This X870 ASRock Steel Legend does something NO OTHER mid-range AM5 board has done yet (Review)

If there are any extra motherboard tests you guys want to see, then let me know below! Hope you guys enjoyed this one!

Is my understanding correct that the x870e Nova is one of the best x870 chipset boards in terms of value, as it has no line sharing? Are there any other boards with similar value-for-money characteristics?

The asrock nova seems like THE board, but already got a steel legend x670e so no need for me.

The ignorance for X870E Nova Wifi is truly astounding......

Edit: I also agree with you on Gigabyte laggy bios and not only specifically with new x870/E boards. Once you are running in full UEFI mode with no legacy options enabled like on my Aorus B550 Pro V2...soon replaced by X870E Nova Wifi, and 9800X3D :) ......it just gets really unresponsive. You click with your mouse and it just stays there with lag. Otherwise it is a great board from a longterm using over 2 years.

2.5G only just cover my internet speed, using 10G NIC for 5-6 years now

Does USB4 work during boot? That is, if you connect a USB4 or Thunderbolt 3 dock to it, does the monitor work at boot, and do USB devices such as a keyboard and mouse work at boot?

My last experience with Asrock and Thunderbolt was a disaster: the X570 ITX/TB3, where the BIOS doesn't even bother reserving resources to allow any Thunderbolt devices to actually work even once the OS booted. So I'm wary that these boards might be similarly useless at it.

Love the audio testing, I started paying attention to it after buying good speakers.

Does Tichi lite fits into a Lian Li o11 Evo XL?

same as B650 Steel Legend. X870 just have USB4. Better get B650 Steel Legend.

The Asrock boards not having 3 PCI-E slots miffs me!

Awesome video thank you. I have been eyeing up the Asrock x870E Tachi Lite for my next board upgrade. It is one of the few boards that has 6 Sata ports which is important to me because I have a lot of sata drives with a mix of HDD and SSD for my storage needs. Most boards only have 4 sata ports which will not work for me and I do not want to have to resort to a PCI-e card for extra sata ports as that can cause problems sometimes or lower than expected performance.

asrock bios flash bang!....

AMD schemes... ;-) PS ASRock is my favorite vendor since ~20 years ago, I've had 'Frankenstein' MB copulated with Phenom II X4 Black Edition, AGP slot and 2xDDR2 slots and always had premium quality at reasonable price! ;-)

My 2 motherboards from gigabyte, the x670e aorus master and the Aorus pro X, can use 6400 MTs ram in 1:1 ratio using 2133 , I am not sure what you mean when you say no other x670 or x670e motherboard offered this🧐

Pay more for less xD

I bought this, and I love it.

The ALC4082 isn't a new codec, my 2 years old X670E Hero uses the same chip (though with an ESS ES9218 Quad-DAC added to it)

That theme music at the end….. Double Dragon… Arcade????

I’m back!…. Now I’m thinking Street Fighter 2 Ryu’s theme

Is the mid range board in the room with us right now?

I think it should be interesting to get a video guide on how to tweak BIOS amd and Intel for get better low latency for gaming competitive

259 is still expensive for a motherboard these days. However, it always seems like ASRock are the ones to have the best value motherboards in comparison to all the other manufacturers. Amazing how far they've come, I still remember when people used to say avoid ASRock motherboards.

I really like that this steel legend isn't some kind of digital camo paint. Its the best looking steel legend so far, and really hard to beat for $230. I love how the Taichi looks. I like how it says "philosophy of infinite potential" instead of GAMING PRO GAMING PHANTOM GAMING REPUBLIC GAMING TUF GAMING GAMING GAMING GAMERS GAMING like every other board

asrock never done me wrong! (my current system is my first asrock board haha)

I too have found my X870 Aorus BIOS laggy - but note how I've spent approximately 28 seconds navigating and enabling EXPO in the BIOS, and updated firmware to patch against SinkClose hack, and have then never had to use it again.

Banger video for reviews on these boards man. Well done.

I'm on an Asrock B650 RS Pro. There is a ton of quality here, but depending on the RX 8800XT offer, I will switch to a Live Mixer or a Steel Legend.
Both are insane in I/O and both have heavy heatsinks. I have a new home for my current board - another PC. I would like to check out something else.
Something new with a nice design or just a different look (white PCB?). You test only those MoBos I like and use. 😄

What about shorting protection?under/over voltage/surge, static current protrection... my latest 2 gigabytes died 2 month ago due to shorting

I have no sympathy for any of the manufactures. They have continued to price gouge, to make maximum profits for themselves. Where as distributors, customers, and everyone else gets the hose. All the manufactures are making huge profits off enterprise and AI; while continuing to sell all of us normies down the river.

USB4 was implemented via another separate PCIe chip.

I have used ASRock almost exclusively for the last few years, but they let me down big time when my Z790 board died. They sent me a bad replacement and now won't respond to my emails or tickets. I'll be going back to MSI or Gigabyte next time, Asus burned me years ago with a $1000 dual-socket workstation board and they could release something made of solid unobtainium that would predict the winning lottery numbers and I'd hesitate to buy it.

Steel Legend has always been my to go to board when making a requested build from a buyer. The QVL is always bang on. Thanks for these reviews.

if you want USB 4 buy a damn pcie card

love asrock since am4. the b550m steel legend i bought dirt cheap for 125€ new 2 years ago is definitley my all time favorite of all boards i owned so far. and thats a lot

I still use x1 and x4 pcie slots and ASROCK are worst mainboards in that regard. I don't need shared pcie with x16 slot or that x2 slot. I used in the past ASROCK mainboards but last 2 generations have no use to me in any way. I could use risers but I don't really enjoy having wires hanging all over inside the case. ASROCK should ask people before building the boards and I think they will have bigger sales.

@bladecrew Have you had to replaced the CMOS battery?

When are you going to review the OCF with overclocking buttons?

Just to be fair ..... in the last 5 years ( building around 50 systems a year ) ..... Gigabyte has F me ! ASUS has F me ! MSI has F me ! Biostar has F me ! BUT ASRock has NEVER F me !
It is that simple ! So yeah ..... ASRock RULES ! PERIOD !!!

A S R o c k j u s t R o c k s ! ! ! BTW ...... What I personally like about ASRock, is their sound quality ! ( Me, as an music producer )
But I can only HOPE they will make an new board, WITH just ONE PCI slot !!! ( Not PCIe ! ) I really miss these on new MB's ! As my sound/midi card ONLY works on PCI !!!

My top 4 favorite ASRock motherboards In price :
1. The ASRock B650 LiveMixer
2. The ASRock B650 Pro RS
3. The ASRock B650 STEEL LEGEND
4. The ASRock B650E Taichi Lite

if 14cl was fast for ddr4 what is the fastest cl rating on ddr5 ?

Yeah indeed, That is why I stick to ASROCK B650(e) Motherboards ! Just until something extremely special comes out ! ( just don't see it yet on the 800 series )

I have been trying to get a Taichi Lite for some time now with no success...where did you score yours from?

I just LOVE the ASROCK B650 Steel Legend Lite ! NOTHING can beat it ! ( To be fair, I haven't tried the 850 yet , just because I see no need for it, for an average Gamer !
Maybe within 2 years ?! But for sure, the X670 or 870, is more for extreme Over Clockers ! So not really for gamers ! Gamers do very well on B550 , B650 ! Maybe B850 in the future !

Oh Bryan ! I just LOVE ASRock ! They are my Nr.1 . I build some 50 systems a year, and they ALL have ASRock motherboards ! They just ROCK ! And their costumer service is TOP-Notch !
( Well, in Holland at least ! don't know about other country's ) Also ASRock GPU's are great, so 90% of all my builds are AMD/Radeon systems ! No Intel or Nvidia for me !!!

Hey Bryan, consider creating new X58 content, perhaps a modern update with NVME, Wi-Fi 7, and an optimal GPU such as an RTX 2070 or RTX 3060, as the prices for this hardware are now more affordable. With the release of Windows 24H2, I've found that performance is better than ever. Also, highlight any pros and cons.

I'm a simple man, I see topkek, I like

MSI MAG X870 is better.