Specifications and Features
Below is a list of specifications and features. I guess I don’t have to explain everything and most interesting parts of this list will be described later while we take a closer look at the Taichi motherboard and its BIOS/UEFI.
| Unique Feature | ASRock USB 3.1 – ASRock USB 3.1 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) – ASRock USB 3.1 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) ASRock X Series OC Socket ASRock Super Alloy – XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink – Premium 60A Power Choke – Ultra Dual-N MOSFET (UDM) – Nichicon 12K Platinum Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors) – I/O Armor – Sapphire Black PCB – High Density Glass Fabric PCB ASRock Steel Slots ASRock 802.11ac WiFi ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3) ASRock Full Spike Protection ASRock Live Update & APP Shop |
| CPU | – Supports Intel® Core™ i7 and Xeon® 18-Core Processors Family for the LGA 2011-3 Socket – Digi Power design – 12 Power Phase design – Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0* – Supports Untied Overclocking Technology |
| Chipset | – Intel® X99 |
| Memory | – Quad Channel DDR4 Memory Technology – 8 x DDR4 DIMM Slots – Supports DDR4 3300+(OC)/2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2400(OC)/2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory – Supports non-ECC RDIMM (Registered DIMM) – Supports DDR4 ECC, un-buffered memory/RDIMM with Intel® Xeon® processors E5 series in the LGA 2011-3 Socket – Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB (with Core™ i7 CPU) or 256GB (With Xeon® CPU) – Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0 – 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots |
| BIOS | – 2 x 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support (1 x Main BIOS and 1 x Backup BIOS) – Supports Secure Backup UEFI Technology – ACPI 5.0 Compliant wake up events – SMBIOS 2.7 Support – CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PCH 1.5V, VPPM Voltage Multi-adjustment |
| Audio | – 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec) – Premium Blu-ray Audio support – Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection) – Supports Purity Sound™ 3 – Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps – 115dB SNR DAC with differential amplifier – TI® NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier (Supports up to 600 ohm headsets) – Pure Power-In – Direct Drive Technology – PCB isolate shielding – Supports DTS Connect |
| LAN | – Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s – 1 x Giga PHY Intel® I218V, 1 x GigaLAN Intel® I211AT – Supports Wake-On-LAN – Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection) – Supports Dual LAN with Teaming – Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az – Supports PXE |
| Wireless LAN | – Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac – Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz) – Supports high speed wireless connections up to 433Mbps – Supports Bluetooth 4.0 / 3.0 + High speed class II |
| Slots | – 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2 @ x16 mode; PCIE4 @ x16 mode; PCIE5 @ x0 mode) (PCIE2 @ x16 mode; PCIE4 @ x8 mode; PCIE5 @ x8 mode) – 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots – Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™ – Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLI™, 3-Way SLI™ and SLI™ – 1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT module – 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2 and PCIE4) |
| Storage | – 10 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 13), NCQ, AHCI, Hot Plug – 1 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connector (shared with SATA3_4 and SATA3_5) – 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2), support type 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s) – 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), support type 2230/2242/2260/2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s) |
| Connector | – 1 x COM Port Header – 1 x TPM Header – 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header – 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control) – 1 x CPU Optional/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) – 3 x Chassis Fan Connectors (4-pin) – 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector – 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector) – 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector – 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) – 1 x USB 3.0 Headers (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) – 1 x Dr. Debug with LED – 1 x BIOS Selection Switch |
| Rear Panel I/O | – 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port – 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port – 3 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) – 1 x USB 3.1 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM1142) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) – 1 x USB 3.1 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM1142) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) – 3 x USB 3.0 Ports (Intel® X99) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) – 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) – 1 x Clear CMOS Switch – HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone |
| Software and UEFI | Software – ASRock A-Tuning – ASRock Disk Health Report – ASRock USB Key – ASRock APP Charger – ASRock XFast LAN – ASRock XFast RAM – ASRock Restart to UEFI – ASRock Fast Boot (Fast Boot, Restart to UEFI) UEFI – ASRock EZ Mode – ASRock Full HD UEFI – ASRock My Favorites in UEFI – ASRock UEFI Guide – ASRock Instant Flash – ASRock Internet Flash – ASRock Crashless BIOS – ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard) – ASRock UEFI System Browser – ASRock UEFI Tech Service – ASRock Easy RAID Installer – ASRock Easy Driver Installer |
| Support CD | – Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar |
| Accessories | – Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield – 4 x SATA Data Cables – 1 x ASRock SLI_HB_Bridge_2S Card – 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card – 1 x ASRock 3-Way SLI-2S1S Bridge Card – 2 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antennas – 2 x Screws for Ultra M.2 Socket |
| Hardware Monitor | – CPU / Chassis / CPU Optional/Water Pump temperature sensing – CPU / Chassis / CPU Optional/Water Pump Fan Tachometer – CPU / Chassis / CPU Optional/Water Pump Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature) – CPU / Chassis / CPU Optional/Water Pump Fan multi-speed control – Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Input Voltage, CPU Internal Voltages |
| Form Factor | – ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm – 8 Layer PCB – 4 x 2oz Copper |
| OS | – Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit |
| Certifications | – FCC, CE, WHQL – ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) |
After the refreshing reading let’s move to the next page to check product photos.
2 comments
This board looks really good. I wonder if this is better than the Extreme one…
This is a new model, you should get this one…