ASRock Introduces Nine AM4 motherboards - 5 Gbit LAN for X370 Professional Gaming

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/25/2017 10:32 AM | source: | 39 comment(s)

We've seen most AM4 motherboards from all mobo-manufacturers by now, but not so much from ASRock. In this news-item I'll be showing you the nine models they release for AMD Ryzen processors.

ASRock will launch four high-end X370 chipset based units and five mainstream B350 motherboards. Most of the X370 and B350 boards are now already on pre-order for next week. A320M (mITX) boards will be announced later on likely in Q2. The boards that ARock releases are:

X370 Professional Gaming

2 x PCI-Express 3.0 x16
1 x PCI-Express 2.0 x16
Realtek ALC1220 audio
10 x SATA600
1 x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4)
1 x M.2 (PCIe 2.0 x4)
2 x USB 3.1 (Gen 2) one Type-C
Intel 802.11ac WiFi + BT 4.2
AQUANTIA 5 Gigabit LAN, Intel Gigabit LAN

X370 Taichi

2 x PCI-Express 3.0 x16
1 x PCI-Express 2.0 x16
Realtek ALC1220 audio
10 x SATA600
1 x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4)
1 x M.2 (PCIe 2.0 x4)
2 x USB 3.1 (Gen 2) one Type-C
Intel 802.11ac WiFi + BT 4.2

X370 Gaming K4

2 x PCI-Express 3.0 x16
4 x PCI-Express 2.0 x1
Realtek ALC1220 audio
6 x SATA600
1 x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4)
1 x M.2 (PCIe 2.0 x4)
1 x M.2 (Key E, for WiFi)
2 x USB 3.1 (Gen 2) one Type-C

And then the X370 Killer SLI, AB350 Gaming K4, AB350 Pro4, AB350M Pro4, AB350M and AB350M-HDV for which the specs are listed in the slides and photos. Have a peek below, click the thumbnails to check them out.

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Stairmand
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#5397861 Posted on: 02/25/2017 11:24 AM

Was pleased to see a pair of M.2 slots as many AMD boards seem to only include one. Then noticed that the second one was horribly restricted.

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#5397864 Posted on: 02/25/2017 11:45 AM

Yeah they seem to link a second M2 through the chipset, which is Gen 2.0. It's still ~1600+ MB/sec bidirectional though.

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#5397869 Posted on: 02/25/2017 11:55 AM

For someone like me who uses a Blue theme inside his computer case, these boards all look awful.

Yeah they seem to link a second M2 through the chipset, which is Gen 2.0. It's still ~1600 MB/sec bidirectional though.

That's alright for most users in my book, fast SSD's aren't cheap.

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#5397886 Posted on: 02/25/2017 01:07 PM

Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming
Looks awesome with AQUANTIA® 5Gb/s BASE-T Ethernet

Stairmand
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#5397891 Posted on: 02/25/2017 01:23 PM

The Samsung 960 EVO NVME drives are not 'that' expensive (especially if you intend to build high end) and already break 3200MBps. Pricing will continue to fall as more high end NVME drives appear on the market.

Certainly, I'm considering a Ryzen build to upgrade from Ivybridge but would want a pair (ideally the ability to RAID them too).......

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#5397903 Posted on: 02/25/2017 02:16 PM

That Karait looks sexy.

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#5397918 Posted on: 02/25/2017 02:51 PM

Yeah they seem to link a second M2 through the chipset, which is Gen 2.0. It's still ~1600+ MB/sec bidirectional though.

Its also shared with 3rd PCIEx16 slot which I intend to use for another card in which case M.2_2 is disabled.

One of few reasons I went with Asus Hero instead.

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#5397920 Posted on: 02/25/2017 02:55 PM

Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming
Looks awesome with AQUANTIA® 5Gb/s BASE-T Ethernet

I thought so too at beginning, but you need other devices like switch or router supporting same and so far they are more or less nonexistent.

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#5397944 Posted on: 02/25/2017 03:53 PM

350pro4 so far is the motherboard of my choice out of all the brands I've seen

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#5397950 Posted on: 02/25/2017 04:01 PM

I thought so too at beginning, but you need other devices like switch or router supporting same and so far they are more or less nonexistent.

Even if all infrastructure is supported, its cheaper to buy pci network card and go with simpler mobo.

No need to buy motherboard with all this features if you cant utilize half of them.

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#5397961 Posted on: 02/25/2017 04:26 PM

You would need a puzzle-app for the motherboard game.

"What if I want to run this and that, which options will be turned off?"
"If I use an EVO for boot and a "mass storage" Crosspoint (3D Xpoint), which mobo's can I get?"
"Which manufacturers offer X370 on mATX?" (None yet?)

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#5398001 Posted on: 02/25/2017 05:58 PM

All those boards are nasty good. yes, they trade this and that for additional features. But they give a choice.
Why would I complain that one of M.2 is limited to 2GB/s when those boards are currently only AM4 boards which have second M.2?

Only real issue can be DDR4 2667MHz limitation. And that's issue till we know if Ryzen gets some performance from faster memories.
And then it is again only issue if there will not be BIOS update to improve compatibility with 3200MHz.

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#5398002 Posted on: 02/25/2017 06:00 PM

My board is already obsolete. RIP.

Missing that 5Gbit port and 1220 Audio :'(

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#5398022 Posted on: 02/25/2017 06:47 PM

I'm curious, the K4 says it has 3 m.2, with the last one being for wifi, where is it?

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#5398024 Posted on: 02/25/2017 06:53 PM

I'm curious, the K4 says it has 3 m.2, with the last one being for wifi, where is it?

Right in the back panel hidden under that block.

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