Review: ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming ITX/TB3 (+ABB/ ABBA testing)

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/04/2019 09:54 AM | source: | 18 comment(s)

ASRock is back with one of the hippest X570 motherboards I have seen to date, it is the ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming ITX-TB3 and as you can guess from its name, this puppy offers an ITX form factor, you house some of the best features of X570. Also, it is one of the faster motherboards for your Ryzen Generation 3 processor while offering PCIe Gen 4.0 and AX Wifi.

Read the review right here.

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#5717222 Posted on: 10/05/2019 01:20 AM

I haven't really had anything but good experiences with ASRock and have used them exclusively for my last couple of builds. They've been pretty quick with getting the bios updates out too which is nice. They're my go to for MOBO's these days.

AsRock is a brand were i never ever have problem on all the PC i have made or updated.
Of course the bios isn't shiny bling bling, the package is strict minimum, but the price is good.
Also this company does "real" server board that are as reliable as Asus or Tyan...

Other point about ITX, there is a lot of ITX specialist that use intel 115X cooler layout because there is a lot of passive cooling chassis (inboard vehicule, IPXX, industrial... and some gaming too) that use this standard only, despite being SoC, AM2/3 or as this one AM4.
So it's more easy to use even if this one is clearly gaming oriented.

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#5717223 Posted on: 10/05/2019 01:31 AM

Definitely. Besides, the main reason you get a CPU like this is the number of cores/threads. If you really care that much about single-thread clock speed (which is what these CPUs struggle with the most) then go for a Kaby Lake i5.

I agree, and i even don't know if single single thread info is usefull right now, of course it is an estimation of the CPU power per generation, but right now the global C/T info is more usefull as most program use multiple C/T in real world even the most basic one.

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#5717230 Posted on: 10/05/2019 02:36 AM

I have used 2 of the x570m - pro4's with 3600x on them and they ran great (especially for m-atx rigs) .....And have you seen the ASRock x570 creator board? So shiny...expensive....but shiny

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#5717244 Posted on: 10/05/2019 04:28 AM

Well, most programs nowadays are still single-threaded and will remain that way. But, multitasking has become more relevant than ever. For example with web browsers, they're still single-threaded applications, but each tab runs on its own thread. I think Firefox has a separate thread for rendering too.
Most highly parallel workloads end up being better off being computed on a GPU.

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#5717259 Posted on: 10/05/2019 06:42 AM

I love the sheer amount of options available on this board... been eyeballing it for a bit now. Really appreciate this review! Might switch back to my ITX case/build.

EDIT: Can't appreciate the built-in Thunderbolt anymore. Really considering this...

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