Thursday, July 7th 2022

ASRock X670E Pro RS Motherboard Product Page Goes Live

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TheLostSwede
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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

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52 Comments on ASRock X670E Pro RS Motherboard Product Page Goes Live

#26
eazen
Nephilim666So X670E is just a 'premiumised' version of X670, the chipset implementation is identical? How long until someone hacks X670 bioses to give all the PCIe 5.0 speeds?
No it’s not, E has PCIE5.0 NVME 1x or 2x 4.0 NVME like in this case. Also graphics is 5.0, with 670 5.0 graphics is “optional”.

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#27
DeathtoGnomes
Blue413010 usb ports is lacking to you?
I miscounted the ports but yea I need 4 usb3.x. The trend needs to do away with usb2 ports. Sure there are devices that may not need usb3 and up, eventually it will change complete to usb3.x and up.
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#28
ncrs
TheLostSwedeThis is actually a budget model from ASRock.
That's... a bit (heh) confusing.
Is it a budget model in terms of whole AM5 ecosystem or maybe a budget X670E, which is itself the premium chipset, model?
If "Pro" is budget, then what is the series for "professional" users?
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#29
eazen
ncrsThat's... a bit (heh) confusing.
Is it a budget model in terms of whole AM5 ecosystem or maybe a budget X670E, which is itself the premium chipset, model?
If "Pro" is budget, then what is the series for "professional" users?
It’s a budget X670E. Expect stuff like Taichi, Phantom later.
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#30
trsttte
DeathtoGnomesThe trend needs to do away with usb2 ports
Noooooooo! Some devices really prefer usb2 ports like wireless 2.4ghz dongles for peripherals.

More USB-C ports would be apreciated though (in this board only 1 out 6 3.0 ports are type C, maybe up that to 2 or 3, that would be great)
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#31
eazen
trsttteNoooooooo! Some devices really prefer usb2 ports like wireless 2.4ghz dongles for peripherals.

More USB-C ports would be apreciated though (in this board only 1 out 6 3.0 ports are type C, maybe up that to 2 or 3, that would be great)
It has 2, one is for front USBC.
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#32
trsttte
eazenIt has 2, one is for front USBC.
Only talking about back panel
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#33
TheLostSwede
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ncrsThat's... a bit (heh) confusing.
Is it a budget model in terms of whole AM5 ecosystem or maybe a budget X670E, which is itself the premium chipset, model?
If "Pro" is budget, then what is the series for "professional" users?
Budget X670E.
The PG Lighting, Steel Legend and the two versions of the Taichi are their more premium products.
www.asrock.com/mb/#AM5
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#34
Colddecked
ncrsThis is a "Pro" series motherboard, so seeing it with a 2.5Gbit/s NIC is disappointing. It's not like ASRock hasn't done this before, their X470 Taichi Ultimate had a 10/5/2.5/1 NIC. Maybe Marvell acquiring AQuantia raised the prices too high?
Their Pro series is usually pretty low end.
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#35
Why_Me
ARFNo, it's simply that people don't care about the quality. If it gets sold, then it will be offered. Stop buying it and it will disappear.

1080p is a stupid old low-quality resolution..
1080P is not only the most used resolution world wide, it's a must have for gamers who play first person shooter games such as Warzone and can't afford a $700+ gpu. For those who play those games with the elves, wizards, magical fairy dust and other weird characters frames per second isn't that big of a deal as it is with first person shooter games.
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#36
eazen
It’s funny someone said 1080p is a “low quality resolution”. That’s nonsense. 1080p is lower quality than 1440p or 4K, yes, but it’s not at all “low quality”. It’s still a way higher resolution than what we used 20 years ago, I could also perfectly play on 1024x768 or 1280x1024, 1080p is a very high resolution compared to those. No wonder many people don’t care about a higher resolution.

And then funny to get laughed at by elitists. Guess I did everything right with my post. Suffice to say I will laugh last.
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#39
ARF
eazen:laugh: Okay. I’m gonna laugh about this even in days.

Elitism isn’t good.
1080p is garbage on a large screen because the pixels size is enormous and it's painful to look at it.
1080p is fine for anything below 12-inch, though.
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#40
eazen
ARF1080p is garbage on a large screen because the pixels size is enormous and it's painful to look at it.
1080p is fine for anything below 12-inch, though.
Not really, 1080p is good for up to 27” I would say. Depending on how far away you are, even more. :) I had a 27” 1080p as main monitor a few years ago and it was fine. Not perfect but fine.
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#41
ARF
eazenNot really, 1080p is good for up to 27” I would say. Depending on how far away you are, even more. :) I had a 27” 1080p as main monitor a few years ago and it was fine. Not perfect but fine.
1080p is 2 megapixels image, it's low quality and lack of details no matter the viewing distance. You can move to 5 metres away and watch at it from there, lying yourself how "beautiful" it is (not).
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#42
eazen
ARF1080p is 2 megapixels image, it's low quality and lack of details no matter the viewing distance. You can move to 5 metres away and watch at it from there, lying yourself how "beautiful" it is (not).
Yea, not really, 1080p is easily good enough to have enjoyable picture quality. Especially for a HDTV that is 2-3 meters away. No need to “lie” as well, lol, for what. Not that I need it to win this silly argument.
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#43
ARF
eazenYea, not really
Is 1080p only 2 megapixels or not? Do you even imagine how low quality 2 megapixels is? Even the cheapest phone no longer works with so low photo resolution.
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#44
eazen
ARFIs 1080p only 2 megapixels or not? Do you even imagine how low quality 2 megapixels is? Even the cheapest phone no longer works with so low photo resolution.
Doesn’t really matter what meaningless number of amount of pixels it has when I say that the quality is good enough for me and millions (billions) of other users. Read the thread, you’re kinda alone with your opinion. And this isn’t about shooting photos.

As long as the monitor is at least a good IPS, then the quality will be fine with 1080p. That’s more important than the resolution.
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#45
ARF
eazenDoesn’t really matter what meaningless number of amount of pixels it has when I say that the quality is good enough for me and millions (billions) of other users. Read the thread, you’re kinda alone with your opinion. And this isn’t about shooting photos.

As long as the monitor is at least a good IPS, then the quality will be fine with 1080p. That’s more important than the resolution.
As long as people continue not to prefer higher quality 2160p, then these offerings with interior sound quality will still pop up.
It's not hard to get it, finally.

ALC897 is garbage, and the board implementation even worse.

Come on, there is ALC1200/ALC1220/ALC4080/ALC4086 already!!
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#46
Colddecked
ARFAs long as people continue not to prefer higher quality 2160p, then these offerings with interior sound quality will still pop up.
It's not hard to get it, finally.

ALC897 is garbage, and the board implementation even worse.

Come on, there is ALC1200/ALC1220/ALC4080/ALC4086 already!!
I am one of those people who are happier with high FPS compared to resolution. I get that resolution is preferred by some though, it just doesn't impress me as much as smooth head shots lol. Was able to pick up a 3060ti at a nice price recently so I'm feeling my next upgrade will be a monitor though, 4k or 1440p 144fps., I'm leaning towards 1440p.
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#47
trsttte
ARFIs 1080p only 2 megapixels or not? Do you even imagine how low quality 2 megapixels is? Even the cheapest phone no longer works with so low photo resolution.
That's a very poor argument, megapixels aren't everything or anything really. You need to consider a lot of other things like dinamic range or bit colour, just because it's only 2megapixels or 1080p doesn't mean it's low detail or bad. It's still the more mainstream resolution and as for phones they still very much work with it. Heck, most phone screens aren't even true 1080p with the resurgence of pentile displays.
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#48
eazen
trsttteThat's a very poor argument, megapixels aren't everything or anything really. You need to consider a lot of other things like dinamic range or bit colour, just because it's only 2megapixels or 1080p doesn't mean it's low detail or bad. It's still the more mainstream resolution and as for phones they still very much work with it. Heck, most phone screens aren't even true 1080p with the resurgence of pentile displays.
Yea also you can make the argument that 2mp is a lot, we used to use displays with way way less. I will never agree with this elitism. I’m on 1440p myself and still not agreeing and my old HDTV is 1080p, easily easily good enough display quality, else i would’ve replaced it already. 12 years old, soon 13.

A friend not long ago said that, 4K isn’t important to him, that he only ordered 4K service so that he gets HDR. See, HDR isn’t about resolution, it’s about quality. Same with IPS.
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#49
kapone32
ncrsThis is a "Pro" series motherboard, so seeing it with a 2.5Gbit/s NIC is disappointing. It's not like ASRock hasn't done this before, their X470 Taichi Ultimate had a 10/5/2.5/1 NIC. Maybe Marvell acquiring AQuantia raised the prices too high?
The Taichi is a higher tier board than the Pro. Ultimate would also mean it is the best of that line as well.

Is it just me or is it sacrilege to only have a single X16 slot on an ATX board.
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#50
ARF
trsttteThat's a very poor argument, megapixels aren't everything or anything really. You need to consider a lot of other things like dinamic range or bit colour, just because it's only 2megapixels or 1080p doesn't mean it's low detail or bad. It's still the more mainstream resolution and as for phones they still very much work with it. Heck, most phone screens aren't even true 1080p with the resurgence of pentile displays.
Megapixels aren't everything when you have to choose between 108-MP phone and a 50-MP phone, but there are no phones which have a 2-MP camera sensor.
You have 8-MP camera sensor everywhere which is exactly 3840x2160.
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