Aiming to prove that a £300 spend still nets you a premium X570 motherboard, the ASRock X570 Taichi features a 14-phase power delivery solution, triple M.2 connectors, and 802.11ax WiFi 6.
Strong out-of-the-box performance; thanks to high voltages and frequencies; Solid VRM solution with adequate cooling; Overclocked the Ryzen 9 3900X well; Easy-to-use UEFI; Good fan speed control in the UEFI and software; Plenty of RGB lighting in different zones; Fan; USB; and RGB headers near CPU...
High out-of-the-box power consumption and temperatures due to aggressive stock voltage; Internal USB Type-C header positioning is an unmissable error; Metal shroud adds inconvenience when adding/removing M.2 SSDs; Chipset cooling performance is not ideal; Misses some useful features from competitors...