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ASRock X299 Taichi Review
Power Consumption & Temperatures »Finished Looks
I really love how this board looks when it's sitting idle without any LED madness going on, and when you fire it up, you are greeted with a pulsing blue glow that peeps out from under the gear-shaped PCH cooler.
You've got to love how this platform allows for DIMMs on both sides of the socket to be installed the same way so things like logos on the tops of sticks align properly. ASRock has done a great job of arranging it all in a way that has it look just as good as it works.
Test System
| Test System | |
|---|---|
| Processor: | Intel Core i9-7900X 4.5 GHz (Turbo 3.0), 13.75 MB Cache |
| Memory: | 4x 8 GB DDR4 3600 MHz G.Skill TridentZ F4-3600C18Q-32GTZKK |
| Cooling: | CoolerMaster MasterLiquid PRO 280 |
| BIOS Version: | 1.01S |
| Graphics Card: | MSI GTX 980 GAMING 4 GB |
| Harddisk: | 1x Crucial M4 128 GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD (OS) 1x Crucial BX200 256 GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD (Data) 1x Seagate Barracuda LP 2 TB (Data) 1x Samsung 950 PRO M.2 (NVMe) |
| Power Supply: | Thermaltake Smart Standard 750W |
| Case: | Lian Li T60 test bench |
| Software: | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, NVIDIA GeForce 376.33 WHQL |
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