ASRock’s Taichi collection of motherboards have traditionally been unbelievable items of {hardware}. Your writer’s predominant private PC relies on an ASRock X570 Taichi motherboard, and it has been rock-solid and feature-filled by two totally different CPU upgrades since its launch in mid-2019.
Apparently, ASRock has taken customers’ complaints to coronary heart, as a result of it is simply launched two “Taichi Lite Collection” motherboards, often known as the Z790 Taichi Lite and B650E Taichi Lite. One for LGA 1700 Intel CPUs, and one for AMD’s Socket AM5, and each aimed squarely on the higher mid-range of the motherboard market, but with high-end function units.
Regardless of the acknowledged emphasis on “performance, efficiency, and sturdiness,” these boards are nonetheless fairly fancy-looking, with small RGB LED accents and important stylization on the rear I/O cowl and M.2 heatsinks. Nonetheless, they seem to be a far cry (by way of aesthetics) from the unique non-“Lite” variations of the motherboards, and they need to come cheaper in consequence.
We are saying “ought to” as a result of we do not truly know the way these new boards might be priced but, though ASRock says that they’re “right here.” We could not discover them out there on the market at any retailers worldwide, however the Z790 Taichi and X670E Taichi are each available—for $399 and $499 respectively. Hopefully these new boards might be nearer to the $200 mark.
