ASRock X870 Taichi Creator Motherboard Review: Dual USB4, Dual Gen5x16, Dual Gen5 M.2, Dual LAN, Strong VRM Design, All For $319

Conclusion - PRO Features At A Solid Price Point

AMD's Ryzen CPUs, especially the cost-effective X3D options, are currently selling like hotcakes. This huge demand has led motherboard makers to offer new, cost-optimized, and feature-rich options based on the X870 chipset since that is the most popular choice for mainstream builders. ASRock, seeing this demand, is introducing a new set of X870 motherboards, which were initially shown at Computex 2025. Today, we got to test & evaluate their latest X870 Taichi Creator offering, a feature-rich motherboard for $320 US.

ASRock seems to be following the recent influx of PRO motherboards with its Taichi Creator, featuring the best IO capabilities of the X870 refresh series at an excellent price.

The components on the PCB and the overall design schema makes the Taichi Creator a worthwhile high-end offering with a strong VRM, and great memory support (256 GB @ 8000 MT/s). Performance was on par with the other boards that we tested at both stock and overclocked configurations. The VRMs did get a little hot but nothing that would be of major concern and we didn't see any clock rate throttles. The board also offers four M.2 slots, solid in this price range, and a total of 25 USB ports, which is just crazy.

Things I liked about the ASRock X870 Taichi Creator motherboard:

• Excellent Pricing for its feature set at $319
• Taichi Creator design looks & feels fresh
• Solid 18+2+1 VRM with 80A power stages
• Solid BIOS and update program
• 256 GB DDR5 support & up To 8000 MT/s Speeds
• 256 MB BIOS (Ready For Current / Next-Gen Ryzen CPUs)
• Great layout with XXL heatsinks on VRMs & M.2 heatsinks
• Dual Gen5 M.2 Slots
• Dual Gen 5 x16 Slots
• EZ Release Mechanism on M.2 Gen5 & x16 slot
• 23 USB ports, including two USB4 Type-C
• 10 GbE LAN + 5 GbE LAN + WIFI 7 + BT 5.4 for connectivity
• 37W PD 3.0 support
• Lots of Fan headers, ARGB+RGB headers

Things to be concerned about:

• VRMs can get a bit hot when overclocking
• 160MHz WIFI7 (320Mhz full bandwidth)

In terms of features, the motherboard has four M.2 slots, all of which are cooled by heatsinks, including two Gen5 slots. WIFI7+BT5.4, along with dual LAN ports including 5GbE and 10GbE, while the full list of USB (23 in total) options includes:

• 2 x USB4 Type-C (Rear)
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A (Rear (USB32_8))
• 4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A (Rear (USB32_1234)) Chipset:
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C (Front)
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A (Rear (USB32_7))
• 6 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A (2 Rear (USB32_56), 4 Front)
• 8 x USB 2.0 (2 Rear, 6 Front)

The motherboard supports up to 256 GB capacities and up to 8000 MT/s DDR5 speeds. The motherboard supports built-in RGB lighting and external RGB support through 3 ARGB & 1 RGB headers (all controllable through the Polychrome Sync) software. WIFI 7, ALC 4082 7.1 channel audio, and tons of USB ports.

Other main highlights that make the Taichi Creator a standout X870 offering is its dual USB4 Type-C ports, dual PCIe Gen5 x16 slots, which are ideally positioned to support two full-length AICs for AI use cases, and dual Gen5 x4 M.2 slots for unconstrained storage performance. An onboard Thermistor header provides users with even more sources to monitor temperatures, while 36W PD 3.0 charging ensures that PROs & users have their devices charged up on the go.

For $319 US, ASRock has a fantastic X870 motherboard for everyone, including professionals, offering everything that one would need. The motherboard overclocks well, supports fast memory, has one of the best IO real-estate at its price point, and looks great too.

Note: As of writing this post (10/07/2025), the latest BIOS (v3.50) is based on the AGESA 1.2.0.3g patch. It should also be pointed out that while ASRock's AM5 motherboards have seen issues with Ryzen CPUs, the company has gone an extra mile in tuning its BIOS to ensure that these issues are fixed. Always check the latest BIOS support for your ASRock boards for fixes and patches.

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