Final Thoughts
Looking at the X570 Taichi it is definitely the best-looking “Taichi” motherboard that ASRock has ever made. This really shows that manufacturers are really starting to care more about the AMD platform and no longer making it a second priority to Intel boards. Some new changes on the X570 Taichi design-wise that we haven’t seen on other Taichi boards is that they have added a heatsink that covers the entire bottom-half of the board. This not only is to help cool the X570 chipset, but also acts as a heatsink for the three PCI-Express 4.0 M.2 slots. ASRock has also outfitted this board with quite a lot of RGB. You have RGB elements on that large heatsink, the rear I/O cover, and even along the edge of the board. This is definitely the most RGB we’ve seen from ASRock, and to us it is not over-done, it seems to be just right. The board also has a large backplate that adds stability and acts as a heatsink.
Being that this is a brand new higher-tier X570 motherboard we do get PCI-Express 4.0 and as I mentioned PCI-Express 4.0 M.2 slots. You also get WiFi 6 802.11ax networking and USB 3.2 gen 2, not only on the rear of the board but also via an internal header.
This board make use of a 14-phase VRM and we definitely put it to the test overclocking our Core i9-9900X, well it did fall 100 MHz short to the 4.4 GHz all-core overclock we achieved with the Gigabyte X570 AORUS Master. 4.3 GHz all-core is quite good, although I do have to say comparing overclocking on such an early platform is sort of pointless as the stability of the platform will improve with BIOS updates etc. We saw this with X570 and even B450 board and our Ryzen 7 2700X. You do get some nice overclocking features on this board though like power, reset, and clear CMOS buttons on the board, as well as a POST code display.
ASRock’s BIOS is one I actually like quite a lot, but compared to some of the other BIOS’s out there it does feel a little dated. And for some reason on this board as well as the B450 Steel Legend, there was no Easy Mode. I feel that by now that should be something standard and it does not make a whole lot of sense why it isn’t there since ASRock does have it on their Z390 boards. ASRock’s A-Tuning software does allow for easy overclocking within Windows and it worked quite well in our testing.
Also for those wondering the active heatsink fan is not loud at all and we couldn’t even hear it over our CPU cooler, which is also very quiet.
Looking at the price you can pick this board up at our favorite online retailer for $299, which is not cheap by any means, but looking at X570 boards it is very middle-of-the-road. These new boards are some of the first to have PCI-Express 4.0 and the new WiFi 6 standard, and that comes at a premium. With all of the features on this board it is definitely one very solid X570 board and one that we would totally recommend. Overall we give the ASRock X570 Taichi a 9 out of 10 score and our Recommended Award!
Pros:
– The best looking Taichi board to date
– The perfect amount of RGB
– WiFi 6 and USB 3.2 gen 2
– Solid VRM
– Power and reset buttons on the board
Cons:
– No Easy Mode in the BIOS
– Have to remove the entire bottom heatsink to install one M.2 drive
