News ASRock should be commended for this, motherboards with less bling!

[Thunder 57]

Hardware Unboxed just released a video from Computex. ASRock is releasing some intersting stuff. There's a Tachi "Light:" model with the same specs but less "bling" that they say should cost $80 less. That "Desk Slim" model could sell like outcakes too at $200. We need more stuff like this! @Markfw, you would be all over the Tachi I bet!

 

[gdansk]

They should remove more bling every generation until their boards are looking like their ASRock Rack products

 

[Thunder 57]

They should remove more bling every generation until their boards are looking like their ASRock Rack products

I had to look that one up.

I used an ASRock motherboard for a long time when CPU upgrades were "meh". It was priced well, solid, and bling free. One of my favorite boards since the Epox days.

It would be ironic if ASRock came back to bite ASUS in the ass. Seeing how they came from Asus to compete on the lower end, yet now they are doing rather well while ASUS just had a huge GN expose.

 

[WelshBloke]

ASRock is releasing some intersting stuff. There's a Tachi "Light:" model with the same specs but less "bling" that they say should cost $80 less.

That is something that I would definitely go for. A solid well made and well provisioned board with no flashy tat on it!

 

[Markfw]

Hardware Unboxed just released a video from Computex. ASRock is releasing some intersting stuff. There's a Tachi "Light:" model with the same specs but less "bling" that they say should cost $80 less. That "Desk Slim" model could sell like outcakes too at $200. We need more stuff like this! @Markfw, you would be all over the Tachi I bet!

Regardless of this... Every ASRock and Rack (server) and AM5 motherboard I have over the last 10 years has beed rock stable. The first eye-opener (and before the ASUS bad motherboard post) was that my first ASUS motherboard in ages had stability problems, not to mention problems with EXPO memory. No more ASUS for a while, all ASRock.

 

[aigomorla]

ITS SO UGLY THO!

Ugh.. that is my only quam with the TaiChi.
The board is so ugly to today's standards.
I love the TaiChi. You'll see me toot it a lot.
But i will probably never build with it unless its a build that wont be seen.

 

[Markfw]

ITS SO UGLY THO!

Ugh.. that is my only quam with the TaiChi.
The board is so ugly to today's standards.
I love the TaiChi. You'll see me toot it a lot.
But i will probably never build with it unless its a build that wont be seen.

Who cares about ugly, all my builds are for stability , then price second.

what it looks like is not even a consideration. If anybody comes to my house and doesn't like it, who cares. ????

 

[Hotrod2go]

Who cares about ugly, all my builds are for stability , then price second.

what it looks like is not even a consideration. If anybody comes to my house and doesn't like it, who cares. ????

But what will everyone think of you? 🤣

 

[Thunder 57]

That is something that I would definitely go for. A solid well made and well provisioned board with no flashy tat on it!

I agree. I wonder if someone at ASRock saw the GN video about the current state of motherboards. Regardless, I hope it catches on.

 

[WelshBloke]

ITS SO UGLY THO!

Ugh.. that is my only quam with the TaiChi.
The board is so ugly to today's standards.
I love the TaiChi. You'll see me toot it a lot.
But i will probably never build with it unless its a build that wont be seen.

My case is solid aluminium, the only time I see my MB is when I install something or something goes wrong!

 

[aigomorla]

I agree. I wonder if someone at ASRock saw the GN video about the current state of motherboards. Regardless, I hope it catches on.

well to be fair the taichi is not a cheap board for what you get.
Your looking at about a 500 dollar board for most of the taichi platforms.

 

[Markfw]

well to be fair the taichi is not a cheap board for what you get.
Your looking at about a 500 dollar board for most of the taichi platforms.

But...
1) Build quality is insanely good.
2) Bios that was shipped was not flawed and still working great.
3) Features.. Especially the actively cooled NVME slot. And even though I am close to deaf, the one thing my cochlear implant picks up (too) well is fan noise, and its not noisey.

 

[aigomorla]

If anybody comes to my house and doesn't like it, who cares. ????

They wouldn't make it past my displays.


After they see my station, its pretty much game over... lol...
They dont care what the PC looks like, they are lost in the abnormal amount of real estate my display gives.

Yes thats a 48inch on portrait mode... well i replaced it with a 42, as 48 was definitely too big.

But i need it as my eyes are getting bad and i feel that age creep going.

 

[Markfw]

But i need it as my eyes are getting bad and i feel that age creep going.

I will be 70 this year. I use a 32 inch AND reading glasses.

 

[mindless1]

That "Desk Slim" model could sell like outcakes too at $200.

Wow, guess I'm out of the loop because it seems crazy to me that a stripped down Asrock would be as high as $200.

I have one asrock board. Paid $34 after rebate for it, and it had a quad core celeron soldered on at that. Heh, any one of the SSDs in that box cost more. I haven't seen it in... ???... around the 8+ years since it was built.

 

[Markfw]

Wow, guess I'm out of the loop because it seems crazy to me that a stripped down Asrock would be as high as $200.

I have one asrock board. Paid $34 after rebate for it, and it had a quad core celeron soldered on at that. Heh, any one of the SSDs in that box cost more. I haven't seen it in... ???... around the 8+ years since it was built.

Yes, because any AM5 motherboard (670e, the good ones) cost $300 and up. 620 motherboards only support up to 65 watt cpus and start at $86. 650 motherboards start at 140 and then up.

Its due to the DDR5 requirements, PCIE 4.0 and the like.

 

[Thunder 57]

Wow, guess I'm out of the loop because it seems crazy to me that a stripped down Asrock would be as high as $200.

I have one asrock board. Paid $34 after rebate for it, and it had a quad core celeron soldered on at that. Heh, any one of the SSDs in that box cost more. I haven't seen it in... ???... around the 8+ years since it was built.

DId you watch the video? The "Desk Slim" is a case, PSU, and mobo for ~$200.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

DId you watch the video? The "Desk Slim" is a case, PSU, and mobo for ~$200.

I have a deskmini, and that slim will get me to buy AM5. The deskmini and deskmeet are throw and go easy builds. I have a couple of GPUs that would pair nicely.

This meme seems appropriate to an ASRock thread at the moment -

 

[aigomorla]

This meme seems appropriate to an ASRock thread at the moment -

ASUS and Gigabyte have that Bikini Hitchhiker that ends up robbing you after you let in her.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

ASUS and Gigabyte have that Bikini Hitchhiker that ends up robbing you after you let in her.

Freudian slip? 🤣

As I mentioned before, the only bad ASRock board I had was a B450M Steel Legend. And it wasn't bad for me. It was the guy I sold it to that started having cold boot issues.

Gigabyte is legendary for my personal use though. They made both of my AM3+ boards still going strong.