Finished Looks
I think ASRock did a great job with the layout of everything, even though there are three M.2 ports. Putting those two M.2 ports at the bottom next to each other was a great idea.
Once up and running, I noticed that there was barely any illumination from the onboard LEDs under the chipset cooler. Fortunately for me, I got my RGB RAM and LED strips to make up for it :P.
Test System
Test System |
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Processor: | Intel Core i7-8700k 4.7 GHz (Turbo 2.0), 12 MB Cache |
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Memory: | 2x 8 GB DDR4 3866 MHz G.Skill Trident-Z F4-3866C18D-16GTZ |
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Cooling: | Cryorig A80 |
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BIOS Version: | L1.13A |
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Graphics Card: | MSI GTX 980 GAMING 4 GB |
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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 Seagate Barracuda LP 2 TB (Data) 1x Samsung 950 PRO M.2 (NVMe) |
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Power Supply: | Thermaltake Smart Standard 750 W |
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Case: | Lian Li T60 test bench |
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Software: | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, NVIDIA GeForce 376.33 WHQL |
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You get a very basic Turbo profile upon first boot with the ASRock Z370 Taichi. If you were a bit forward-thinking, you would have flipped the XMP switch to get the best out of your memory on the first boot, too. I did not.