The Taichi series from ASRock typically has been reserved for their top-end models, but recently they have released a few different motherboards on both the AMD and Intel side that carry the Taichi name. These happen to be the Taichi OCF (overclocking focused) and the Taichi Creator (content creator focused). Today we will be taking a look at the ladder. The ASRock X870 Taichi Creator makes use of an 18+2+1 power phase design, has dual PCI-Express 5.0 x16 slots, five M.2 slots, USB4 connectivity, 10G LAN, WiFi 7, and so much more! Let’s take a look and see what this board is all about!
Special thanks to ASRock for providing us with the X870 Taichi Creator Motherboard to review.
Features of the ASRock X870 Taichi Creator Motherboard
– Supports AMD AM5 Socket Ryzen™ 9000, 8000 and 7000 Series Processors
– 18+2+1 Power Phase, 80A SPS for VCore+SOC
– 4 x DDR5 DIMMs
– Supports Dual Channel, up to 8000+ (OC)
– 2 PCIe 5.0 x16, 1 PCIe 3.0 x16
– Graphics Output Options: 1 HDMI, 2 USB4 Type-C
– Realtek ALC4082 7.1 CH HD Audio Codec, Nahimic Audio
– 2 Blazing M.2 (PCIe Gen5x4)
– 1 Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4x4)
– 1 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3x4)
– 4 SATA3
– 2 USB4 Type-C (Rear)
– 1 USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C (Front)
– 2 USB 3.2 Gen2 (Rear)
– 10 USB 3.2 Gen1 (6 Rear, 4 Front)
– 8 USB 2.0 (2 Rear, 6 Front)
– 10Gbps LAN, 5Gbps LAN
– 802.11be Wi-Fi 7 + Bluetooth
– Supports EZ Release Design, Toolless Multi-Layer M.2 Heatsink
ASRock X870 Taichi Creator Motherboard Packaging
The ASRock X870 Taichi Creator comes in a pretty standard motherboard box. On the front we have a picture of the board and some of the main features are listed. Flipping over to the back a lot of those features are detailed and there is a full list of specifications as well as an I/O overview.
Getting everything out of the box, when it comes to accessories you’ll find your WiFi 7 aantenna, two SATA cables, an ARGB splitter cable, a thermistor cable, and a quick installation guide.
