ASRock X570S PG Riptide Motherboard Review

The Box and Packaging

The box and packaging is what you would expect from ASRock. It comes with a user’s manual, a PG Riptide post card, an I/O shield, a pair of SATA cables, 3 sets of M.2 screws, along with a drivers disc, as well as the graphics card holder.

The ASRock X570S PG Riptide Motherboard

The X570S PG Riptide comes in usual all-matte black finish. You’ll find the familiar PCIE steel slot for your graphic card, and there’s one full cover M.2 Armor heat shield for the Hyper M.2 slot (PCIe Gen4 x4). The other M.2 slot (PCIe Gen3) and M.2 Wifi slots are uncovered.

A Closer Look

主板上没有开/关或重置按钮,但是您将在I / O面板上找到2个清晰的CMOS按钮,另一个在主板上。没有诊断LED,但ASROCK确实包括其邮政状态检查器,这很简单地进行故障排除LED,每次启动系统时都会显示CPU / DRAM / VGA /引导操作。

On closer inspection, you’ll find 1 x 8-pin and 1 x 4-pin power connectors for the motherboard. And surprisingly, like the B550 PG Riptide, the motherboard comes with a total of 4 pin headers for RGB, yes 4! … 2 ARGB headers (5V) and 2 standard RGB headers (12V). Perfect for gamers who love RGB!

There’s loads of connectors on the motherboard, these include … HDMI, PS/2 keyboard and mouse, 3 x USB 3.2 Gen2 (Front Type-C, Rear Type-A+C), 8 x USB 3.2 Gen1 (4 Front, 4 Rear), 6 USB 2.0 (4 Front, 2 Rear), and the Killer E3100X 2.5GB LAN, as well as an array of audio connectors.

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