Wednesday, August 2nd 2023
Snowy with Style! ASRock Launches All-White Motherboards
ASRock launches the company's first all-white motherboard available on both Intel & AMD platforms, and the exciting thing is, this design is not limited to just high-end product, the first three motherboards to have this brand new outfit will be B760M-HDV/M.2 & H610M-HDV/M.2+ D5 from Intel, as for the AMD side we have B550M Pro SE. Looking good is no longer a privilege to expensive motherboards, for the first time stylish budget-friendly product has become a new trend of DIY.
Besides the brand new outfit, the functionality has been upgraded too, new Dragon 2.5G Lan and DDR5 memory support on selected models gives the new motherboard a boost of performance, all three motherboards are compatible with NVMe M.2 storage devises and most importantly, RGB LED header is available for stunning yet creative PC builds.
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Besides the brand new outfit, the functionality has been upgraded too, new Dragon 2.5G Lan and DDR5 memory support on selected models gives the new motherboard a boost of performance, all three motherboards are compatible with NVMe M.2 storage devises and most importantly, RGB LED header is available for stunning yet creative PC builds.
38 Comments on Snowy with Style! ASRock Launches All-White Motherboards
Besides the N5/N7 in white and some rare very expensive boards I always wondered why there isn't a budget variant too - the market is there obviously.
1. The entire world does not run on bleeding edge technology.
2. The entire world does not have disposable income. Everyone is tightening their belts.
3. IMHO the entire current generation of tech is just a cash grab of epic proportions. AMD wanted to make AM4 obsolete so they can crank in the mo...mo... money. Again the AMD tax on 600 series of mobo's are still enforced. Too damned high for what you get.
4. As Bug stated, they could have used IMHO modified and/or regular Zen 4 Chiplets and place them on the AM 4 Mobos.
5. IMHO they could have also shrink down the Zen 3 chiplets, thereby by giving them a bit more oppph in energy usage and perhaps a small increase in performance.
6. It has already been proven (even by this site) that at this moment DDR5 is more or less a MEH... as it does NOT deliver the price vs performance over DDR4.
These are the reasons why when I heard the warnings of "rumors" that it made me upgrade the way I did before AM5 came out. IMHO, the GREED of the AMD as well as pretty much of the rest of the tech industry, turned computer tech into a LUXURY item, making it possible to JACK UP the prices.
Well people are balking in upgrading their computers.
Again, I used to upgrade my rig with RYZEN AMD CPU's every new generation until Dr. Su gave the order to go this route in selling product.
I'm a wealthy man but I do not have I-D-I-O-T tattooed on my forehead. I use me resources wisely which is why I am able to survive in the fantasy land Known as Silicon Valley.
There are many ways to make a profit. Considering they are clapping their hands on making a NET 27 million in profit out of 5.6+ Billion in GROSS profit this 2nd quarter is a testament of sloppy management.
I firmly believe that AMD could be making a lot more than they are now. But again I live in Silicon Valley... The land of make believe and delusions of grandeur.
There are reasons why EVGA left as well as why Sony is raking in the money with their PS5's. Those reasons are the business practices currently implemented by the computer tech industry of today. And overall it shows why many sectors of the tech market are in decline in profitability. Because...
IMHO... They forgot the basic fundamentals on how to treat their customer base as well as understanding the global economy.
Times are hard and it ain't going to get better anytime soon.
I've got an old H81 BTC board that's slotted to become an NVME-box, with a ton of cheap surplus optane drives. Already has passed Proof-of-Concept with ~2dozen drives, using PCIe switch cards.
Don't ask why. I don't know, yet.
Assuming there's settings for it in UEFI (on a given board), I wonder if doing what this guy did would make such speeds stable?
overclocking/comments/t82ldy
Results:
My main needs for the slots are:
- GPU
- 10G SFP+ NIC
- Capture Card
- Separate USB controller for mouse or keyboard
- Next Gen USB 4, 5, etc, when it comes out.
Kinda wish boards came w/ more x4(x16) slots in lieu of M.2s but, with a couple passive adapters thrown in the box. Also, configurable x8(x16) + x8(x16) like back in the old days.