A review that has been requested a lot recently, does the ASRock Taichi really offer groundbreaking performance, or is it just hype from certain quarters?
ASRock X370 Taichi AM4 Motherboard Review
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ASRock X370 Taichi AM4 Motherboard Review
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A review that has been requested a lot recently, does the ASRock Taichi really offer groundbreaking performance, or is it just hype from certain quarters?
ASRock X370 Taichi AM4 Motherboard Review
Excalabur50
Well-known member
Shame after all the effort you took to get it running in the first place that it was mostly underwhelming for you, and really bad they released a board with a bios you can't update, totally boggles the mind really, thanks for your efforts in reviewing it though and considering how many people pestered you for the review I would have expected more comments TBH
Avet
Active member
Boot time has no value in testing. It is so dependant on component combination, OS junk, etc. It is irrelevant in motherboard benchmarks.
Another great review Tom. You kept it nice and touched all the important aspects. As you pointed out, this board is so good on one end, and so lacking in the other. It got hyped because it's component quality, and price point. But... Bios is a very long way from optimal. Also very hard to navigate. Lack of candy in the box is not that of a problem, because you end up not using half the stuff you get. I would call it adequate.
I think in the end it could be a top contender if they get BIOS to utilize all that sweet hardware. Without that it just gets outshined by competition. Just if they could iron out that UI in BIOS, and get the code right we could have one of the best enthusiast overclocking board. And it would be massive to beat more expensive boards in overclocking.
As with all Ryzen it is not quite there. Competition is still ahead in BIOS. I hope future updates will be fruitful. But until then...
Excellent potential, but if only... that pretty much sums it up.
First of all I have the Graphics card about 2 days ago. Since then I have been on it. I agree with most of what you said in the video but what disturbs me the most is the fact that there is no tutorial for it. You have to teach yourself to fly a plane. No instructions what so ever. I am a total novice when it comes to overclocking and I watched a load of tutorials of how to do it and luckily i got a video from Brian at techcity - that helped alot. But I have a problem with the M.2 Drive. I bought a Samsung M.2 960 Evo 250 gb. Now the motherboard does not recognize the slot no matter what I did. It just does not see the drive in the UEFI. Is it something like a prayer that I need to do? I looked on Asrocks site and I saw that only the 500 gb Samsung 960 Evo is listed and I am confused... like hell. In the video you say something about overclocking the PCI E lanes for the M.2 to work with the OS installed already on the M.2... that made it even more confusing. any help would be appreciated.
Greetings from Copenhagen. Love your videos and I am amazed of how you can talk for 30 minutes without montage
. keep it up.
Greetings from Copenhagen. Love your videos and I am amazed of how you can talk for 30 minutes without montage
. keep it up.
Avet
Active member
You won't find any single overclocking tutorial. I am not aware of it yet. You need to collect info from many sources, and work it out your self, because every CPU is different, and you need to find it's sweet spot.
Try to set your m.2 drive to 4x PCI-E. It may be on SATA setting.
It is recommended to install OS before you overclock your BCLK. But you would already do that, because you don't have a way to test your overclock.
Try to set your m.2 drive to 4x PCI-E. It may be on SATA setting.
It is recommended to install OS before you overclock your BCLK. But you would already do that, because you don't have a way to test your overclock.
Try to set your m.2 drive to 4x PCI-E. It may be on SATA setting. you have to explain this to me please. what does it mean it may be on SATA setting?
I had originally ordered the Crosshair 6, but because of the Amazon preorder snafu and reports of them bricking I ended up looking at other boards. The Taichi, and x370 Gaming Professional by extension, looked really nice as others have said because of the component quality and price point.
I ended up going with the Gaming Professional and for the most part I'm happy with it. The BIOS journey has been.. a journey, and unfortunately seems to have taken a step backwards with the latest revision. I haven't had any serious issues, but the little quirks keep me from digging in since I've already found a solid constant 4GHZ CPU OC and I won the Ryzen 3200MHz RAM lottery.
IF I was to do it all over again, I probably would have waited for the CH6 to become more available. My last PC I built was a 3930k on one of the launch MSI (GD65-8D) boards, and since then I've seen A LOT of OC3D Asus motherboard reviews :lol: so I told myself to go Asus next time even with the price premium. The bricking was worrisome, but the community involvement on Asus's part on OCN has been nothing short of awesome since release. Unfortunately I got impatient, but it hasn't been a complete waste of money or time either.
I ended up going with the Gaming Professional and for the most part I'm happy with it. The BIOS journey has been.. a journey, and unfortunately seems to have taken a step backwards with the latest revision. I haven't had any serious issues, but the little quirks keep me from digging in since I've already found a solid constant 4GHZ CPU OC and I won the Ryzen 3200MHz RAM lottery.
IF I was to do it all over again, I probably would have waited for the CH6 to become more available. My last PC I built was a 3930k on one of the launch MSI (GD65-8D) boards, and since then I've seen A LOT of OC3D Asus motherboard reviews :lol: so I told myself to go Asus next time even with the price premium. The bricking was worrisome, but the community involvement on Asus's part on OCN has been nothing short of awesome since release. Unfortunately I got impatient, but it hasn't been a complete waste of money or time either.
Avet
Active member
You can use m.2 slot for SATA 6 drives. They come in m.2 factor, and 2.5", and communicate via SATA port. Or you can use it for NVMe drives that communicate via PCI-E lanes. Find that setting and check it. I didn't go trough manual, but usually there is that setting. Maybe someone with the board can give you more precise information.
I was tempted by the beefy VRM section but went with the Asus Crosshair instead. Great board, well laid out UEFI and options, nice features, and a very helpful support community which includes people like Elmor of Asus who is a gem. Glad I went Crosshair - I'm running my 1700 at 3.969 GHz and 3455.8MHz with 14-14-14-34 memory. Could go better I think, but my sound card hates high BCLK (at 108 now). Besides the next AGESA 1006 based bios I hope will let me do better.
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
Yeah, I think I'll wait for the X370 Strix.
I think I'll be waiting forever at this rate.
Thanks for the review.
I think I'll be waiting forever at this rate.
Thanks for the review.
tolagarf
Member
Nice board has lots of potential but sadly the BIOS lets it downnot what I would expect for a Premium price board. Hopefully a BIOS update will be out soon with the new AGESA code
Nearly any new board these days are a letdown with buggy bios. It's actually getting ridicules to a point and I'm also pointing fingers at Intel chipsets
