ASRock X470 Taichi

X470 Taichi

• Supports AMD AM4 Socket Ryzen Series CPUs (Summit Ridge, Raven Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge)
• Supports DDR4 3466+ (OC)
• 2 PCIe 3.0 x16, 1 PCIe 2.0 x16, 2 PCIe 2.0 x1
• NVIDIA Quad SLI™, AMD Quad CrossFireX™
• 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec), Supports Purity Sound™ 4 DTS Connect
• 8 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 SATA3), 1 M.2 (PCIe Gen2 x4 SATA3)
• 3 USB 3.1 Gen2 (Rear Type A+C, Front Type-C), 10 USB 3.1 Gen1 (4 Front, 6 Rear)
• Intel Gigabit LAN, Intel 802.11ac + BT 4.2
• ASRock Polychrome RGB

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Unique Feature

ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2

• ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s)
• ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s)

ASRock Super Alloy

• XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
• Premium 60A Power Choke
• Premium Memory Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke)
• Dual-Stack MOSFET (DSM)
• Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
• I/O Armor
• Matte Black PCB
• High Density Glass Fabric PCB
• 2oz Copper PCB

Intel 802.11ac WiFi

ASRock Steel Slots

ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 SATA3)

ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)

ASRock Live Update APP Shop

CPU

Supports AMD AM4 Socket Ryzen Series CPUs (Summit Ridge, Raven Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge)

• IR Digital PWM
• 16 Power Phase design
• Supports 300W EX OC
• Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine II
• Supports 105W Water Cooling (Pinnacle Ridge); Supports 95W Water Cooling (Summit Ridge); Supports 65W Water Cooling (Raven Ridge)

Chipset - AMD Promontory X470

Memory

• Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
• 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
• AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Pinnacle Ridge) support DDR4 3466+(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933/2667/2400/2133 ECC non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
• AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Summit Ridge) support DDR4 3466+(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933(OC) / 2667/2400/2133 ECC non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
• AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Raven Ridge) support DDR4 3466+(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933(OC) / 2667/2400/2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
• Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB**
• 15µ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

*For Ryzen Series CPUs (Raven Ridge), ECC is only supported with PRO CPUs.

Please refer to table for DDR4 UDIMM maximum frequency support.

Ryzen Series CPUs (Pinnacle Ridge): see more info https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/X470%20Taichi/index.us.asp#Specification

Graphic

• Integrated AMD Radeon™ Vega Series Graphics in Ryzen Series APU*
• DirectX 12, Pixel Shader 5.0
• Max. shared memory 2GB
• Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 30Hz
• Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Ports (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
• Supports HDCP with HDMI Port
• Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI Port

*Actual support may vary by CPU

Slots

AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Summit Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge) - 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (single at x16 (PCIE1); dual at x8 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE3))*

AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Raven Ridge)

• 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (single at x8 (PCIE1))*
• 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE5 @ x4 mode)**
• 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe)
• Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™***
• Supports NVIDIA Quad SLI™ and SLI™***
• 1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E) with the bundled WiFi-802.11ac module (on the rear I/O)
• 15µ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1 and PCIE3)

• Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
• *If PCIE5 slot is occupied, M2_2 will be disabled
• **This feature is only supported with Ryzen Series CPUs (Summit Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge).

Storage

• 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
• 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
• 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s) (with Summit Ridge, Raven Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge)*
• 1 x M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x4 (20 Gb/s) (with Summit Ridge, Raven Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge)*

*If M2_2 is occupied, PCIE5 slot will be disabled

Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

LAN

• Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
• GigaLAN Intel I211AT
• Supports Wake-On-LAN
• Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
• Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
• Supports PXE

Wireless LAN

• Intel 802.11ac WiFi Module
• 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 4.2 / 3.0 + High speed class II

Audio

• 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec)
• Premium Blu-ray Audio support
• Supports Surge Protection
• Supports Purity Sound™ 4
• Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
• 120dB SNR DAC with Differential Amplifier
• NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier for Front Panel Audio Connector (Supports up to 600 Ohm headsets)
• Pure Power-In
• Direct Drive Technology
• PCB isolate shielding
• Impedance Sensing on Line Out port
• Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel
• RGB LED
• Gold Audio Jacks
• 15µ Gold Audio Connector
• Supports DTS Connect

Connector

• 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
• 1 x AMD Fan LED Header*
• 1 x RGB LED Header**
• 1 x Addressable LED Header***
• 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)****
• 1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)*****
• 3 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)******
• 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
• 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
• 1 x 4 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
• 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15µ Gold Audio Connector)
• 1 x AMD LED Fan USB Header
• 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
• 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
• 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.1 Gen2 Header (ASMedia ASM3142)
• 1 x Dr. Debug with LED

• The AMD Fan LED Header supports LED strips of maximum load of 3A (36W) and length up to 2.5M.
• *Supports in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip
• **Supports in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip
• ***The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.
• ****The CPU/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.
• *****The Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.

CPU_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN1/WP, CHA_FAN2/WP and CHA_FAN3/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

Rear panel I/O

• 2 x Antenna Ports
• 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
• 1 x HDMI Port
• 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
• 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection)
• 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection)
• 6 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
• 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
• 1 x Clear CMOS Button
• HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks)

Software and UEFI

Software

• ASRock A-Tuning
• ASRock Polychrome RGB
• ASRock XFast LAN

UEFI

• ASRock Full HD UEFI
• ASRock Instant Flash
• ASRock Easy RAID Installer

*These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update APP Shop.

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
• 2 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antennas
• 2 x Screws for M.2 Sockets

Hardware Monitor

• Temperature Sensing: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
• Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
• Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
• Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
• Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, VCORE_NB, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, +1.8V, VDDP

Operating System - Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit

Form Factor

• ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm
• 2oz Copper PCB

Certifications

• FCC, CE
• ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)