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  • ingwe - Thursday, September 26, 2019 - link

    I am not the target market for this (much much too pricey for me), but I actually really like the looks and styling of it.
  • gavbon - Thursday, September 26, 2019 - link

    I don't think I could spend $1000 on a motherboard, but I agree, the styling and looks are impeccable
  • WithoutWeakness - Thursday, September 26, 2019 - link

    In case anyone was curious like I was, yes that is indeed a DisplayPort connector on the motherboard above the PCIe lanes and M.2 connector. According to ASRock it is a DisplayPort input to allow you to pass video from your dedicated GPU to the second Thunderbolt connection on the rear IO panel to work with Thunderbolt and USB-C monitors. ASRock's RX 590 has a Mini Displayport connector on the top edge where the old CrossFire/SLI fingers used to be so you can route the cable internally to the input on the motherboard. I suppose you could also run a DisplayPort cable through a hole in the case and plug it right in.

    There is also a full-size DisplayPort input on the rear IO panel above the HDMI that is connected to the first Thunderbolt port to allow the same functionality on both TB ports. I assume this would allow you to utilize two separate discrete GPUs for driving displays over Thunderbolt/USB-C. Would be interesting to see this tested in the review (especially the two separate discrete GPUs) as it seems to be a very unique feature for this board to have two such connections.
  • Slash3 - Thursday, September 26, 2019 - link

    Worth noting that the ASRock X570 Creator is essentially the same motherboard (audio cap arrangement notwithstanding) sans watercooling, at $499.

    https://www.anandtech.com/show/14161/the-amd-x570-...

    Newegg has both the Creator and the rather gorgeous Aqua in stock as I write this.
  • Operandi - Thursday, September 26, 2019 - link

    High-end gear is fun to lust after and occasionally splurge on but this thing is so over the top that its silly even omitting the price.

    I do agree on the looks though. Asrock should make a line of boards with a similar atheistic and drop overdesigned Taichi
  • rahvin - Thursday, September 26, 2019 - link

    In the review would you make sure and comment on whether any of that aluminum is in contact with coolant? I can't find anything that says.

    For those not into water cooling, Copper is the primary metal in most of the custom loop cooling systems in the US (you actually have to go out of your way to get AL radiators or heatsinks) and you can't mix CU and Al in the loop without corrosion due to an electro-chemical reaction that occurs when both are present.
  • gavbon - Friday, September 27, 2019 - link

    Don't worry, I will be doing that as it's basic stuff that people planning a loop need to know
  • DanNeely - Friday, September 27, 2019 - link

    I like the general concept of an integrated waterblock that covers the VRMs and chipset as well as the CPU. But I'm not willing to much more than a $100-150 premium on a $200-300 well specced but not insane class board.
  • Total Meltdowner - Friday, September 27, 2019 - link

    $1000 is a lot but the idea of using water to cool the components is a great idea.
  • ballsystemlord - Saturday, September 28, 2019 - link

    Are the PCIe ports connected to the CPU mostly or, like too many of the other x570 MBs, the chipset?
    How about the M.2 slot?
    Thanks!
  • csutcliff - Tuesday, October 1, 2019 - link

    Ryzen desktop cpus have 24 lanes.

    x16 Go to the single x16 slot or when in use that is bifurcated into x8/x8 with the top two x16 slots.

    From the remaining x8 x4 are used to link to the chipset.

    That leaves 4 lanes, technically you could use these for a x4 slot or 4x x1 slots but pretty much every board rightly uses them for a direct to cpu M.2 slot.
  • ballsystemlord - Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - link

    csutcliff, I knew all of that. The problem is that most X570 MBs don't bifurcate their 16x slot. Hence my question.
  • dreamer69 - Thursday, October 24, 2019 - link

    Can you give us an example of two boards, one with and one without, so we can research the performance difference?

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