ASRock B650E TAICHI, AMD B650, AM5, EATX, 4 DDR5, HDMI, USB4, Wi-Fi 6E, 2.5G LAN, PCIe5, RGB, 3x M.2

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next, if you wish to add sound card, Thunderbolt card or capture card, in addition to GPU, don't buy ITX board, as those have only one PCIe slot

Both Rembrandt 6000 APUs and AMD 7000 CPUs support on die HDMI 2.1 FRL protocol up to 48 Gbps and DP 2.1 at 40 Gbps. Have you missed the presentation of their display engine capability? If you follow tech world and have claims about APU, you should know which features VCN and DCN engines support. But is the new LITE series going to offer the same performance potential as its non-LITE brother? Well, that's what we are going to try to find out in this review. The AMD AM5 Platform I/O is impressive enough, too. A single USB 4.0 (40Gbps) is augmented by a trio of 10Gbps ports, a further eight 5Gbps, and you can run any Ryzen 7000 Series without a graphics card by using the HDMI port. Rounding it out, Killer provides 2.5G Ethernet and WiFi 6E / Bluetooth 5.3. The OC Tweaker section holds the keys to tweaking your system. Here you can adjust voltages, RAM, and the CPU, and save profiles for recall later. I have nothing against Asus board per se, but for proposed workflows I suggested two boards that seem the best fit. I explained why and I will not ping-pong anymore about one or two features. I firmly stand by my choice of boards for this member and it's up to him to decide. Simple. You can try to convince him to buy Asus. But, please, do not try to convince me that Asus board is "better" for this case use scenario.

It's not about gaming here, of course, but displaying images on better monitors for whatever productivity workloads. I prefer to have a better HDMI port than worse one. After all, 99% of GPUs have only one HDMI 2.1 FRL port, and that one is often used for 4K TV and other display. So, having another capable HDMI 2.1 port for on-board graphics is always welcomed rather than not having it.

Focusing on the top of the board, we get a good look at the oversize VRM heatsinks, reinforced DRAM slots, and more. Starting in the upper-left corner, we spy a vented shroud that reaches over the VRM heatsink to allow cool air to pass through the fan hidden below and onto the heatpipe-connected heatsinks. The fan is barely audible at load and blends in with other fan noise coming from the case, so no worries there. Above the VRM heatsinks are two 8-pin EPS connectors (one required) to power the CPU. So this year, AMD has decided to launch a second architecture overhaul, and oh boy! It's a big one. Enter AM5 & Zen 4, a brand new architecture with a prime focus on efficiency and multi-threading performance, and comes with a brand new platform that is outfitted with next-generation features such as DDR5 and PCIe 5.0. The AMD Ryzen 7000 "Zen 4" lineup will include the top-to-bottom Ryzen 9, Ryzen 7, and Ryzen 5 CPUs. The same with M.2_3 drive. Connecting this drive will drop PCIe x16_1 to x8, and this will drop PCIe x16_2 slot to x4 speed. There are only 16 lanes to play with. The Asus board (according to the specs) allows you to have 2 5.0 M2 drives and 2 4.0 M2 drives. The board also has 3 x16 expansion slots that are wired as 16, 8 and 4. The first 2 are connected to the CPU and support lane splitting. Even though it might seem like you would be losing bandwidth x8 on that board would be the same as a full x16 slot on a X570. With those 2 you could get a RAID 0 array spanning across 2 drives. You could then create a 4 drive array. The thing is they would all be connected to the CPU and you could use whatever generation you want. The 3rd slot could easily hold another 4.0 drive using an adapter. Then you still have your SATA to populate. According to the Specs those are also connected to the CPU. Either the Specs are misleading or that board is the most flexible B650 as it appears to use a X670 chipset. RAID on M2 NVME is worth it for the jump in sequential data speeds for processing videos.Across the bottom of the board are several exposed headers. You’ll find the usual, including additional USB ports, RGB headers, and more. Below is a complete list from left to right. Regardless, if the OP wants M2 storage that Strix board is the most flexible. If you want M2 the Strix does not rob lanes. The 1220 Codec will blow away cards like the Asus Xonar AE as it is a new codec that has been updated.