X870/X870E Motherboard Lineup

Ekans2011

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Following ASUS, a quick look at the upcoming boards from ASRock, Gigabyte, and MSI (the latter not so much quick :LOL:).



 

AccidentalDenz

Lord of Steam
Gamescom kinda passed me by this year, so the only thread about the event doesn't actually mention any of games. Clue's supposed to be in the name I guess! :ROFLMAO:
 

TonyCarter

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Was going to ask if there was anything other than USB4 as standard on these over the X670/X670E...but saw a Puget Systems breakdown which makes more sense...


Also:
  • A620 becomes B840 (USB3.2; PCIe3 NVMe/GPU)
  • B650 becomes B850 (USB3.2; PCIe5 NVMe; PCIe4 GPU)
  • B650 becomes X870 (USB4; PCIe5 NVMe/GPU)
  • X670/E becomes X870E (USB4; PCIe5 NVMe/GPU;more USB)
 
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Ekans2011

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Was going to ask if there was anything other than USB4 as standard on these over the X670/X670E...but saw a Puget Systems breakdown which makes more sense...


Also:
  • A620 becomes B840 (USB3.2; PCIe3 NVMe/GPU)
  • B650 becomes B850 (USB3.2; PCIe5 NVMe; PCIe4 GPU)
  • B650 becomes X870 (USB4; PCIe5 NVMe/GPU)
  • X670/E becomes X870E (USB4; PCIe5 NVMe/GPU;more USB)
Yes, I think they are only beneficial for people who need really ultra fast connectivity or high-end enthusiast users; older chipsets will remain a solid choice for the typical user. :)
 

Ekans2011

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I like the ASRock Taichi and have purposely been waiting for the new AMD chips, new GPU’s and motherboards to come out before I fully upgrade.

I do like nice, new, shiny things!
If ASRock maintains the same circumstances as prior chipsets, I believe the Taichi LITE will be the best value.
All that is left is to wait for the first third-party reviews. :)
 

SpyderTracks

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I like the ASRock Taichi and have purposely been waiting for the new AMD chips, new GPU’s and motherboards to come out before I fully upgrade.

I do like nice, new, shiny things!
I got an ASRock this time round, I wanted an X670e Taichi but just couldn’t get my head around the price. Settled for the Steel Legend in the end which was an excellent compromise.

I have been watching ASRock over the last 4 years or so very closely, they are extremely over engineered boards and only in a good way. They lack some of the flair of the more mainstream manufacturers like no windows BIOS flash utility, but this is unquestionably the most solid board I’ve ever owned.

They also now do the Taichi Light range which are Taichis but without the RGB and fancy heatsinks which tends to knock off about £100 off the board cost
 
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Scoped Badger

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I got an ASRock this time round, I wanted an X670e Taichi but just couldn’t get my head around the price. Settled for the Steel Pegend in the end which was an excellent compromise.

I have been watching ASRock over the last 4 years or so very closely, they are extremely over engineered boards and only in a good way. They lack some of the flair of the more mainstream manufacturers like no windows BIOS flash utility, but this is unquestionably the most solid board I’ve ever owned.

They also now do the Taichi Light range which are Taichis but without the RGB and fancy heatsinks which tends to knock off about £100 off the board cost
I do love a bit of RGB bling, but much prefer the non-RGB motherboards for some reason. They feel a lot cleaner, so the Lite could be the way I go. The Nova and the Riptide, which will be a bit more budget friendly, look solid too.

I watched some of the ASRock content from Computex and was very impressed.
 

TonyCarter

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The X870 motherboards are on the configurator too!

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SpyderTracks

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The newer X870/870E boards look to be about £6-£60 more than the X670/X670E.

Asus RRP for the ROG Crosshair X670E Hero is £564, and £xxx for the XROG Crosshair X870E Hero is £577.

BUT...PCS configurator is asking £5 LESS for the X870E version.
Wow! I was expecting it to be far more of an increase for x870e
 
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