Finished Looks
The ASRock B550 Taichi features an evolution of the classic Taichi aesthetic, with gold and gray accents on a black base.
The RGB on the ASRock B550 Taichi is very good, with great brightness and diffusion.
Test System
Test System |
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Processor: | AMD Ryzen™ 9 3900X 4.6 GHz (maximum Boost clock), 64 MB Cache |
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Memory: | 2x 8 GB DDR4 3600 MHz G.SKILL Trident Z Neo F4-3600C16Q-32GTZN |
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Cooling: | Custom loop: Swiftech Apogee SKF LT block, Bitspower SC6 pump, and 360 mm radiator |
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BIOS Version: | 0243 |
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Graphics Card: | EVGA RTX 2080 FTW3 Ultra |
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Harddisk: | 1x Crucial M4 128 GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD (OS) 1x Crucial BX200 256 GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD (Data) 1x Samsung 950 PRO M.2 (NVMe) |
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Power Supply: | Seasonic Titanium 1000 W |
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Case: | Primochill Praxis Wetbench |
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Software: | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, NVIDIA GeForce 452.06 WHQL |
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G.SKILL generously provided their excellent Trident Z Neo kit. Along with the new hardware, I will be implementing a new testing standard. Moving forward, I will be testing new platforms with XMP enabled.
Notes: CPU-Z was not entirely reliable with reporting the voltage for my testing of the ASRock B550 Taichi, though it was usually close. I cross checked the figures against Ryzen Master to ensure accurate numbers, but some of the CPU-Z screenshots may look odd.
Due to a required GPU driver update, I have removed the PCMark 8 results from this review.