Alphacool International GmbH, based in Braunschweig, has been a pioneer in PC water cooling technology for over 20 years. With one of the most comprehensive product portfolios in the industry and over 20 years of experience, Alphacool is now expanding its portfolio with the new Eisblock Aurora Arc B580 Steel Legend + Challenger with Backplate.

The GPU water cooler is precisely tailored to fit the layout of ASRock's Intel Arc B580 Steel Legend and Challenger graphics cards. An updated fin structure, optimized water flow, and an improved jetplate ensure high cooling performance. The chrome-plated copper base offers excellent thermal conductivity and long-lasting durability. Subtle RGB lighting complements the elegant design and provides even illumination.

AMD today released to market the Radeon RX 9060 XT, its third graphics card model from the Radeon RX 9000 series, powered by RDNA 4 graphics architecture. This card debuts the new 4 nm "Navi 44" silicon, with over 2x the transistor count increase over the "Navi 33" chip powering the RX 7600. This is because AMD sized up the silicon for the singular purpose of winning in key sub-$400 price-points, against the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 series, specifically the RTX 5060, and the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB. The RX 9060 XT comes in 8 GB and 16 GB models, with the 8 GB model priced at $300, clashing with the RTX 5060, and the 16 GB model priced at a competitive $350, undercutting the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB, which starts at $380. For $30 less, AMD is offering twice the memory size, for future-proofing and lower ray tracing performance cost.

The RX 9060 XT maxes out the 4 nm "Navi 44," enabling all 32 CU, for 2,048 stream processors, 64 AI accelerators, 32 RT accelerators, and 128 TMUs, besides 64 ROPs. Each of the RDNA 4 RT accelerators comes with two intersection units, and several other hardware-level improvements, which is how the company is able to yield a near doubling in ray tracing performance over RDNA 3. AMD is sticking to GDDR6 as the memory standard, the RX 9060 XT gets 8 GB or 16 GB of 20 Gbps GDDR6 memory across a 128-bit memory bus, for 320 GB/s of bandwidth. This is low compared to the 448 GB/s NVIDIA achieved on the RTX 5060 series by switching to 28 Gbps GDDR7, but AMD claims that the memory management advancements it made with RDNA 4 should provide a generational uplift in memory sub-system performance. A purely partner-driven launch, the RX 9060 XT should be available as custom designs from ASUS, ASRock, GIGABYTE, Sapphire, PowerColor, XFX, and more.

Be sure to check out our reviews of: Sapphire RX 9060 XT 16 GB NITRO+ | ASRock RX 9060 XT 16 GB Steel Legend OC | XFX RX 9060 XT 16 GB SWIFT OC | ASUS RX 9060 XT 16 GB Prime OC

ASRock, the leading global motherboard, graphics card and mini PC manufacturer, today launched the new Steel Legend and Challenger series graphics cards based on the latest AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT GPU. As the latest member of the AMD Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs, AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT also uses the AMD RDNA 4 architecture, which is equipped with the 3rd Gen ray tracing and 2nd Gen AI accelerators, provides up to 32 AMD RDNA 4 compute units, and supports AMD HYPR-RX, AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) 4 and advanced Frame Generation..., and other AMD's latest exclusive technologies, plus the latest specifications such as DisplayPort 2.1a, PCI Express 5.0, and also a large-capacity up to 16 GB GDDR6 memory. These rich features and specifications provide end users with an excellent AAA gaming experience.

Otherwise, ASRock AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT Series graphics cards also support various ASRock exclusive features, including the Striped Ring/Axial Fan, Air Deflecting Fin, Ultra-fit Heatpipe, Metal Backplate, and Polychrome SYNC technology to provide great cooling efficiency, solid construction and fancy ARGB lighting effects. With these exclusive features, ASRock AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT Series graphics cards are premium choices for gamers and system integrators.

ASRock has finally acknowledged that the mysterious AMD Ryzen "processor deaths" plaguing its mid- and high-end motherboards weren't caused by defective AMD chips or stray debris but rather overly aggressive Precision Boost Overdrive settings in its BIOS. After more than 100 reports of Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Ryzen 9 9950X CPUs going dark on boards like the X670E Taichi and B650E Steel Legend, the company rolled out BIOS version 3.25 to dial back the Thermal Design Current and Electrical Design Current limits and apologized for initially blaming memory quirks and socket contaminants. ASRock will repair or replace affected motherboards free of charge (including shipping), though users whose CPUs have already failed must seek warranties through their retailer or AMD.

"No, we're not saying it's an AMD issue. We found that it should be related to our BIOS setting — that's the PBO settings, Precision Boost Overdrive. More technically, we adjusted two main settings in PBO. One is TDC (Thermal Design Current) and the other is EDC (Electrical Design Current). We found that our original values for these two settings might have been too high. So now, with BIOS version 3.25, we lowered the PBO values. We believe this can solve the problem."—Chris Lee, ASRock VP of Motherboard Business

ASRock, a global leader in motherboards, graphics cards, mini PCs, power supplies, and gaming monitors, is excited to announce the participation in Computex Taipei 2025. Under the theme Gaming Beyond Limits, AI Beyond Imagination, ASRock will showcase the dual focus on next-level gaming and AI applications. From immersive gaming setups to AI solutions, the exhibit highlights ASRock's commitment to innovation across both fields. Visitors are invited to explore the latest products and technologies, and to experience the Phantom Gaming Zone at booth L0818.

ASRock Unveils Flagship Taichi OCF and Taichi Creator AM5 Motherboards
To expand its success on AMD AM5 motherboards, ASRock will be adding more exciting products into its product portfolio. New product such as X870E Taichi OCF, the very first OC formula motherboard based on AMD platform, Phantom Gaming X870 Nova WiFi, the new high end gaming motherboard based on X870 chipset, a functional yet elegantly designed X870 Taichi Creator and also a lot more products that are based on X870 / B850 / B840 / A620A chipset.

On May 9, the South Korean Radio Agency (RRA) logged four unannounced ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT SKUs. Since early Spring, harukaze5719 has kept a watchful eye on intriguing pre-launch registrations. For example, they discovered Gigabyte's Gaming OC 16 GB and 8 GB models over a month ago. AMD's board partners seem to be prepping custom options; well in advance of next week's teased unveiling (at Computex 2025). ASRock seems to be cutting things quite fine, with their registering of (allegedly) Navi 44 XT GPU-based Steel Legend and Challenger models. Rumors of a canceled AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB (GDDR6) variant emerged a while back, but certain insiders have insisted that this cheaper option will arrive alongside a 16 GB sibling.

Recent RRA filings indicate an upcoming two-pronged approach, involving a good number of AIBs. Buoyed by harukaze5719's fresh findings, VideoCardz carried out additional detective work. They soon unearthed "in stock" ASRock Steel Legend and Challenger factory overclocked Radeon RX 9060 XT cards. Apparently, a Vietnamese store is already courting local client interest—prices are not visible on the unnamed shop's webstore, but staffers are reportedly "encouraging customers to inquire" about costs of ownership. Gaming GPU enthusiasts will recall the amusingly extra early arrival of custom Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 retail stock in Europe; in anticipation of a supposedly scuppered January launch window. Unlike its main rival, AMD seems to be running on schedule with its next wave of RDNA 4 gaming products.

Around RDNA 4's launch period, ASRock's web presences listed an intriguing Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend Dark 16 GB model—seemingly not mentioned in official introductory press material. As covered on TechPowerUp earlier this month, this unusual darkened spin-off of the "traditional white" Steel Legend design received little fanfare—the obvious reason being that gray/black stock was not readied for AMD's March 6 rollout to market. Over the past weekend, VideoCardz put an investigative spotlight on a Hermitage AkiHabara/GDM Japan press release. It turns out that ASRock's Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend Dark SKU will become available early next month, starting with the Japanese "domestic market."

The manufacturer's global website was not updated with a similar PR item, so an international/widespread launch is likely planned for a later date. The "expected market price" upon release is 133,800 yen (including tax), which converts to roughly US$891. Industry watchdogs believe that the Dark variant will roll out "globally" with the exact same price tag as the already launched pale sibling. The Taiwanese brand did not introduce a Radeon RX 9070 (non-XT) Steel Legend Dark overclocked model, to exist alongside their white-hued RX 9070 Steel Legend OC offering. The wallet-friendlier triple-fan ASRock RX 9070 Challenger SKU—in black, with a splash of ARGB—is their only other Navi 48 XT GPU-based option.

AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT is demonstrating unexpected performance gains through aggressive undervolting, with overclocking specialists documenting significant improvements that push the GPU past NVIDIA's pricier GeForce RTX 5080 in specific benchmarks. Recent tests by Der8auer using a PowerColor Red Devil RX 9070 XT revealed a 10% frame rate increase in Cyberpunk 2077 at 4K Ultra settings by applying a -170 mV voltage offset while increasing the power target to 110%. This modification enabled the GPU to reach clock speeds of 3.36 GHz, compared to 2.90 GHz at stock settings, resulting in 66 FPS versus the RTX 5080's 65 FPS in identical testing environments. The undervolting phenomenon appears consistent across the product line, with YouTuber Alva Jonathan achieving similar 10% performance improvements on the standard RX 9070 using ASRock's Steel Legend model.

Both testers discovered that traditional core clock overclocking yielded negligible results, suggesting these factory-overclocked cards are already operating near their architectural limits. The voltage-frequency curve adjustments effectively lower the voltage required for higher frequencies. Memory overclocking proved counterproductive, with error correction mechanisms actually reducing in-game performance when pushed beyond stable parameters. These results come with important caveats—both tested units are premium variants with enhanced power delivery and cooling solutions that sell significantly above AMD's MSRP. The PowerColor Red Devil commanded a $200 premium over the RX 9070 XT's $599 launch price, while the ASRock Steel Legend carried a $90 markup over the RX 9070's base $550 MSRP. Even with these premiums, however, the high-end RX 9070 XT models remain approximately $200 less expensive than NVIDIA's RTX 5080 while delivering comparable rasterization performance after optimization, despite NVIDIA's ongoing advantages in ray tracing capabilities and software ecosystem.

Late last week, ASRock introduced its opening wave of Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 graphics card models; in Taichi, Steel Legend and Challenger guises. Official press material only alluded to an intriguing "gray" spin-off of the Taiwanese manufacturer's (traditionally) white-hued mid-tier product family. ASRock's brand-new Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend Dark 16 GB model is listed on their website, but it has received little fanfare since February 28. Appropriately, this "Dark" variant rolls out with the familiar Steel Legend shroud and backplate designs—albeit, with a two-tone (black/gray) aesthetic.

As expected, the ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend Dark card shares identical specifications with its standard white sibling—in both cases, we are looking at non-overclocked SKUs. The AMD board partner has not prepared a non-XT Steel Legend Dark card for launch (on March 6), but an expanded lineup could emerge in the near future. ASRock graphics card enthusiasts have noted a mildly disappointing absence of RDNA 4-based Phantom Gaming options—past Radeon product generations have hit global markets with this sub-brand. Looking at a typical past example—ASRock's Radeon RX 7800 XT Phantom Gaming OC card—we see a gray/black design with a smattering of RGB lighting zones. We could surmise that ASRock has created a similar-ish modernized equivalent—in the shape of Steel Legend Dark (non-OC)—to fill a (temporary?) Phantom Gaming-sized gap.

ASRock, the leading global motherboard, graphics card and mini PC manufacturer, today launched the new Taichi, Steel Legend and Challenger series graphics cards based on AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 GPUs. The new graphics cards are built-in the ultra-fast AMD RDNA 4 architecture graphics which features 3rd Gen ray tracing and 2nd Gen AI accelerators to deliver the performance you need to max out your gaming. Powered by AMD RDNA 4 architecture, the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU features 64 compute units (3rd Gen ray tracing and 2nd Gen AI accelerators), AMD HYPR-RX, AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution, DisplayPort 2.1, and PCI Express 5.0 ready. And the AMD Radeon RX 9070 features 56 compute units (3rd Gen ray tracing and 2nd Gen AI accelerators), AMD HYPR-RX, AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution, DisplayPort 2.1, and PCI Express 5.0 ready.

The AMD RDNA 4 architecture also delivers various features such as Radiance Display Engine, Fluid Motion Frames 2 technology, Radeon Anti-Lag 2 technology, AV1 Encode/Decode, AMD FidelityFX technologies and AMD Noise Suppression etc. These rich features enhance the gaming comprehensive performance of RDNA 4 and bring much powerful gaming platform to gaming users.

ASRock has showcased its custom design Intel Arc B580 12 GB "Battlemage" GPU-based graphics cards at CES 2025—these offerings sat somewhat unnoticed next to a whole heap of newly revealed AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and 9070 models. A TechPowerUp staffer took the opportunity to analyze ASRock's B580 Challenger OC and Steel Legend OC demonstration samples. Team Blue's wallet friendly pricing at launch (around mid-December) resulted in stock being swiftly snapped up—many budget hardware enthusiasts have missed out on handling the initial batches of Battlemage. ASRock's dual-fan Arc B580 Challenger OC sports a new design scheme—also featured on a nearby triple-fan Radeon RX 9070 model. An understated gray-black shroud sports a single RGB lighting strip on its top side.

The longer triple-fan configured ASRock Arc B580 Steel Legend OC model is already a familiar sight for many regular readers of TechPowerUp's review section. W1zzard's mid-December evaluation deemed this card worthy of receiving two awards: "Highly Recommended" and "Great Value." Steel Legend sits above Challenger in ASRock's product hierarchy, so the extra cost gets you an almost all-white design, a larger cooling solution and more RGB lighting zones. The CES 2025 demonstration unit appears to be a normal retail example—no big surprises or revelations to report. We hope that Team Blue and its manufacturing partners are doing their best to replenish B580 GPU stock.

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.

ASRock is presenting its complete range of power supply units at CES 2025, featuring the Taichi, Phantom Gaming, Steel Legend, and Challenger PSU series. Fully compliant with Intel ATX 3.1 and PCIe 5.1 standards, these PSUs can handle peak power loads ranging from 200% to 235%. They are equipped with 12 V 2x6 cables, capable of delivering up to 600 W through a single cable. Additional highlights include a 5 V BOOST function for improved stability, 100% Japanese capacitors, Infineon CoolMOS, and SiC SBD technology.

The ASRock Taichi series power supply unit is certified for 80 Plus and Cybenetics Titanium efficiency and also received Cybenetics LAMBDA A+ ultra-quiet certification. These PSUs are available in 1650 W and 1300 W models, feature fully modular cables, two native PCIe 12 V 2x6 cables, all-Japanese capacitors, Infineon CoolMOS, SiC SBD, NTC sensor to monitors connector temperatures in real-time and are backed by a 10-year warranty.

ASRock announces a full line-up of Intel B860/H810 motherboards. New product comes in Phantom Gaming Series, the ever popular Steel Legend that comes in white PCB design and the feature filled but budget friendly Pro RS and Pro-A series. ASRock will also debut its first BMD (back mount design) motherboard, the B860M Pro BMD, elegant and stylish cable management is no longer a privilege for the high end.

Designed for Fast and Efficient Computing!
The new ASRock B860 motherboards are designed with 14 power phase for vCore, 2oz PCB and exclusive low-ripple 1000μf 20K black capacitors that guarantee stable and superior performance for the CPU. And on top of that, the B860/B860M Lightning Wi-Fi even comes with the patented Memory OC Shield to give excellent memory overclocking. The boards also geared with ample amount of next gen expansion possibility such as the latest PCI-Express Gen-5 for Graphics card and M.2 SSD, Thunderbolt 4 ports on the rear IO to enable lightning-fast data transfer up to 40 Gbps.

Here are some of the first pictures of ASRock's upcoming Live Mixer series motherboards based on mid-range chipsets from AMD and Intel. The Live Mixer brand of motherboards has a similar positioning in ASRock's product stack as Steel Legend, but with a variation in product design, and a mid-range onboard audio solution that uses audio codecs such as the ALC1200 or ALC4080. There's nothing that particularly stands out in this audio solution (no fancy amp circuits or exotic I/O). The B850 Live Mixer Wi-Fi is an ATX board based on the AMD B850 chipset. This is essentially a re-brand of the popular B650, but with out-of-the-box support for the latest Ryzen 9000 series processors, including the 9000X3D series. The board offers three M.2 NVMe slots, one of which is Gen 5, and the others Gen 4. The WLAN solution is very likely Wi-Fi 6E.

Next up, is the ASRock B860 Live Mixer Wi-Fi. This Socket LGA1851 motherboard is based on Intel's mid-range chipset for its "Arrow Lake" processors, the Intel B860. Much like the previous generation B760, it is expected to lack CPU overclocking support. This board visually looks a lot similar to its AMD B850-based sibling, you could almost confuse the two if you're not looking at the CPU socket. You get three M.2 NVMe slots here, too; one of which is Gen 5, and doesn't eat into the x16 PEG slot. We expect this board to offer Wi-Fi 6E, just like the B850 Live Mixer Wi-Fi. Lastly, there's the B860M Live Mixer Wi-Fi, a Micro-ATX variant of this board, with mostly the same feature-set, it's just that the third M.2 slot is without a heatsink; and the second PCIe slot is physically x8 instead of x16, which shouldn't matter since the slot is likely electrical x4 on both motherboard models. Intel and AMD are expected to debut the B850 and B860 in January.

ASRock, the global leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, mini PCs, gaming monitors and power supply units, today launches the all-new Intel Arc B-Series graphics cards, including Steel Legend and Challenger products based on Intel Arc B580 and Intel Arc B570 Graphics, which are born to shine your PC builds!

Based on the latest Xe2-HPG architecture, Intel Arc B-Series GPUs are designed for high performance gaming at 1440p and 1080p with AI upscaling and ray tracing. They are equipped with cutting-edge features: Intel Xe Super Sampling technology (XeSS), which takes your gaming experience to the next level with AI-enhanced upscaling for higher performance and high image fidelity. Intel XeSS Frame Generation and Intel Xe Low Latency technologies make your games play smoother and more responsive. Intel Xe Matrix eXtensions (XMX) AI engines accelerate AI-enhanced gaming, creation, and media generation. The Advanced Media Engine accelerates your content creation with two full-featured media transcoders to speed up the media exporting across the most popular formats including AV1.

FunkyIT scored an ASRock Arc B580 Steel Legend 12 GB "Battlemage" graphics card that they previewed on their channel. The card appears fairly large, considering that Intel is positioning the B580 to be an upper-mid range GPU, if we go by the naming convention of the previous "Alchemist" generation, and the A580. The ASRock Steel Legend product features a large, aluminium dual fin-stack cooler featuring a trio of fans, and what looks like a metallic, dual-tone cooler shroud and backplate combo. The PCB underneath is a little over half the length of the card, which means nearly half the heatsink's airflow passes through the card and out large cutouts in the backplate.

The card draws power from a pair of 8-pin PCIe power connectors, a combination rated for up to 375 W power delivery. Previous leaks suggest that the ASRock B580 Steel Legend features RGB lighting in the form of a large Steel Legend ornament on top of the card, and the three fans each feature RGB LED lighting. FunkyIT also showed off the retail box of the card. There's no change in the Intel Arc main branding, but attention is given to the Intel XeSS technology logo, which mentions "AI Upscaling." The XMX cores, which are the main AI acceleration hardware on discrete Arc GPUs, get their own separate branding on the box. Intel isn't just going after gamers, but also creators, and AI acceleration markets. "Play, Create, Generate," reads the box.

ASRock Inc., a global leader in motherboards, graphics cards, mini PCs, and gaming monitors, is once again expanding its product lineup with the launch of power supply units (PSUs) for the DIY market. The new PSU product lineup is available under the well-regarded Taichi, Phantom Gaming, Steel Legend, and Challenger series, designed to meet a wide range of user needs.

ASRock's PSUs are fully compliant with the latest Intel ATX 3.1 and PCIe 5.1 standards, supporting the instantaneous peak power loads of 200% to 235%. This ensures users receive stable power solutions for future technologies. Featuring native 12V-2x6 cables, the single-line output can deliver up to 600 W, designed to meet the high-power requirements of next-gen premium graphics cards. The dual-color 16-pin connector design enables quick identification, ensuring proper insertion into the GPU's power socket. Furthermore, the Taichi and Phantom Gaming models feature an exclusive embedded NTC sensor that monitors connector temperatures in real-time, activating protection mode if temperatures exceed safe limits, thereby ensuring system safety and stability.

ASRock has unveiled a full lineup of Z890 motherboards, led by the new Taichi series flagship models. This series offers a powerful mix of options for extreme enthusiasts, including the ASRock Z890 Taichi AQUA, Taichi OCF, Taichi, and Taichi Lite. Other ASRock Z890 motherboards include the gaming-focused Phantom Gaming series, featuring the Nova, Riptide, and Lightning models, as well as the popular Steel Legend, LiveMixer, and Pro series for mainstream users. The new Z890 motherboards support the latest Intel Core Ultra 200 series processors, offering more high-speed expansion such as PCI-Express 5.0 support for a graphics card, as well as M.2 SSD, and more importantly up to two Thunderbolt 4 ports for all Z890 motherboards.

The New Era of Taichi
The white-styled ASRock Z890 Taichi AQUA introduces a unique hybrid thermal design developed in collaboration with Alphacool, which combines air and water cooling for the VRM and M.2 block. The Z890 Taichi AQUA also features the first detachable M.2 water block for Gen-5 SSDs, simplifying and streamlining installation.

ASRock has a pretty comprehensive lineup of upcoming Socket LGA1851 motherboards based on the top Intel Z890 chipset, which the company will launch alongside the new Intel Core Ultra 2-series "Arrow Lake-S" desktop processors later this month. The company's Z890 lineup has been leaked to the web by VideoCardz. The lineup covers nearly every brand extension by ASRock, addressing a wide category of PC users, from the entry level that just wants an office desktop to harness the CPU power of the new processors, to the two distinct classes of the enthusiast segment—one which overclocks, and the other that needs every possible premium I/O from this platform, with the bulk of the lineup targeting gaming PC builders across price-segments.

At the very top are ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF and the ASRock Z890 Taichi. The Taichi OCF is the spiritual successor to the OC Formula series by ASRock targeting professional overclockers. It has the strongest possible CPU VRM solution from the company, the largest selection of overclocker-friendly features, and a 1 DIMM per channel (1DPC) memory configuration, for the highest possible memory overclocks. The Taichi OCF has most if not all of the I/O goodies ASRock has to offer. For this, you'll have to seek out the regular ASRock Z890 Taichi, with its four DDR5 memory slots, nearly the same overclocking feature-set as the Taichi OCF, but some added toys, such as Thunderbolt 4. The Z890 Taichi Lite is an interesting product—it has nearly all features that place it into the high-end segment, such as that 8-layer PCB, a strong CPU VRM, and premium onboard audio, among others; but skips on the bulk of the dramatic flair of the Z890 Taichi.

ASRock, the global leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, mini PCs, and gaming monitors, today announced a full line-up of flagship to mainstream motherboards using the AMD X870E/X870 series chipset, which is designed expressly for the latest AMD Ryzen 9000 series processors using AM5 socket. New motherboards include the flagship series X870E Taichi and Taichi Lite, newly introduced flagship Phantom Gaming X870E Nova WiFi, mainstream gaming X870 Riptide WiFi, plus the always popular X870 Steel Legend WiFi, X870 Pro RS and Pro RS WiFi, which are both now available in a white design.

All the new ASRock X870E/X870 motherboards, from the flagship Taichi series to the mainstream Steel Legend and Pro RS WiFi, feature a highly robust design for extreme performance. The Taichi series combines SPS Dr.MOS power delivery of up to 24+2+1 phases, server-grade 8-layer PCBs enabling excellent memory overclocking up to DDR5-8200, and exclusive low-ripple 1000μf 20K black capacitors that guarantee stable and superior performance for the CPU.

While wandering through the Computex showrooms, our little spies spotted something interesting at the ASRock stand: an extensive lineup of motherboards built around the AMD X870 and X870E chipsets. The six models from the ASRock, Pro, Steel, Phantom Gaming, and the legendary Taichi families support the latest AMD Ryzen 9000, 8000, and 7000 series processors. We had the opportunity to see them live on display and rushed to present them one by one, complete with pictures and main specifications.Now we're going to look further in detail:

ASRock, a global leader in motherboards, graphics cards, gaming monitors, and small form factor PCs, is excited to announce its participation in the upcoming COMPUTEX Taipei 2024. AI has been a hot topic in the IT industry in recent years. ASRock keeps up with the trends, showcasing the latest AI solutions. In addition, creating an impressive gaming environment is one of ASRock's commitments for gamers. Visitors can explore the latest products and AI computing solutions firsthand and experience the gaming simulator at ASRock booth L0818.

Full Firepower Display of Next Gen Motherboard Platform
ASRock will also be revealing its full range of next generation Intel & AMD motherboards including the new line up of Taichi & Phantom Gaming Series, the robust Steel Legend, newly designed Livemixer and mainstream Pro series. The high end Taichi brand will receive its major repositioning and reorganized to be ASRock' s flagship series by merging with existing OC Formula & AQUA product line. Alongside the next gen Phantom Gaming series, the full array of Taichi AQUA, Taichi OCF, Taichi and Taichi Lite motherboards will also be revealed during Computex 2024!

ASRock, the leading global motherboard, graphics card and mini PC manufacturer, today launched the new Steel Legend and Challenger Series graphics cards based on the new AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT GPUs. The new ASRock AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT Steel Legend and Challenger Series graphics cards are built on the advanced AMD RDNA 3 architecture, featuring up to 32 redesigned compute units and second-generation AMD Infinity Cache technology. They also offer the latest features and capabilities including AMD Radiance Display Engine, full AV1 encoding and more to power high-performance 1080p gaming, streaming and content creation applications. Meanwhile, with support for AMD HYPR-RX with AMD Fluid Motion Frames users can crank up their game settings for fully immersive and highly responsive gaming.

The new ASRock AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT Steel Legend and Challenger Series graphics cards are equipped with high-speed 16 GB GDDR6 memory at 18 Gbps and are pre-overclocked to deliver higher levels of performance. The AMD Radiance Display Engine provides 12-bit-per-channel color for up to 68 billion colors for incredible color accuracy. In addition, ASRock AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT Steel Legend and Challenger Series graphics cards also support various ASRock exclusive features such as the Striped Axial Fan, the Ultra-fit Heatpipe, a stylish metal backplate, and Polychrome SYNC technology to provide excellent cooling efficiency, solid construction, and fancy ARGB lighting effects. Powered with these exclusive features, ASRock AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT Steel Legend and Challenger Series graphics cards are ideal choices for 1080p gamers and content creators.

AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT went on sale today, at a starting price of $330. Designed for maxed out AAA gameplay at 1080p, this card can try its hands with 1440p gaming, at mid-thru-high settings; you can use features such as FSR 2, FSR 3 Frame Generation, the AMD Fluid Motion Frames feature that extends frame generation to any DirectX 11/12 game; as well as the HyperRX one-click performance enhancement that's part of the AMD Software control panel app. AMD had already maxed out all available shaders on the 6 nm "Navi 33" monolithic silicon, but has opted not to rope in the larger "Navi 32" chiplet GPU for the RX 7600 XT. Instead, it attempted to squeeze out the most performance possible from the "Navi 33," by dialing up clock speeds, power limits, and doubling the memory size.

You still get 32 compute units on the RX 7600 XT, which are worth 2,048 stream processors, 64 AI accelerators, 32 Ray accelerators, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs, but the 128-bit GDDR6 memory bus now drives 16 GB of memory running at the same 18 Gbps speed, yielding 288 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU game clock has been increased to 2.47 GHz, up from 2.25 GHz on the RX 7600. The power limit has been increased from 165 W to 190 W on the RX 7600 XT; and implementing DisplayPort 2.1 has been made mandatory for board partners (they can't opt for the DisplayPort 1.4a like they could on the RX 7600). AMD claims that the 16 GB of video memory should come in handy for content creators, and those dabbling with generative AI.

We have three reviews of the Radeon RX 7600 XT for you today, so be sure to check them all out.

Sapphire Radeon RX 7600 XT Pulse | XFX Radeon RX 7600 XT Speedster QICK 309 | ASRock Radeon RX 7600 XT Steel Legend