ASRock B860 Steel Legend Wi-Fi

[Combatus]

ASRock's B860 Steel Legend Wi-Fi comes at highly competitive pricing of just $200. You get a white color scheme, great cooling for the VRMs and M.2 SSD, and even Thunderbolt 4. But has ASRock had to cut back in other areas to hit this affordable price point?

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[_roman_]

Weird box.

... 1000 uF capacitors which are just 1mF. Why not use the proper prefixes?
I know 1000 meters sound more awesome than the same 1km. Or should i write 1000 000 mm?

Without having the schematics that 1000uF capacitor marketing which I saw at the backside box picture is just useless statement.


axe wifi - - 802.11axe Wi-Fi 6E Module

ASRock B860 Steel Legend WiFi

Supports Intel Core™ Ultra Processors (Series 2); 14+1+1+1+1 Phase Power Design, 80A Dr.MOS for VCore+GT+SA; 4 x DDR5 DIMMs, Supports Dual Channel, up to 8666+ (OC); 1 PCIe 5.0 x16, 1 PCIe 4.0 x16; Graphics Output Options: 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C; Realtek ALC1220 7.1 CH HD...

www.asrock.com

No idea what axe wifi is. I do not see it on wikipedia also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_6

Intel thinks it is only 802.11 ax

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (Gig+) - Product Specifications | Intel

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (Gig+) quick reference with specifications, features, and technologies.

www.intel.com

Asrock mainboard homepage claims wifi is only for windows 11. Intel claims it also supports windows 10. Who is wrong?
Or is intel lying that part of the wifi functionality is not working with windows 10?

edit: just not to spam. Yes i dealt with capacitors. Car hifi uses for example 1 Farad capacitors.

 

[Phayzon]

I believe the Gen4 and 5 SSD results are switched. Unless the 990 Pro is performing wildly above spec and the Z540 is mysteriously hampered with this board

 

[TristanX]

When ARL non-K review ?

 

[ymdhis]

Weird box.

... 1000 uF capacitors which are just 1mF. Why not use the proper prefixes?
I know 1000 meters sound more awesome than the same 1km. Or should i write 1000 000 mm?

Without having the schematics that 1000uF capacitor marketing which I saw at the backside box picture is just useless statement.

because that's how the capacitors are physically labeled as, 1000uf is written on the side, as opposed to 1mf. It is rare for caps to exceed that value (outside power supplies I mean) but very common to use lower values, so 1000uf is the accepted standard as opposed to 1mf which could be easily confused with 1uf. Even 3300uf caps are marked as such instead of 3.3mf. did you not have to deal with electrolytic capacitors before?

 

[W1zzard]

When ARL non-K review ?

No plans at this time. I'm super busy with GPU reviews. and honestly, not a lot of people are interested in ARL. Maybe this gives Intel more time to fix it

 

[Combatus]

I believe the Gen4 and 5 SSD results are switched. Unless the 990 Pro is performing wildly above spec and the Z540 is mysteriously hampered with this board

Fixed!

Weird box.

... 1000 uF capacitors which are just 1mF. Why not use the proper prefixes?
I know 1000 meters sound more awesome than the same 1km. Or should i write 1000 000 mm?

Without having the schematics that 1000uF capacitor marketing which I saw at the backside box picture is just useless statement.

axe wifi - - 802.11axe Wi-Fi 6E Module

ASRock B860 Steel Legend WiFi

Supports Intel Core™ Ultra Processors (Series 2); 14+1+1+1+1 Phase Power Design, 80A Dr.MOS for VCore+GT+SA; 4 x DDR5 DIMMs, Supports Dual Channel, up to 8666+ (OC); 1 PCIe 5.0 x16, 1 PCIe 4.0 x16; Graphics Output Options: 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C; Realtek ALC1220 7.1 CH HD...

www.asrock.com

No idea what axe wifi is. I do not see it on wikipedia also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_6

Intel thinks it is only 802.11 ax

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (Gig+) - Product Specifications | Intel

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (Gig+) quick reference with specifications, features, and technologies.

www.intel.com

Asrock mainboard homepage claims wifi is only for windows 11. Intel claims it also supports windows 10. Who is wrong?
Or is intel lying that part of the wifi functionality is not working with windows 10?

As far as I can see they've added 'e' to indicate Wi-Fi 6E, Wi-Fi 6 being 802.11ax, so 802.11axe. However Wi-Fi 6E does not have an official IEEE 802.11 designation so it looks like they're making things up for some reason . Good spot. I'll raise it with them. I'll also investigate the driver W10 compatibility and report back

 

[Chaitanya]

CMOS battery under PCIe x16 slot is another major Cons for the board.