1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,760 We're here at ASRock's booth at Computex 2023 and they sponsored a video for us 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:10,160 to go through a whole bunch of their stuff. Just gobs and gobs of it. 3 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:15,000 Starting off with the Taichi. So, this right here is the Z790 Taichi and it is 4 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:20,800 a beautiful motherboard. The fastest that we have ever had a CPU going, 6.9 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:22,640 GHz, nice, was on this exact board. But, 6 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:27,040 the thing was in order to do that we had to strip this off. And do you need gears 7 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:32,439 to go really fast? No. Do you need this fancy RGB lighting? You do not. And now 8 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:36,080 they'll just sell you a motherboard that has none of that stuff on it. So, this 9 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:40,360 right here is the Taichi Lite, what is arguably the best motherboard on the 10 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:44,200 market, and just stripped away all of the stuff that adds to the price. Like 11 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:48,680 for instance, this little piece of aluminum right here. It sure does look 12 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:52,560 fancy, but do you actually need it? Probably not. Go with this guy right 13 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:55,320 here and I really wish that other motherboard makers would do a similar 14 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:59,160 thing where, you know, you can get the highest of performance, 15 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:03,520 but without all of the the non-sense sort of stuff. Because 16 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:07,040 like, if you're putting this under LN2, you don't need it anyway. Up next we've 17 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:11,120 got a variety of Phantom Gaming motherboards going from the not so 18 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:15,720 expensive lightning to the very feature-rich Nova, but all of them have 19 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:19,440 one thing in common and it's one of my favorite new features. Watch this right 20 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:22,920 here. Push there. Bam! 21 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:29,000 M.2 just coming right out. Another thing right there. Give your SSD that was 22 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:31,280 incredibly simple. No tools required. I 23 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:35,240 really do appreciate that on a lot of different motherboards. They're coming 24 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:41,280 out with toolless M.2 solutions. ASUS is taking it one step further for that 25 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:43,000 ultimate ease of use. 26 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:49,560 Now, on these two guys right here we have 16 phases for the CPU, but over 27 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:55,880 here on the top end of the line one we have got a whole 20. But, the specs do 28 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:57,880 not stop there. We also have one PCIe 29 00:01:55,880 --> 00:02:03,480 Gen 5 slot. That's the one that you can very easily take on, take off. But, also 30 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:09,479 we have an additional five other Gen 4 slots. So, you can basically build a NAS 31 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:15,280 just on your motherboard. That is crazy. For these two here also, they both have 32 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:16,560 Wi-Fi 7 connectivity. All that said, I 33 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:21,640 don't really know why you'd use it because they also have 5 gigabit LAN. I 34 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:26,320 would just plug into that. One thing that you don't necessarily see all the 35 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:28,520 time on a motherboard is USB Type-C. 36 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:32,440 But, all three of these right here have got it and so does the Taichi. So, I 37 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:36,120 really do appreciate that little addition. Why did I say addition like that? Of 38 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:42,520 course, you have your brand new motherboard and you need a sick old GPU to put into it. Now, we have a 7600. 39 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:46,440 This right here is the black one. It comes in at the same MSRP as AMD's 40 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:51,320 reference design. But, if you want to spend a little bit more, 41 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:55,320 we have the Steel Legend and it's white. ASRock said that people have been asking 42 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:59,240 them a whole bunch, "We want white things from you." And here you go. They 43 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:03,800 have done it. You can look over here. Look at this. 44 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:08,000 It's all white. They have managed to do it, guys. If you are building one of 45 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:13,160 those snow white PCs, they've got it in the big boy as well. The white edition 46 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:15,640 of the 7600, even though it is a little 47 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:19,480 bit more pricey, it's also very easy to tell that it's going to be better 48 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:23,800 cooled. We have three fans here, way more heat sink, and it's 49 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:31,000 Yeah, you just have to look at them and know that this one right here is going to run either cooler or quieter. But, 50 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:33,880 the most quietest of them all is right 51 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:38,160 up here. So, this is the Aqua 24 GB. They said it is their first fully 52 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:42,600 water-cooled GPU that they're offering and it comes with an extra special BIOS. 53 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:48,840 They said that working with AMD they were able to get a whole 400 W out of 54 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:50,680 this guy. So, it can really just crank 55 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:56,320 out those frames for you. Now, I did have to ask, you are technically 56 00:03:53,880 --> 00:04:00,040 probably able to put that on this guy, but they said it's going to be very 57 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:02,960 loud, which is why of course you want the water cooling for the maximum 58 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:08,880 performance. Compared to the two-fan model, which has a 2695 59 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:13,040 MHz boost clock, the three-fan one has a 60 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:14,720 little bit more at 2725. 61 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:18,519 One last thing about the GPUs that I didn't mention before is that this guy 62 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:21,880 right here has a sick backplate. 63 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:25,760 Wasn't able to see it because this thing right here obviously can't move it too 64 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:29,720 much, but it is rather fancy. If you want a nice 65 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:33,640 white graphics card with that fancy backplate though, but want to spend a 66 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:39,680 little bit extra money, we do have the 6650 XT. How much less money? I'm not 67 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:44,800 entirely sure yet, but it does boost up to 2669. So, it's very nice. 68 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:48,880 So, you've got your graphics card and you want to see all of those frames that 69 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:52,080 it's vomiting out. Well, uh with this one right here instead, you can see a 70 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:58,760 bunch of pixels. This right here is the PG55 AKF and it is, as the name might 71 00:04:55,600 --> 00:05:01,680 suggest, a 55-in monitor with an 8K 72 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:06,920 resolution. It has 252 zones of local dimming and a peak brightness of a 73 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:08,120 thousand nits. But, really it is that 8K 74 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:13,080 resolution that you're going to be looking for. ASRock does seem to be 75 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:15,000 pitching this to gamers and maybe you 76 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:19,120 have a graphics card that's able to push 8K resolution, but what I would really 77 00:05:17,280 --> 00:05:22,800 want this for is first of all, just watching things. It's going to look 78 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:27,760 great for that. But, also like I could imagine just cramming this full of all 79 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:31,240 of your stuff. Like script right here. You're watching a YouTube video over 80 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:36,680 here. You can video edit on this and have like your whole display there, 81 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:41,360 timeline, and like all of your files and you don't have to worry about like it's 82 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:43,040 a whole 4K playback up there. That'd be 83 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:47,680 pretty sweet. If you're really looking for that sort of like next-gen gaming 84 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:53,280 experience though, I'd be looking at the PG32UMF. 85 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:56,240 This thing right here has 1400 nits peak 86 00:05:53,280 --> 00:06:01,200 brightness. That is crazy. This is a mini LED panel and it has a total of 87 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:07,240 1152 zones of local dimming. Meaning that you 88 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:09,520 can get an actual proper HDR experience 89 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:13,800 on this thing. And even if you start dropping frames with that big old 4K 90 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:19,920 resolution, it's G-Sync and FreeSync compatible. On the back we have a large 91 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:21,520 variety of IO with USB Type-C 90-W fast 92 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:25,240 charging being the real star of the show. That means for many thin and light 93 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:30,560 laptops you can just plug it in with one cable and you're off to the races. 94 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:33,280 What's not on the back though is Wi-Fi. 95 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:37,680 I'm not entirely sure who needs this, but I'm sure someone does because ASRock 96 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:42,560 installed some Wi-Fi antenna extenders back here all the way up into there. Of 97 00:06:40,840 --> 00:06:47,160 course, I always recommend just plugging in LAN, but maybe that's not an option 98 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:52,000 for you, in which case this will get you some extra downloading downloads. On top 99 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:58,480 of having a Wi-Fi antenna built in the back, the PG27QF2A 100 00:06:54,840 --> 00:07:01,160 has a 1440p resolution, 165 Hz refresh 101 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:06,600 rate, and 400 nits peak brightness. Make it probably a really good middle ground 102 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:11,920 and in my personal opinion, I like 1440p still cuz you can make sure that you can 103 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:13,440 hit that 165 Hz. 4K, maybe not. But, 104 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:20,080 maybe the thing that your monitor is missing is another monitor. This right here we have 105 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:24,520 a 1.3-in OLED display that can show you important things like your GPU temp or 106 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:27,920 not so important things like a GIF or something like that. It's just a fun 107 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:32,360 little feature. Maybe you just have a teeny tiny bit of 108 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:37,600 space on your desk though and that's where ASRock's little mini PCs come in. 109 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:43,280 This right here is the DeskMini AM5. You can actually fit a dual-slot graphics 110 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:44,360 card in here up to 200 mm long. You can 111 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:48,480 see it sort of right down in there. Of course, 112 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:52,920 this being ASRock, they have some pretty serious motherboard-making chops and the 113 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:56,800 one in here is very unique. Come over here. Inside of the DeskMini is this 114 00:07:54,920 --> 00:08:02,440 motherboard right here. Well, not this exact one. This is the last gen one, but 115 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:07,560 you get the basic idea. It's like a mini ITX motherboard with just a little bit 116 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:13,120 tacked onto the back. That gives them the space for not just two, but four RAM 117 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:16,960 slots as well as a bunch of IO back here for all of your, you know, plugging 118 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:23,560 stuff in need. The new one will support AMD 7000 series up to 65 W and pretty 119 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:27,560 cool. One One more thing. Come back. One weird thing though. Let's take a look at 120 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:32,000 the back here. We've got a full-blown ATX power supply. 121 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:37,120 They've gone to all of the trouble of like the custom motherboard, making the 122 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:39,760 6.5 L chassis, but 123 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:44,600 why? Well, they have a very good reason. It's cheap. Buying one of these ATX 124 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:49,680 power supplies is very inexpensive and that has been passed on to the consumer. 125 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:54,680 So, this guy right here as a barebones comes in around $180. 126 00:08:52,680 --> 00:09:00,360 So, you will still have to supply like the CPU, up to two M.2s, and the GPU, 127 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:05,000 but still it's pretty decent. If you want something that's a little bit less 128 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:09,640 space on your desktop though, we have the DeskMini Slim. This guy right here, 129 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:14,040 you don't get as large of a graphics card. As you can see, we only have a 130 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:18,920 little half-height jobbie here, but that is still enough for something like an 131 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:20,120 A2000, you know, the Quadro, but NVIDIA 132 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:26,400 screwed up the naming on this generation. So, here we've got a 300-W 133 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:28,560 TFX power supply and also 134 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:31,800 an optical drive. An optical drive that's not plugged in, apparently. But, 135 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:36,560 this is very clearly a business-orientated machine where you 136 00:09:34,680 --> 00:09:40,560 you might want something like that. So, huge thanks to ASRock for sponsoring 137 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:44,600 this video. Hit like, get subscribed, and just have a great old day. See you 138 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,600 later.