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Review on ASRock Z490 Taichi: The Future-Ready Motherboard for Intel Core Processors (Socket 1200) by John Roby

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Stay away from Asrock.

Not sure if I'll keep this board or not. This is asrock 4 z490 taichi with i tel 10900kf. The software is missing. The app that controls the lights has an option for RAM but doesn't do anything with my Corsair. And m.2 has terrible speeds. With my black 2WD drives on my MSI Carbon Threadripper board from 1950x I pulled 6500 plus on Crystal Mark with drives in Raid 0. On this board the best I can get with the same drives in Raid 0 is 3500. Lots of other oddities all with board, as in the post, it just randomly reboots and says the settings have changed, yes that's right, it doesn't say the settings have changed, it says the settings have changed, if of course nothing has changed. This is my first Asrock board and probably my last.

Pros
  • Excellent design
Cons
  • Older model