The ASRock Z890 Taichi Aqua motherboard has no USB Type-A ports, only USB-C
12.06.24
ASRock presented at Computex 2024 the Z890 Taichi Aqua motherboard designed for Intel Arrow Lake-S processors in LGA1851. This board has several interesting features:
- Power system: 33-phase power system ensures stable operation even under high loads.
- Cooling: The kit includes a water block that removes heat from the VRM and solid-state drive.
- Expansion slots: The board is equipped with two PCI Express 5.0 x16 slots for video cards and six M.2 connectors for NVMe SSDs (two with PCI-E 5.0 support and four with PCI-E 4.0).
- Connectors: There are no USB Type-A ports on the back, instead there are USB Type-C connectors of various standards, including Thunderbolt support.
- Network interfaces: Includes 5- and 10-gigabit network interfaces, as well as a Wi-Fi 7 wireless adapter.
- Audio system: Uses Realtek ALC4082 audio codec for quality sound.
The board will go on sale alongside Intel Arrow Lake-S processors and LGA1851/Z890 motherboards scheduled for October. More detailed specifications will be published closer to the release.
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