Earlier in the week, ASRock debuted its Intel B860/H810 and full range of AMD B850 motherboards—the TechPowerUp team headed across CES 2025's showroom floor to check whether the Taiwanese manufacturer had some of these newly announced products on display. Various white Steel Legend models were present, including an intriguing B850 mainboard sample sporting ASRock's back mount design (BMD). The B860M Pro BMD board was not in sight (or not captured on camera)—according to a press release from earlier in the week, BMD had its premiere on this Intel-based solution.

AsRock reps happily showed off two Intel B860-chipset Steel Legend boards with traditional all-front facing connectors—an ATX option as well as an M-ATX (B860M) model were examined from close-up. A Phantom Gaming B860 Lightning Wi-Fi model was presented to TechPowerUp—its darker aesthetic contrasts sharply when lined up against its pale Steel Legend neighbors.(Below, respectively) ASRock's B860 Steel Legend Wi-Fi, B860M Steel Legend, and Phantom Gaming B860 Lightning Wi-Fi motherboard models.ASRock's Z890 Taichi AQUA model sat very prominently on the showroom table—its E-ATX form factor certainly occupied a larger footprint than the nearby ATX, M-ATX and ITX boards. The premium flagship Taichi AQUA first appeared at Computex 2024, and was officially launched later in the year. ASRock likely had it on display this week at CES for some added "wow factor."A Phantom Gaming B850 Riptide Wi-Fi board was also available for examination:A dinky Phantom Gaming B850I Lightning board looked almost out of place on ASRock's display table—seemingly the only ITX option showcased here.