ASRock X870E / X870 Motherboards - AMD Ryzen X3D Ready

[@KitGuruTech]

Be sure to report spam - we try to remove as much as we see, but it is an ongoing issue - also let us know if you are in the market for a new X870 motherboard or if you already have one - Any of these ASROCK boards interest you?

[@DanielReyes-ry5ne]

I am really into the x870e phantom gaming nova wifi, but unfortunately its all out of stock on every online store i visit right now. Its an S tier board due to most of its competitors for its price range does not have any lane sharing in the GPU or the Gen5 x16 lanes. If you are selling it i am willing to buy it

[@matthewmarino2687]

Already got a x870e taichi for about 2 weeks. Been absolutely fanatic with 9800x3d, the motherboard was super easy to install and the bios is clear and easy for ram timings, and cpu overclock (although to be honest you dont’ get much from cpu overclock). Love how quick it posts/rejects ram timings, you can tune ram so quick on this thing. Beatufiul design, and my crucial t705 runs at 14k advertised speed in the 5.0 slot, the motherboard heats sink is perfectly sufficient.

[@marktorres9818]

@@DanielReyes-ry5neI just got both WiFi Nova and Taichi just right now off NewEgg. If you’re interested I’ll sell you the Nova as I’m leaning towards the Taichi.

[@Riyo94]

A useful thing to add for the Taichi, Taichi Lite and the Nova is you can use all of the nvme slots at the same time while maintaining 16 lanes for the GPU.

[@KitGuruTech]

You own one yourself ?

[@Riyo94]

@@KitGuruTech not yet, but I learned that while researching x870e motherboards because I'm thinking of upgrading my PC soon.

[@TheRelixo1]

I use NOVA and it's a very good motherboard! The BIOS is very clean and clear, you can set everything you want in it. The tiny fan placed in the VRM cooler spins up when turned on, but after that there is no sound, it is literally silent. But like everything else, you can set it in the FAN settings or even turn it off. The temperature values ​​of the chipset are good and yes, as I was told before, there is no lane sharing nonsense. I think it's the best motherboard out of all the X870e. I have been using it for about 1 week. and stable, there are no anomalies, everything goes as it should. I strongly recommend it to everyone!

[@benjones869]

​​@@TheRelixo1my Nova arrives next week. Good to hear people are liking it. 😮 Going from a 6700k skylake to a 9800x3d. Should be interesting 😂

[@BusterFortnite]

@@Riyo94 what about gigabyte aorus x870e elite wifi7?

[@justinhowe8322]

Always owned a Tachi board, and will buy one again, so so reliable and ASROCK customer support is good too, I bought mine from SCAN and have not needed much help but they are good

[@KitGuruTech]

Thanks for sharing

[@felicebuccio6304]

That Tachi Lite board is stunning, such nice etching on the heatsinks and a simple yet beautiful scheme of greys and blacks

[@tomevans30]

Finally, a big channel like Kitguru showing some loving to the small guys ASROCK - great video, I think the steel legend is very good - white too, ideal for my new build

[@parker3715]

Good job Kitguru , wanted to see some ASROCK coverage so I am glad my nagging worked out

[@weston1701]

Nice selection of boards - would hoped we might have seen the BIOS layouts etc

[@domenico7561]

The RS PRO seems solid but the Steal legend is the winner for me - looks stunning !

[@samlewis-x1h]

That Nova box artwork is lovely - weird comment I know, looks like a good board too, but the PRO RS will be appealing to a lot of people - good entry level white board

[@Edward001]

TACHI is by far the best, best VRMS, best feature set, best long term life span due to the design and heatsink layouts. Back plate is substantial too - active cooling

[@fletcher3431]

Phantom Gaming RIPTIDE board is my favourite - very well equipped and I like the layout - BIOS switches on rear IO are handy if you need them

[@BrookesStevenson-vw4xf]

Brilliant video leo - this kind of buying advice is so helpful to me - you cant often get a good look at boards on a website. thank you so much

[@KitGuruTech]

Glad it was helpful!

[@riciphariss107]

Its important to see the board without all the heatsinks covering it up thanks for taking the time to show them removed.

[@nightcorepeter]

Features on some of their lower end stack looks very good

[@Hudson234]

Steel legend won me over - solid board for the price and loaded

[@yoonjuhi]

The tachi are great boards, very nicely finished and fully loaded - thanks Leo

[@KitGuruTech]

Glad you like them!

[@richardbruna1969]

Tachi or Tachi lite, never skimp on a motherboard - get the best power delivery you can and it will last forever

[@Ernest3834]

That Tachi for £440 is a bargain - look at what you get compared to the ASUS and MSI flagships at DOUBLE THE PRICE !

[@salvatore4825]

Taichi have a good rep, well made and good design

[@nexy84]

Thanks for the intro, hopefully some actual reviews will be released soon. 👍 It seems there's a real hype surrounding the Nova, as it has lots of features for a decent price when compared to the competition (well, for an X870E chipset mobo anyway). One thing that should be also mentioned is that the Taichi Lite doesn't have the EZ quick release feature for the GPU, yet the cheaper Nova has it. For some people, this is a red line, which is why they prefer either the more expensive Taichi or the cheaper Nova.

[@mikepowell8044]

The NOVA to me looks good - I like the board design and layout, most modern looking board of them all

[@KitGuruTech]

Fair enough!

[@mikepowell8044]

@@KitGuruTech Right!

[@Raul-id9gp]

Didnt know 2.5G lan was such an important deal now, even on an entry level motherboard

[@bishopDavis2115]

Weird to see 2.5g on an entry level board. not complaining, just was surprised to see it

[@Wilfred4815]

Thanks Leo, love your content on youtube, my favourite

[@KitGuruTech]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@BlaiseMiller14]

The steel legend seems popular - I actually like the entry level board, for what i would need, looks good

[@changinja32]

Really good coverage leo, thanks for going over the connectivity and design and features, big help at this time of the year. time to watch out for black friday sales now !

[@fredericknewman6338]

Tachi Lite makes the most sense to me, I dont need the DIY stuff from the full on version

[@SevenBlades]

AsRock really impressed me this launch. Bought the Taichi x870e

[@jamesjessenden7838]

Love how the base model comes with the equivalent of some change found down the back of the sofa.

[@Eesaregood]

Sure but look at the amount of connectors on the back i/o. It's quite well specced for a base model.

[@yangu35b]

Leo doing ASROCK justice - great buying advice thank you

[@lucasw4766]

Leo you need to look at some of these in depth if you get time before CES

[@WarrenHernandez5833]

Good boards between £200 and £450- seems a bit much mind you - not sure we need that many in a £250 price zone

[@Bass.Player]

I'm using a Taichi z690 that is super heavy for a MB and it has been the best board I have ever owned in the last 25 years.

[@Alex-pc2gt]

I actually like the pro for the money, thats well equipped for the dosh

[@taehasong]

Brilliant, glad you listened to us and did some ASROCK coverage !

[@KitGuruTech]

More to come!

[@KyoAe-i2b]

Thanks Leo - you are great. Hope to see your CES coverage soon

[@KitGuruTech]

Coming soon!

[@jamey-pl4ez]

Thanks Leo !

[@TheMightyClark]

Super helpful video as I have a 9800X3D coming in January and am currently mobo shopping. I think the 870E Nova is probably the sweet spot for me as I won't have to replace my case.

[@KitGuruTech]

If you buy one let us know what you think.

[@riccardo9280]

Leo, the British tech master

[@huxley3775]

Great boards , hoipe you get time to look at them leo

[@KitGuruTech]

That's the plan!

[@ogcarterdc9692]

Thats a lot of boards under £500

[@HaengSeung]

ASROCK are really good, been buying their boards for years after being an ASUS devotee for a long time. never had a failure or issue. Now I say that I will go home and the system wont start up

[@andy545i]

Brilliant and useful review on the asrock lineup👍 I’ll take one of those Nova’s thanks very much, great value for money and got all the bells and whistles for my 9800x3d.

[@raehangcho78]

Steel legend, best value and its white - love it !

[@BrookesStevenson-vw4xf]

Ordered the Tachi - thanks Leo !

[@KitGuruTech]

Enjoy let us know how you get on 🍻

[@Hussar-fm8iy]

You won’t be disappointed. I own the Taichi and I am very happy with the board. The Taichi is EATX, 1 inch wider than regular ATX board. When you get it make sure you download newest bios version 3.10. The 3.12 is bios beta driver.

[@theonlyredspecial]

What memory do you use ?

[@Hussar-fm8iy]

@@theonlyredspecial gskill trident z5 rgb 2 x 32gb ddr5 6000 cl 30 expo

[@Hussar-fm8iy]

@@theonlyredspecial every time I write the info my message gets deleted lol Let’s try without the brand 2 x32gb ddr5 6000 cl30 expo.

[@TheHorodateur]

Not a word about the most important... LAAAAANESS!!!!!

[@GamingRobioto]

I went with the Nova for my 9800X3D build. I think it's worth mentioning that using the gen3 m.2 slot disables the PCIe 3.0 x16 slot on this board. The 5 m.2 slots was the selling point for me on this board, that and its excellent value compared to competitors!

[@tweekend]

I want it to be my choice but it's sold out everywhere!😅

[@davek9070]

Did you have to flash the bios for the 9800X3D? Or could you use the mainboard out of the box with the CPU?

[@GamingRobioto]

@@davek9070 It works out of the box (3.06), but there is a newer bios version (3.10) which has optimisations specifically for the 9800X3D. I just installed that later once I had Windows installed.

[@yunghaehwangbo10]

Leo, best tech tuber on youtube - and british too, bonus !

[@KitGuruTech]

Thanks !

[@DeltaElite121]

Subscribed because this review was straight to the point and very good at showing the differences. Thank you!

[@djjakester]

two white boards ! well done ASROCK

[@RichEarll]

I ended up going for the Taichi Lite, and it’s running my 9800X3D and Corsair Expo 6400 profile like a champ.

[@pranze3484]

Pretty sure a B650 can run a 9800X3D and DDR5 6400 like a champ lol.

[@KitGuruTech]

Temps good ?

[@RichEarll]

@@KitGuruTech I’d say normal. Idles low 30’s, gaming in Forza Horizon 5/CoD/Ace combat 7 sees high 50’s to mid 60’s. This is based on a 360 AIO (Corsair) with stock applied paste in a rack mount chassis.

[@RichEarll]

@@pranze3484 Not according to some on the OCUK forums.

[@RichEarll]

@@KitGuruTech also paired with an RTX 4080 Super, running 144Mhz ultra wide 5120x1440 ultra settings.

[@gaeljames6225]

Are you testing any of them Leo, have you time? can I vote for the steel legend please?

[@Hussar-fm8iy]

The Taichi, Taichi lite, Taichi nova and msi godlike are the only x870 motherboards out right now with no pcie 5.0 restrictions, you can populate all nvme m2 drives and don’t loose pcie 5.0 x16 in slot 1. I own the Taichi great motherboard, very heavy with a solid backplate in the back. The Taichi is EATX, 1 inch wider than regular ATX.

[@suebailey2117]

LEO do you use ASROCK in your own system? or ASUS like most people

[@sangrason10]

ASROCK boards. I am so happy today to see this - sick seeing so much MSI stuff lately on Kitguru, although I do like MSI so that seems unfair of me to say that !

[@KitGuruTech]

Glad we made you happy 👌🏻

[@allensmall5448]

Leo which of these would you buy with your own money?

[@nogeungja]

Just ordered the steel legend, thank you leo - not many channels look at boards now. I know techtesters have some good videos up on these stuff but its always asus

[@KitGuruTech]

Enjoy it 👍🏻

[@Eesaregood]

Thats a nice stack of motherboards right there.

[@songoglo]

I think this is a very useful video, I hope you review that Steel legend board - very interested in it

[@KitGuruTech]

Thanks for the comment 👍🏻

[@pankothompson5903]

most confusing aspect of boards now is lane sharing as you populate m.2, it annoyed me so much I just got the nova+9800xd3 and bet on it lasting another 7+ years like my last pc so I can hopefully pass on the early years of ARM etc. maturing.

[@Linuxdistro15-ih8ox]

qualcomm dropped the ball this year, no one is really talking about them - its just future projections

[@Joshua-pr9vg]

Been using ASRock motherboards since AMD released Athlon II x2 Regor. Never have I had any problems. Fun times. 2 CORES!? Yea baby!

[@AntonioFernandez180]

Quite impressive the amount of very similar boards you can get out of the same chipset.

[@onidamensing3398]

Including the keycaps is a neat idea plus it lets them advertise the motherboard from your desk.

[@jonaht2330]

When did motherboards get so expensive?

[@KitGuruTech]

Some time ago !

[@billy9245]

Steelegend is my favourite for the price Taichi dont make any sense to me

[@Andrew-ks7zj]

Why is the heatsink system on the Steellegend so big? its massive

[@mthomas6]

Would love to see one of your builds with that Asrock 870e Nova wifi, that board looks amazing!

[@KitGuruTech]

Noted!

[@PyeongHyun]

I like ASROCK a lot - great value mobos - sometimes dont look great but super value

[@napoficial7123]

Great mobos! Well done KitGuru and Asrock❤

[@KitGuruTech]

Thank you 😁

[@Wyatt775]

ASROCK do not get enough attention online

[@hwanghyeonjin19]

I like their board artwork !

[@Buffinator1988]

Great video, thanks Leo. The Z890 versions of the riptide and the nova have fully tooless m.2 designs - not just the primary. God knows why the x870/e versions are inferior in this way... They are otherwise very visually similar. It's a head scratcher... The riptide doesn't do enough to justify it's price above the steel legend from a features perspective, they could have solved this problem with a post code and the board might compare more favourably against the gigabyte elite7 and the MSI Tomahawk The nova featureset and price makes some high end options from other board makers look silly... Provided the review goes well, might be my choice in the new year!

[@FrankLeCross-fo5kr]

well summed up. I think the riptide has better power delivery, but you just dont need it for these processors - unless I have read something wrong

[@KitGuruTech]

Happy to help 👍🏻

[@moonhobak38]

Once you get to the NOVA it looks great- not too expensive, well apart from the Tachi, but its a mega reliable motherboard

[@TheTruthPhoenix]

Bravo! Just great, thx :)

[@jameskane6273]

No idea why the PRO board is called PRO - its not really for a PRO market, just a name I guess

[@DavidLeBon-qq9vr]

They are so well priced compared to the big boys like ASUS or MSI

[@jjnxyz4368]

Asrock generally had better power delivery then other brands... At least with the B650s they have better power delivery then both MSI and Asus

[@Bellestronsse]

I never considered these guys before but they looks fairly decent especially in terms of price. Plus its all the same chipset anyway...

[@coolcat23]

The Taichi Lite looks very attractive to me. It is great that ASRock provide an option without RGB.

[@yangy38t]

Several of those boards are almost identical on a features level - just nicer clothes on some of them

[@GarfieldTatte]

A mid-week Leo video! Happy days are here again.

[@skeetssaer2018]

My very first As Rock board was the 890 Extreme for AM3. That prompted me to get the X370 Taichi and that was a great board. Right now I am looking at the X870E Taichi as it is the cheapest board that still support x8x8 on the top 2 slots. Something I do not see in reviews is that all As Rock boards are great for HTPC as the HDMI port on all As Rock boards supports 120hz.In the age of 4K 120hz TVs with VRR that translates to butter smooth IGPU Gaming at 1080P. You should test it yourselves and see. I used a MSI Pro B550 and the As Rock Riptide B550. Both were the same $79 price. I just wish that you would not follow the narrative and use an AMD GPU once in a while. AMD software is good enough to recommend as a reason to get an AMD card. Please don't use the RT vs raster argument as RT is in less than 1% of all Games, even new Games do not support RT like the narrative describes as I play a ton of Strategy and have not seen RT in BG3, Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader, TWWH3, City Skylines 2, StarshipTroopers, Warhammer Age of Sigmar and others. Meanwhile raster is still in 100% of all Games.I think it is a disservice to the Community when the narrative uses Nvidia 90% when they were selling pallets of 4090s to the Chinese Govt and still do (4090D). If AMD was so weak the 7900XT would not be just as expensive as 10 months ago and not the the number 3 card on Newegg.com.

[@ramonzaions7522]

I want The X870E Taichi whit 9800X3D !

[@canarychrome7012]

yeah dont we all tbh lol

[@Darknightsandwetdays-lb9ko]

Dont think you need any board that high end for the latest AMD CPUs - unless you want something specifically. but the steel legend looks the best value for me - bang per buck anyway

[@JohnDavidSullivan]

Taichi is overkill. Lite is much better

[@ramonzaions7522]

@@Darknightsandwetdays-lb9ko I want Like The Best.. but dont want to pay Asus and MSI Tax!

[@savourymilkman8147]

I'd get a 9950x3d with the taichi

[@sporadicentertainment9253]

Waiting on the MSI MEG X870 GODLIKE for the Ryzen 9800X3D and G Skill ultra low latency cl28 28-36-36 6000MHz 2x16gb and Asus RTX 4090 I already have.

[@mikemarshall2747]

NOVA has RGB ! thats the selling point lols

[@chiga4pqe]

WOW - what great timing, I just ordered a 9800X3D and am looking for a new motherboard to go with it , and not sure what to buy - what board do you recommend for a 9800X3D Leo?

[@bergdk237]

Personally i wished they would make the steel legend in a more clean white look (think NZXT)Or make the Nova in a white version as well! In general wished more Company's would have cleaner /simplistic all white boards!

[@DylanBlanko]

Would be interesting to see some testing on these, namely boot speeds, memory training, stability, temps, I/O. I have the Nova and I have encountered a number of issues. Memory is slowly trained, the audio jack can't be balanced from Windows settings (only from driver software), boot is slower than B650m PG Riptide, and several others actually. I was wondering if the overall quality of some of these boards might be lower despite the increased features on paper

[@spetrovic]

A unique feature of the Taichi boards is asynchronous BCLK, which allows you to do a real CPU overclock. They are by far the cheapest boards with this feature across all manufacturers.

[@georgelowrielowrie5428]

Exciting time to be building a new system! Just need that Nvidia 5k 😅

[@joanhernandezciriza3797]

Great review. The golden one for the x870e platform is definitely the Nova wifi hence why it is sold out most of the time. Asrock is the MVP this time around as they spared no expense on vrms and it has no lane sharing. Pretty much any other motherboard will dial back pcie to x8 when running more than one NVME hard drive. Also the nova is one of the few that has wifi 7 320 version instead of 160. I loved back in the day were only the hardcore audience new which were the best products and the rest just bought overpriced Asus boards. Now channels like kitgurutech educates thousands of customers and that is the reason I cant find stock for the Nova wifi

[@RainbowSunset-uq2hs]

Steellegend is the winner, the riptide has very few features over it IMO - maybe im missing something

[@ChairmanMeow1]

I remember when Asrock was considered a cheap budget brand, and now I think they're near the top of trusted board manufacturers. Wasn't Asrock some spin off of Asus? And in 2024 now it feels like they might be the better option.

[@Hussar-fm8iy]

I always buy Asus premium boards but for this build I went with as ASrock Taichi. Big difference no bullshit fluff, solid heavy board with sturdy backplate, nice looking bios. From now on I will buy ASRock boards.

[@Karibanu]

Yep, now my only source of boards, unfortunately, after Asus blew it recently. I love the reduced feature Taichi lineup they've got going on here.

[@SayanaVadekar1]

That taochee board is fully loaded not bad at all for the pricing.

[@pl2514]

Once you have done testing on these and other manufacturers motherboards for X870E and X870, hoping you will provide us with a best of review.

[@justatim8143]

If the Nova ever makes it for sale again I will own as to me it is the best X870 out there for the price. White build would use the Steel Legend which is just a little cut down version of the Nova.

[@festerleech4952]

Think the steel legend one is the one to go for unless you are lucky enough to have easy access to wired ethernet. Wifi is a must nowadays.

[@NoahLife97]

Great review Leo!

[@KitGuruTech]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ShadowAngelS2K]

the nova is the best value imo. id even argue its the best motherboard this generation. it got everything you need, even got a backplate and no lane sharing

[@hwangbonasu]

Nice to see some ASROCK features its usually ASUS everywhere which gets boring

[@gucky4717]

Just one socket ago the board prices were 50-100€ cheaper. I chose the MSI X870 Tomahawk. At 300€ it is the most expensive board I have ever bought and I wouldn't go higher. It has 2 special features, first is has a post code LED, probably the cheapest board today that has it. And second it has a second 5.0 M.2, if you choose not to use USB4.

[@canarychrome7012]

Tachi Lite seems pretty good - not sure exactly if you loose too much important stuff over the full on Tachi

[@mrfumetsu]

RGB + ez release mechanism + slightly not as good heatsinks