MS Flight Simulator (2020): the 2021 PC graphics performance benchmark review
Radeon Series RX 6700 XT preview & analysis
Corsair MM700 & Corsair Katar Pro XT Review
Guru3D Rig of the Month - February 2021
ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 STRIX Gaming OC review
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming review
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming X TRIO review
PALIT GeForce RTX 3060 DUAL OC review
ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3060 AMP WHITE review
Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact chassis review
Guru3D.com »
News »
ASRock Introduces Nine AM4 motherboards - 5 Gbit LAN for X370 Professional Gaming
ASRock Introduces Nine AM4 motherboards - 5 Gbit LAN for X370 Professional Gaming
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.
« Biostar announces X370GT5 Motherboard · ASRock Introduces Nine AM4 motherboards - 5 Gbit LAN for X370 Professional Gaming
· Mad Catz Ships Tritton ARK 100 Wired 7.1 Headset for PC »
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Don Vito Corleone
Posts: 40321
Joined: 2000-02-22
Don Vito Corleone
Posts: 40321
Joined: 2000-02-22
#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.
Yeah they seem to link a second M2 through the chipset, which is Gen 2.0. It's still ~1600+ MB/sec bidirectional though.
Silva
Senior Member
Posts: 1409
Joined: 2013-06-04
Senior Member
Posts: 1409
Joined: 2013-06-04
#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.
That's alright for most users in my book, fast SSD's aren't cheap.
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.
r00lz
Junior Member
Posts: 15
Joined: 2007-07-15
Junior Member
Posts: 15
Joined: 2007-07-15
#5397886 Posted on: 02/25/2017 01:07 PM
Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming
Looks awesome with AQUANTIA® 5Gb/s BASE-T Ethernet
Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming
Looks awesome with AQUANTIA® 5Gb/s BASE-T Ethernet
Stairmand
Senior Member
Posts: 248
Joined: 2007-07-25
Senior Member
Posts: 248
Joined: 2007-07-25
#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).......
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).......
Click here to post a comment for this news story on the message forum.
Senior Member
Posts: 248
Joined: 2007-07-25
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.