WEBVTT 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 00:00:03.920 --> 00:00:10.160 to go through a whole bunch of their stuff. Just gobs and gobs of it. 00:00:07.840 --> 00:00:15.000 Starting off with the Taichi. So, this right here is the Z790 Taichi and it is 00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:20.800 a beautiful motherboard. The fastest that we have ever had a CPU going, 6.9 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:22.640 GHz, nice, was on this exact board. But, 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 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 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 00:00:34.120 --> 00:00:40.360 right here is the Taichi Lite, what is arguably the best motherboard on the 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:44.200 market, and just stripped away all of the stuff that adds to the price. Like 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:48.680 for instance, this little piece of aluminum right here. It sure does look 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:52.560 fancy, but do you actually need it? Probably not. Go with this guy right 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:55.320 here and I really wish that other motherboard makers would do a similar 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:59.160 thing where, you know, you can get the highest of performance, 00:00:57.080 --> 00:01:03.520 but without all of the the non-sense sort of stuff. Because 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 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:11.120 got a variety of Phantom Gaming motherboards going from the not so 00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:15.720 expensive lightning to the very feature-rich Nova, but all of them have 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:19.440 one thing in common and it's one of my favorite new features. Watch this right 00:01:17.440 --> 00:01:22.920 here. Push there. Bam! 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:29.000 M.2 just coming right out. Another thing right there. Give your SSD that was 00:01:25.880 --> 00:01:31.280 incredibly simple. No tools required. I 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:35.240 really do appreciate that on a lot of different motherboards. They're coming 00:01:32.600 --> 00:01:41.280 out with toolless M.2 solutions. ASUS is taking it one step further for that 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:43.000 ultimate ease of use. 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:49.560 Now, on these two guys right here we have 16 phases for the CPU, but over 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 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:57.880 not stop there. We also have one PCIe 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 00:02:00.800 --> 00:02:09.479 we have an additional five other Gen 4 slots. So, you can basically build a NAS 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:15.280 just on your motherboard. That is crazy. For these two here also, they both have 00:02:11.720 --> 00:02:16.560 Wi-Fi 7 connectivity. All that said, I 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 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:26.320 would just plug into that. One thing that you don't necessarily see all the 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:28.520 time on a motherboard is USB Type-C. 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 00:02:31.200 --> 00:02:36.120 really do appreciate that little addition. Why did I say addition like that? Of 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. 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 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:51.320 reference design. But, if you want to spend a little bit more, 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:55.320 we have the Steel Legend and it's white. ASRock said that people have been asking 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:59.240 them a whole bunch, "We want white things from you." And here you go. They 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:03.800 have done it. You can look over here. Look at this. 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 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 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:15.640 of the 7600, even though it is a little 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 00:03:17.040 --> 00:03:23.800 cooled. We have three fans here, way more heat sink, and it's 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, 00:03:27.880 --> 00:03:33.880 the most quietest of them all is right 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:38.160 up here. So, this is the Aqua 24 GB. They said it is their first fully 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:42.600 water-cooled GPU that they're offering and it comes with an extra special BIOS. 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 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:50.680 this guy. So, it can really just crank 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:56.320 out those frames for you. Now, I did have to ask, you are technically 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 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:02.960 loud, which is why of course you want the water cooling for the maximum 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:08.880 performance. Compared to the two-fan model, which has a 2695 00:04:05.480 --> 00:04:13.040 MHz boost clock, the three-fan one has a 00:04:08.880 --> 00:04:14.720 little bit more at 2725. 00:04:13.040 --> 00:04:18.519 One last thing about the GPUs that I didn't mention before is that this guy 00:04:16.760 --> 00:04:21.880 right here has a sick backplate. 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 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:29.720 much, but it is rather fancy. If you want a nice 00:04:27.960 --> 00:04:33.640 white graphics card with that fancy backplate though, but want to spend a 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 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:44.800 entirely sure yet, but it does boost up to 2669. So, it's very nice. 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 00:04:46.640 --> 00:04:52.080 it's vomiting out. Well, uh with this one right here instead, you can see a 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 00:04:55.600 --> 00:05:01.680 suggest, a 55-in monitor with an 8K 00:04:58.760 --> 00:05:06.920 resolution. It has 252 zones of local dimming and a peak brightness of a 00:05:03.400 --> 00:05:08.120 thousand nits. But, really it is that 8K 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:13.080 resolution that you're going to be looking for. ASRock does seem to be 00:05:09.960 --> 00:05:15.000 pitching this to gamers and maybe you 00:05:13.080 --> 00:05:19.120 have a graphics card that's able to push 8K resolution, but what I would really 00:05:17.280 --> 00:05:22.800 want this for is first of all, just watching things. It's going to look 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:27.760 great for that. But, also like I could imagine just cramming this full of all 00:05:25.520 --> 00:05:31.240 of your stuff. Like script right here. You're watching a YouTube video over 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:36.680 here. You can video edit on this and have like your whole display there, 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 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:43.040 a whole 4K playback up there. That'd be 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:47.680 pretty sweet. If you're really looking for that sort of like next-gen gaming 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:53.280 experience though, I'd be looking at the PG32UMF. 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:56.240 This thing right here has 1400 nits peak 00:05:53.280 --> 00:06:01.200 brightness. That is crazy. This is a mini LED panel and it has a total of 00:05:58.960 --> 00:06:07.240 1152 zones of local dimming. Meaning that you 00:06:03.960 --> 00:06:09.520 can get an actual proper HDR experience 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:13.800 on this thing. And even if you start dropping frames with that big old 4K 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:19.920 resolution, it's G-Sync and FreeSync compatible. On the back we have a large 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:21.520 variety of IO with USB Type-C 90-W fast 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:25.240 charging being the real star of the show. That means for many thin and light 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. 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:33.280 What's not on the back though is Wi-Fi. 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:37.680 I'm not entirely sure who needs this, but I'm sure someone does because ASRock 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:42.560 installed some Wi-Fi antenna extenders back here all the way up into there. Of 00:06:40.840 --> 00:06:47.160 course, I always recommend just plugging in LAN, but maybe that's not an option 00:06:45.280 --> 00:06:52.000 for you, in which case this will get you some extra downloading downloads. On top 00:06:50.280 --> 00:06:58.480 of having a Wi-Fi antenna built in the back, the PG27QF2A 00:06:54.840 --> 00:07:01.160 has a 1440p resolution, 165 Hz refresh 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:06.600 rate, and 400 nits peak brightness. Make it probably a really good middle ground 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 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:13.440 hit that 165 Hz. 4K, maybe not. But, 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:20.080 maybe the thing that your monitor is missing is another monitor. This right here we have 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 00:07:22.440 --> 00:07:27.920 not so important things like a GIF or something like that. It's just a fun 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:32.360 little feature. Maybe you just have a teeny tiny bit of 00:07:30.320 --> 00:07:37.600 space on your desk though and that's where ASRock's little mini PCs come in. 00:07:35.280 --> 00:07:43.280 This right here is the DeskMini AM5. You can actually fit a dual-slot graphics 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:44.360 card in here up to 200 mm long. You can 00:07:43.280 --> 00:07:48.480 see it sort of right down in there. Of course, 00:07:46.760 --> 00:07:52.920 this being ASRock, they have some pretty serious motherboard-making chops and the 00:07:50.960 --> 00:07:56.800 one in here is very unique. Come over here. Inside of the DeskMini is this 00:07:54.920 --> 00:08:02.440 motherboard right here. Well, not this exact one. This is the last gen one, but 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 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:13.120 tacked onto the back. That gives them the space for not just two, but four RAM 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 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 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 00:08:25.520 --> 00:08:32.000 the back here. We've got a full-blown ATX power supply. 00:08:30.880 --> 00:08:37.120 They've gone to all of the trouble of like the custom motherboard, making the 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:39.760 6.5 L chassis, but 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:44.600 why? Well, they have a very good reason. It's cheap. Buying one of these ATX 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:49.680 power supplies is very inexpensive and that has been passed on to the consumer. 00:08:46.880 --> 00:08:54.680 So, this guy right here as a barebones comes in around $180. 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, 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:05.000 but still it's pretty decent. If you want something that's a little bit less 00:09:02.520 --> 00:09:09.640 space on your desktop though, we have the DeskMini Slim. This guy right here, 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 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:18.920 little half-height jobbie here, but that is still enough for something like an 00:09:15.920 --> 00:09:20.120 A2000, you know, the Quadro, but NVIDIA 00:09:18.920 --> 00:09:26.400 screwed up the naming on this generation. So, here we've got a 300-W 00:09:22.520 --> 00:09:28.560 TFX power supply and also 00:09:26.400 --> 00:09:31.800 an optical drive. An optical drive that's not plugged in, apparently. But, 00:09:30.880 --> 00:09:36.560 this is very clearly a business-orientated machine where you 00:09:34.680 --> 00:09:40.560 you might want something like that. So, huge thanks to ASRock for sponsoring 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:44.600 this video. Hit like, get subscribed, and just have a great old day. See you 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:44.600 later.