ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger OC
January, 2025Type
Graphics CardPrice
$219 USASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger OC Unboxing & Closeup
The ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger OC graphics card comes in a standard cardboard package with black and purple hues.
The front of the package has a picture of the graphics card along with various labels such as XeSS, XMX support, and the OC Edition design which means that the card comes witha clock speed bump out of the box.
Inside the package, you will find the graphics card wrapped in anti-static cover and that's about it.
The ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger OC is a very compact solution and looks nice with its dual-slot and dual-fan design.
After the package is taken care of, I can finally start talking about the card itself. The ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger OC adopts an all-black color scheme which looks fantastic. Only the logos on the black are colored white.
The graphics card is a compact variant in terms of size and weighs 720 grams. The card measures 249x132x41mm and takes up 2 slots worth of space for installation.
The cooling shroud extends beyond the PCB and the card being a SFF-compliant design makes it easy to install in almost all cases and even ITX form factors.
The back of the card features a solid backplate with a black color tone.
The ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger OC graphics card features the new Striped Axial Fan which has a total of 11 blades and comes with a Stripe structure to increase airflow. There are two of these fans on the card.
ASRock also features 0db fan technology on the fans. This feature won’t spin the fans on the card unless they reach a certain threshold.
I am back at talking about the full-coverage backplate that the card uses. The whole plate is made of metal and feels very nice. The brushed matte-black finish on the backplate gives a unique aesthetic. The graphics card also comes with a compact PCB design which means that the shroud, heatsink, and backplate are all extended beyond the PCB. The second fan blows air through the heatsink and blows it out from the cutouts that are situated at the very end of the backplate.
With the outside of the card done, I will now start taking a glance at what's beneath the hood of the graphics cards. The first thing to catch my eye is the large fin stack that's part of the heatsink that this card utilizes.
The large fin stack runs from the front and to the back of the PCB and is so thick that you can barely see through it.
Talking about the heatsink, there are two blocks of aluminum fins that are interconnected by three heat pipes running through the copper base plate and heading out toward the dual heatsink blocks.
There are several heat pads included for the VRMs and memory chips. They are full-sized, making full contact with the components to offer stable and efficient heat transfer. The card is powered by a single 8-pin connector.
Underneath the shroud, we get a better look at the heatsink which utilizes ASRock's high-density metal welding design for improved heat dissipation.
The contact base is a nickel-plated design that has three copper heat pipes leading to the center that make direct contact with the GPU.
As for the PCB, ASRock is using its high-end Super Alloy components which include SPS Power Stages, Japanese SP-Caps, Premium Power chokes, & a 2oz copper PCB with a high-density glass fabric design. The PCB features five memory sites for a total of 10 GB VRAM and the large BMG "Battlemage" G21 GPU can be spotted in the center. There's space for an additional DRAM but that's reserved for the higher-end Arc B580 models since the PCB is the same for both cards.
I/O on the graphics card sticks with the reference scheme which includes three Display Port 2.1 (UHBR 13.5/10) & a single HDMI 2.1 port. The card also uses a PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
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