UEFI/BIOS update button around the back. Other expansion options include an internal USB-C header and two PCIe x1 slots of unknown type, as well as six SATA ports and two USB 3.x type headers. This should be one of the more affordable X670E motherboards when the AM5 platform launches later this year.
Sources:
ASRock, via @momomo_us
Other features include Realtek's Dragon branded 2.5 Gbps Ethernet controller that has some gaming specific software. It appears that ASRock has trimmed the audio jacks to a bare minimum, with only a line out, a mic in and an optical S/PDIF being connected to the Realtek ALC897 audio codec. The board also has a single USB-C port around the back, although it's at least a USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (20 Gbps). There are a total of five USB-A 3.2 ports, of which one is capable of 10 Gbps speeds, with the other delivering 5 Gbps. There are also four USB 2.0 ports, a DP and HDMI port, as well as a UEFI/BIOS update button around the back. Other expansion options include an internal USB-C header and two PCIe x1 slots of unknown type, as well as six SATA ports and two USB 3.x type headers. This should be one of the more affordable X670E motherboards when the AM5 platform launches later this year.
52 Comments on ASRock X670E Pro RS Motherboard Product Page Goes Live
Too bad because i've always liked PGA better than LGA. Unfortunately it seems the future is LGA across all sockets.
I should also rant about the audo codec. ALC897 is still around? That thing is ancient.
I guess this settles that mgpu is dead...
I do not want 100 GbE, just 5-10 GbE ports to move towards mainstream. There are already 10 GbE switches with 10 GbE port for ~€100, such as Microtik. It's not a big deal.
It is true that TB4 can run at 10 GbE for network data to NAS or other PCs/laptops, but swiches do not feature TB ports.
HDMI - WikipediaI would counter ask you - why do so many people still use the ancient 1920x1080 resolution on their screens?
Maybe they simply don't care about anything.
I could understand using a low end audio chip on A series board where every cent matters and those people really dont care. But on top of the line X670E chipset board? Makes no sense. Person buying X670E likely does care.
1080p is a stupid old low-quality resolution..
- 1x HDMI 1.4 port, supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 @24Hz 1 2
MAG X570 TOMAHAWK WIFI | RETURN TO HONOR (msi.com)Support for HDMI™ 1.4 version, HDCP 1.4 & 2.3
There are currently no chipsets with Gen 5 wiring and no other peripherals with Gen 5. Those will come in a few years. That's why X670 platform is future proof.
One Gen 5 NVMe is on CPU, another one can also be on CPU at 5.0 or 4.0 (since USB4 is not there, so x4 lanes are free), and another three Gen 4 NVMe drives can go on the chipset.
In any case I don't know how many X670 boards there will be without the extra E, given the slight differences might not make a ton of sense to differenciate board to that point (thought they can also have the redrivers populatesd with jumpers and sell the non-E board for slightly cheaper, but that's such a mess of an inventory to manage, I hate it but bean counters love it so who knows)
Thanks for the write up