Guru3D Rig of the Month - January 2020
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Aorus Liquid Cooler 360 review
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Corsair A500 CPU air cooler review
Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GamingPRO review
Lamptron SM436 PCI fan/RGB controller review
Review: ASRock X470 Taichi
ASRock is back in da house, this time with the X470 Taichi. A motherboard that positions itself in the high-end range of X470, nicely built motherboard really and good looking is what it screams.
Read the full review here.
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#5554936 Posted on: 06/08/2018 08:17 PM
Come on man.. this is a top of the line board you should at least use better cooling to show off the board and what you could achieve.
Come on man.. this is a top of the line board you should at least use better cooling to show off the board and what you could achieve.
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#5554956 Posted on: 06/08/2018 09:50 PM
CPU Voltage is yet another limitation. Even for me 1.425V is as far as I would go. I care little that automatic voltage from XFR2 goes over 1.5V.
Come on man.. this is a top of the line board you should at least use better cooling to show off the board and what you could achieve.
CPU Voltage is yet another limitation. Even for me 1.425V is as far as I would go. I care little that automatic voltage from XFR2 goes over 1.5V.
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#5555091 Posted on: 06/09/2018 12:12 PM
Will this mobo be compatible with the 7nm chip?
Will this mobo be compatible with the 7nm chip?
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#5555092 Posted on: 06/09/2018 12:30 PM
His job is to review and give objective analysis and perspective. Not to give special treatment to help promote products. He used the same setup for the last x470 review that he did.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/gigabyte-x470-aorus-ultra-gaming-review,3.html
Come on man.. this is a top of the line board you should at least use better cooling to show off the board and what you could achieve.
His job is to review and give objective analysis and perspective. Not to give special treatment to help promote products. He used the same setup for the last x470 review that he did.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/gigabyte-x470-aorus-ultra-gaming-review,3.html
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#5555142 Posted on: 06/09/2018 03:59 PM
His job is to review and give objective analysis and perspective. Not to give special treatment to help promote products. He used the same setup for the last x470 review that he did.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/gigabyte-x470-aorus-ultra-gaming-review,3.html
And this is why we love Hilbert and GURU3D so much. This is the only site I come too for 99% of the computer stuff. If its not on here, Ill slum it somewhere else if I have too.
His job is to review and give objective analysis and perspective. Not to give special treatment to help promote products. He used the same setup for the last x470 review that he did.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/gigabyte-x470-aorus-ultra-gaming-review,3.html
And this is why we love Hilbert and GURU3D so much. This is the only site I come too for 99% of the computer stuff. If its not on here, Ill slum it somewhere else if I have too.
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#5555147 Posted on: 06/09/2018 04:07 PM
Thanks for the review Hilbert.
If anybody is interested, I can say that I think ASrock customer support is pretty good:
I bought a AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac board for my HTPC build, together with a 2400G. Turns out the stock BIOS (3.10) does not support the CPU right away, so you either need a Ryzen1 or old APU for socket AM4 to flash the BIOS versions (which worked fine with an A6-9500 CPU, 2 flashes via the necessary 3.60 bridge firmware you need to flash first).
What ASrock customer service (seated in the Netherlands apparently) told me after I filled out their online was that I received a messege after 1.5 work days that they'd send me a new BIOS chip with the latest firmware to exchange (BIOS chip is just socketed), free of charge.
It's not here yet but what could you ask more of a manufacturer to send you the new BIOS without cost?
Thanks for the review Hilbert.
If anybody is interested, I can say that I think ASrock customer support is pretty good:
I bought a AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac board for my HTPC build, together with a 2400G. Turns out the stock BIOS (3.10) does not support the CPU right away, so you either need a Ryzen1 or old APU for socket AM4 to flash the BIOS versions (which worked fine with an A6-9500 CPU, 2 flashes via the necessary 3.60 bridge firmware you need to flash first).
What ASrock customer service (seated in the Netherlands apparently) told me after I filled out their online was that I received a messege after 1.5 work days that they'd send me a new BIOS chip with the latest firmware to exchange (BIOS chip is just socketed), free of charge.
It's not here yet but what could you ask more of a manufacturer to send you the new BIOS without cost?
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#5555193 Posted on: 06/09/2018 06:26 PM
His job is to review and give objective analysis and perspective. Not to give special treatment to help promote products. He used the same setup for the last x470 review that he did.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/gigabyte-x470-aorus-ultra-gaming-review,3.html
I'd hardly call better cooling than the stock cooler on the 2700x OC'd special treatment, those temps are nasty but yeah the vrms are a lot colder than that gigabyte.
His job is to review and give objective analysis and perspective. Not to give special treatment to help promote products. He used the same setup for the last x470 review that he did.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/gigabyte-x470-aorus-ultra-gaming-review,3.html
I'd hardly call better cooling than the stock cooler on the 2700x OC'd special treatment, those temps are nasty but yeah the vrms are a lot colder than that gigabyte.
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#5555277 Posted on: 06/09/2018 09:44 PM
The whole point is its stock.
The prices on these newer boards are getting ridiculous though
I'd hardly call better cooling than the stock cooler on the 2700x OC'd special treatment, those temps are nasty but yeah the vrms are a lot colder than that gigabyte.
The whole point is its stock.
The prices on these newer boards are getting ridiculous though
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#5555309 Posted on: 06/10/2018 12:33 AM
The whole point is its stock.
The prices on these newer boards are getting ridiculous though
No they are not. These boards have more features then $500 board from 4-5 years ago.
Board is $139. How is that ridiculous?
The whole point is its stock.
The prices on these newer boards are getting ridiculous though
No they are not. These boards have more features then $500 board from 4-5 years ago.
Board is $139. How is that ridiculous?
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#5555524 Posted on: 06/10/2018 08:23 PM
No they are not. These boards have more features then $500 board from 4-5 years ago.
Board is $139. How is that ridiculous?
No they are not. These boards have more features then $500 board from 4-5 years ago.
Board is $139. How is that ridiculous?
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#5555577 Posted on: 06/10/2018 10:57 PM
No they are not. These boards have more features then $500 board from 4-5 years ago.
Board is $139. How is that ridiculous?
Order me one with your insider prices please
No they are not. These boards have more features then $500 board from 4-5 years ago.
Board is $139. How is that ridiculous?
Order me one with your insider prices please
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#5555692 Posted on: 06/11/2018 06:23 AM
Board price is Good, it costs about same as did Athlon XP board I had around year 2000.
Inflation vs. features. Board prices are good. My original plan for 2700X system was to get this exact board. But they were not available at 2700X launch.
It even has upper M.2 slot above GPU, so heat is not blocked by it. Nor is GPU blowing hot air on your speedy SSD.
Board price is Good, it costs about same as did Athlon XP board I had around year 2000.
Inflation vs. features. Board prices are good. My original plan for 2700X system was to get this exact board. But they were not available at 2700X launch.
It even has upper M.2 slot above GPU, so heat is not blocked by it. Nor is GPU blowing hot air on your speedy SSD.
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#5555836 Posted on: 06/11/2018 02:13 PM
To me the X470 Taichi is over price one reason for this is all that dumb RGB junk and on board Wireless which any real game would never used to min motherboard it all about the fancy bling which I have no use for
To me the X470 Taichi is over price one reason for this is all that dumb RGB junk and on board Wireless which any real game would never used to min motherboard it all about the fancy bling which I have no use for
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#5555887 Posted on: 06/11/2018 04:08 PM
The whole point is its stock.
The prices on these newer boards are getting ridiculous though
Board price is Good, it costs about same as did Athlon XP board I had around year 2000.
Inflation vs. features. Board prices are good. My original plan for 2700X system was to get this exact board. But they were not available at 2700X launch.
It even has upper M.2 slot above GPU, so heat is not blocked by it. Nor is GPU blowing hot air on your speedy SSD.
As I just found an old invoice from 2011, when a low end socket 1366 (Intel's enthusiast platform) board from Asus cost me 181€... just sayin'
The whole point is its stock.
The prices on these newer boards are getting ridiculous though
Board price is Good, it costs about same as did Athlon XP board I had around year 2000.
Inflation vs. features. Board prices are good. My original plan for 2700X system was to get this exact board. But they were not available at 2700X launch.
It even has upper M.2 slot above GPU, so heat is not blocked by it. Nor is GPU blowing hot air on your speedy SSD.
As I just found an old invoice from 2011, when a low end socket 1366 (Intel's enthusiast platform) board from Asus cost me 181€... just sayin'
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Motherboard looks good. Is it worth to pay few more euros for ultimate version of this motherboard or better stick to "normal" version? I'm planning to buy this mobo soon in bundle with 2700x and 2x16GB 3200MHz ddr4. You recommend (looks almost like advertising