Man, let me tell you, wandering around at Computex, I bumped into the ASRock booth, and among all the jazzy motherboards, the X870E Taichi OCF just screamed for attention. I mean, we’re talking about a motherboard here, not a flashy sports car. Go figure.
Now, ASRock’s gone a little wild, bringing their Taichi OCF series into the AMD AM5 mix. These things have been stealing hearts in Intel circles, but now they’re crossing over with some pretty wicked specs. Heck, I’d say ASRock’s giving it all they’ve got with this AM5 debut, you know?
So, down to the nitty-gritty, this X870E Taichi OCF beast has a 25-Phase thing going on with 110A SPS power stages. Honestly, I’m not even sure I know what all that means, except it’s probably a big deal. You power the CPU with this dual 8-pin setup, and you get two DDR5 DIMM slots hanging out by the socket. They support up to 128 GD DRAM or something and speeds over 9000 MT/s – which just sounds fast, right? Speed of light, eat your heart out.
Oh, and I/O stuff! Two PCIe 5.0 x16 and a lone PCIe 4.0 x4 slots. For M.2 options, there’s a buffet—two PCIe Gen5x4, a couple of Gen4x4, a Gen4x2, and a single Gen3x4 slot. Did I just list a menu? USB-wise, you get two USB4 Type-C, a bunch more I can’t remember without peeking at notes, plus LAN and WIFI7. There’s this fancy toolkit too. Handy if you’re into professional overclocking—sounds intense, right?
Design-wise, gold and black vibes give it that classic Taichi OCF flair. Overclock away if that’s your jam. The buttons for tuning are right there, mocking your limits.
Then there’s this X870 Taichi Creator for, you guessed it, creators! A beefy 21 Phase 80A SPS design, four DDR5 DIMM spaces (256 GB support, cheers!), and some fancy M.2 slots with names too long to utter. 15 USB ports sound like a redundant luxury, but creators seem to love them. Connectivity on steroids with 10 GbE, 5GbE LAN, and everything in between, PCIe slots included. It’s like a tech playground.
Ah, before I forget—the X870 NOVA WIFI. This one is like the cheaper cousin to the X870E NOVA WIFI. It’s priced to thrill, around $250-$300 US, and it’s got more features than I think I need. Probably a sweet deal for mainstream builders drowning in IO/VRM options.
And wait—I promise this is the last bit—the A620AI WIFI! This little guy’s a Mini-ITX with an 11-phase 80A VRM setup. Super entry-level, all the coolness with dual DDR5 DIMMs, up to 8200+ MT/s speeds, an 8-pin power thing, and a few PCIe slots. A mini-trove of USBs, LAN ports, Wi-Fi 6E, and some audio codec I can’t make sense of right now. Pricing’s friendly at about $100 US. More gossip is bound to spill soon.
Seriously, these new ASRock boards might just mess with your wallet and maybe your peace, but hey—worth sniffing around if you’re into this motherboard kind of hustle.
