Board Software

For software, ASRock is also offering a few choices, either through a download or the install disk. Once installed, the motherboard utility software is called ASRock Phantom Gaming Tuning. Even though there is no Riptide mention, it still functions as it should with fan control, system monitoring, and a CPU overclocking section—the main reasons to install the software in the first place. All of this can be accessed in the BIOS as well without the need to install any additional software.


ASRock Polychrome RGB is the software to control all the RGB peripherals connected to the appointed motherboard headers, or hardware supported by the software, like the G.Skill Trident Z Neo RAM and EVGA RTX 2080 graphics card I am using.


The ASRock B550 PG Riptide includes a 2.5 GbE RJ45 Ethernet port that is controlled via the Killer E3001G. Like it or not, you need to install the Killer NIC drivers for the port to work. Afterwards, you are prompted to install Killer Control Suite. The software is used to prioritize incoming and outgoing packets and analyze the Wi-Fi network.