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I thought because it is overpriced, missing features, and breaks easy (disclaimer: I have an asrock board).
I have an ASRock board and built several machines with ASRock boards and of the 4 mainstream brands they are the most reliable I've seen. I also find them to have a lower price than most equivalents with the same features. I'm not sure what features you saw they didn't have but I can't think of any.
 
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Looking at these boards - have they just decided that no one needs PCIe cards anymore?

Or are we expected to get on to the Aliexpress mystery m.2 adapter craze that is going on now?
 
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Looking at these boards - have they just decided that no one needs PCIe cards anymore?

Or are we expected to get on to the Aliexpress mystery m.2 adapter craze that is going on now?
What are you talking about? Have you clicked those photo's? Not one of those ATX boards has fewer than 3 PCIe slots. Only the ITX boards have just one and really, where you put any more slots?
 
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What are you talking about? Have you clicked those photo's? Not one of those ATX boards has fewer than 3 PCIe slots. Only the ITX boards have just one and really, where you put any more slots?

I don't see 3 on the taichis, the nova,riptide,
 
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Looking at these boards - have they just decided that no one needs PCIe cards anymore?

Or are we expected to get on to the Aliexpress mystery m.2 adapter craze that is going on now?
So what are you expecting to place in PCI-e slots that are necessary?
I'd rather have them as is or only one slot for the GPU.
 
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So we are going to have Unify-X, Tacyhon, Apex and Taichi OFC to pick from for overclocking! This is a first in a long time that the 4 are competing again.
No overclocker in his right mind picks MSi if he doesnt have to tho ^^

Who still OC's.
People also "still" use sailing boats. Its a sport. As long as there is the option to manually increase hardware performance and quantify it via benchmarks there will be overclocking.
 
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Too bad they made it the Taichi OCF.. right at the top of the stack.

But that is the cheapo in me talking.
What do you mean exactly?
I wasn't a fan of slapping the Taichi name on the OCF.
 

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What do you mean exactly?
I wasn't a fan of slapping the Taichi name on the OCF.
My OC Formula that I have now doesn’t say it anywhere..
 
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My OC Formula that I have now doesn’t say it anywhere..
Mine neither.
I just didn't get the cheapo statement I guess, in relation to the name change.
 

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Mine neither.
I just didn't get the cheapo statement I guess, in relation to the name change.
Taichi is top of their range, is it not?
 
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Mine neither.
I just didn't get the cheapo statement I guess, in relation to the name change.
IMO, @freeagent's take is that the new OCF could be cheaper without the Taichi name and thus more interesting for someone who's a cheapo.
 
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IMO, @freeagent's take is that the new OCF could be cheaper without the Taichi name and thus more interesting for someone who's a cheapo.
Ohhhhh ok.
Taichi is top of their range, is it not?
I honestly don't know anymore. I bought my OCF in Z590 and it was listed before all the Taichi boards.
I wasn't thinking about the name adding cost I guess. Maybe it's to let buyers know OCF is Taichi quality too, for people that weren't familiar with pre Taichi.
 
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So what are you expecting to place in PCI-e slots that are necessary?
I'd rather have them as is or only one slot for the GPU.
1 pci-e x16 = 4 nvmes.
1 pci-e x8 = 2 nvmes. gimme the pci-e slots yo.
 
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So what are you expecting to place in PCI-e slots that are necessary?
I'd rather have them as is or only one slot for the GPU.
Some of us actually do things with our computers

Looking at my system right now:
1. GPU
2. Eight port SATA card - connects to an Athena Power 8 bay internal Sata enclosure, which holds 16 tb of SATA ssd drives
3. Four port USB 3 card - connects to my DAS enclosures
4. Sound Card - because I was not impressed with the on-board audio on the X570 Riptide motherboard
I also have an eSATA pass through for my Mercury Qx2.

That is 4 PCIe cards; going with the M.2 adapter, I could replace the 8 port sata card with a m.2 adapter with 2 SAS to Sata connectors - oh wait, I can't because the m.2 drives are covered up with the heat sinks.

Looks like I am staying on AM4 for a while.
 
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Some of us actually do things with our computers
Some of us actually do things with our multiple systems and don't need a plethora of PCI-e slots in each.
 
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Some of us actually do things with our multiple systems and don't need a plethora of PCI-e slots in each.
And that clearly highlights why flexibility is important. Having something and not needing is is infinitely better than needing something and not having it. I'll take the many slots on my board option.
Looks like I am staying on AM4 for a while.
Well no, just get one of the 4 slot pro version boards or go with a different brand that has more..
 
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