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The ASRock X399 Taichi motherboard is to be considered a enthusiast class solution in that super-high-end segment of AMDs X399 chipset based series motherboards. The board is built using the best components, assuring high reliability and a long life-span. Some interesting features are 802.11ac Wi-Fi, triple M.2 as well as an intricate LED Lightning system and four PCIe Express x16 slots.
The motherboard includes all of the standardized X399 enhancements with three M.2 SSD slots and will support SLI (2-way) and Crossfire (4-way). Your PCIe lane configuration will be highly dependent on the choices you make with you purchase. However the CPU alone will deliver a nice 64 PCIe Gen 3.0 lanes. If you'd use four graphics card they would be configured at 16:8:16:8 (or a combination of that) as the chipset uses a x4 link from the processor. The board uses a regular ATX Form Factor at 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm.
The I/O panel of the mobo reveals ten USB 3.1 ports, among it a 10 Gbps type-c and type-a connector. AMD offers native USB 3.1 Gen 2 support used in combo with an ASMedia's 3142 controller:
CPU:
- 8 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports on the back panel
Chipset+ASMedia USB 3.1 Gen 2 Controller:
- 1 x USB Type-C port with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support, available through the internal USB header
I would assume that is plenty for your USB needs. The motherboard features four PCIe x16 Gen 3.0 expansion slots and in the middle a x1 slot. A Realtek ALC1220 audio codec is the source for audio, but is heavily enhanced with Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps and a TI NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier.
The board gets 2x 10/100/1000 Ethernet controller by Intel, we sorely miss a 5 or 10 GBit from say Aquantia. There is a PS/2 combo port that can be used for either a keyboard or mouse.
- 2 x Antenna Ports
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection)
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection)
- 8 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)*
- 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
- 1 x BIOS Flashback Switch
- HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks)
The board has AC WIFI (Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac). Memory wise the board has 8 DIMM slots for your quad-channel needs. This board is should support up to DDR4 3600 MHz memory (overclocked), you may install up-to 128 GB of it, we recommend 3200 MHz as that is the current best supported frequency. If you look at the overview of the board you'll spot a nice black design with styled RGB elements on the heatsink plating. Included are SLI adapters (High Bandwidth), Antennas for WIFI, SATA cables and all the regular thuss like manulas and driver CDs. The Intel 433Mbps Wifi controller.
