ASRock X670E Pro RS Motherboard Product Page Goes Live

[Blue4130]

I'd want at least 2, preferably 3 USB-C ports on a modern (pro) desktop board now.

Haha, I don't even use the one usb-c port that I have on my board...

 

[eazen]

So 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”.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

10 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.

 

[ncrs]

This 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?

 

[eazen]

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?

It’s a budget X670E. Expect stuff like Taichi, Phantom later.

 

[trsttte]

The 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)

 

[eazen]

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)

It has 2, one is for front USBC.

 

[trsttte]

It has 2, one is for front USBC.

Only talking about back panel

 

[TheLostSwede]

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?

Budget X670E.
The PG Lighting, Steel Legend and the two versions of the Taichi are their more premium products.

ASRock > Motherboard

www.asrock.com

 

[Colddecked]

This 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.

 

[Why_Me]

No, 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.

 

[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.

 

[ARF]

No wonder many people don’t care about a higher resolution.

Not here. Only the users who have no information.

1440p 42.6%
2160p 26.4%
1080p 23.0%

What display resolution are you using? | TechPowerUp Forums

 

[eazen]

Not here. Only the users who have no information.

1440p 42.6%
2160p 26.4%
1080p 23.0%

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What display resolution are you using? | TechPowerUp Forums

Okay. I’m gonna laugh about this even in days.

Elitism isn’t good.

 

[ARF]

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.

 

[eazen]

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.

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.

 

[ARF]

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.

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).

 

[eazen]

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).

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.

 

[ARF]

Yea, 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.

 

[eazen]

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.

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.

 

[ARF]

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.

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!!

 

[Colddecked]

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!!

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.

 

[trsttte]

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.

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.

 

[eazen]

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.

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.

 

[kapone32]

This 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.