Finished Looks

The ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate is a very attractive board, and the black and gray colors matched well with the components of my test bench. The combination of neutral base colors and individually addressable RGB LED zones make the ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate a very aesthetically versatile board. The board layout may seem crowded, but every component is still accessible after full assembly. The design and implementation of the ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate is one of the most visually appealing I have encountered.


The ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate has three different RGB LED "zones" that can be customized individually, as well as several RGB headers for further customization. The first two zones are on the rear I/O shield and second shield over the audio cluster. These shine through diffusion windows to evenly spread out their lighting and are quite attractive. The third zone is underneath the chipset heatsink, shining out from under it like a halo. The ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate has the best implementation of RGB out of any board I have yet tested, not the least because when turned off, you would never know there are LEDs on it at all. The diffusion windows are simply black without any backlighting, and the heatsink hides the LEDs there as well.

Test System

The ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate is the first board I am testing with the Ryzen 5 2600X CPU, and it will take several more reviews before I feel I can safely compare it "apples to apples" so to speak.