ASRock X670E Steel Legend Overview
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2022
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Pretty wild how much you prepared for us Wendell - wow. Awesome job.
That's high praise from a man wearing a tie ;).
Kudos to Wendell!
Awesome job Wendell. This highlights one of the key aspects I have always liked about ASRock. Their Z670 boards (and others) were panned by reviewers for not having enough USB connectivity, fast forward to their newest offerings and they have heard the complaints and done what their customers want. They always try to keep up with the needs of their users.
I love the cooling design on this, the raw aluminum look really appeals to me. I guess we will see how it stacks up against the competition soon enough.
Running this board with a 7950X, bought it after seeing this video. No issues whatsoever. Love all the USB ports on the back.
When you bought this board did you experience mild coil whine around the cpu area? Mine has constant whine during idle and its annoying.
Good stuff, I love buying things and then watching reviews afterwards and feeling relief when I realise I made a decent choice
Thanks Wendell! Really glad someone had a look at a "reasonably" priced motherboard on day 1 to pair with a 7700x. Time to finally retire my X99 system.
Wouldn’t call that thing reasonable priced.
@@vollhorst140 Yeah, that part was intended to be sarcastic. 300 is at the low end of x670 pricing unfortunately.
I bought this MB based on your review! thanks for publishing this vid.
Finally a motherboard with a reasonable amount of USB A ports. I hate how modern motherboards usually stop at around 7 ports.
I already used all of them haha.
Thanks for covering ASRock.
My Asrock B550 Steel Legend is still going strong 24/7, rock solid board... On my next upgrate this will be the one I'm getting for sure.
Still can't believe this is launching. Through work Wendell as always,
Wendell always does his best work for us! Thanks sir!
I really appreciate your job, I couldn't anyone else reviewing it this fast before pulling the trigger
Great to see this motherboard reviewed, it is the motherboard that I had already identified as the (X670) that I am most interested in, that is, if I decide to buy now rather than to wait for the Zen 5 CPU's.
Awesome work Wendell. Did you by any chance, tested IOMMU groups in this one? I am interested in using it for Gaming VMs
Error Correction does get my attention! =)
I heard that and perked up immediately.
Thanks for this review; I'm thinking of making a PC and using this alongside the upcoming RX 7900 XTX and 7950X3D 🔥
picked one of these up cause the white Taichi was sold out! Excited to get this installed with the 7900x!
Great review, I am researching gear for a new box
Great review, after much reading I have decided to buy this motherboard.
Wendell you continue to be an awesome reviewer for motherboards, CPUs, ram etc …. Both consumer and enterprise level. You’re the best PR a pc tech company can use 🥰💪👍. The tech teddy bear 🧸. Job well done my man 🥳🎉🎊
Just got the board yesterday. The memory sticker came off just fine, zero residue. Looks like they fixed it.
Initial releases of CPU, memory and motherboards seems to be fine. But I would prefer to wait at least 6 months before buying all this new stuff. Windows might need some updates to optimize it all too.
Finally motherboard companies agree in having no need for 7.1 output jacks, that's probably reserve for less than 1% of users I imagine.
I'm always curious if they can drive top end-headsets, they have improve a lot but not many people bother testing headsets from 30-600 Ohms impedance to see if they are up to the task.
Can't wait to see a 7800x3D version on those Ryzen in the near future.
yeah it's time they realized that people using onboard audio aren't the ones with fancy 7.1 setups, and that those with 7.1 setups are using a dedicated sound card or USB sound card
@@marcogenovesi8570 Doesn't need to be a "fancy" 7.1, it could be the standard 5.1 setup that companies like Logitech have been selling for the better part of 20 years. And, more people would have a use for this than two Ethernet ports.
@@warren_r (X) doubt for the two ethernet ports especially on Asrock where ECC ram support is functional.
Also even the "standard 5.1 setup" is very rare in my experience. 99% of those I see either have headphones or a 2.1 setup. So I would personally still prefer to see only three audio ports (mic, stereo out and a digital out like in this board, either copper or optic)
That said, have more space for more USB is also fine
@@Cinnabuns2009 Yes HDMI can move 7.1 sound, that's why audio stuff can have HDMI ports as digital sound input.
Not sure if the onboard garbage realtek sound chipset is even involved in this, afaik it is not
@@Cinnabuns2009 I never tested audio but I know you can force active the onboard graphics with a bios setting so you can use it together with a dedicated card to show more screen space.
All my future power supply's will be EVGA out of respect.
This is the motherboard I grabbed, it was great value (in comparison to other x670e motherboards, still expensive). I think Asrock did a great job with this board. Those heatsinks are chonky, and I definitely plan on overclocking so that'll be great. Thanks for covering it!
Hey man I plan on getting the same motherboard, I just wanted to confirm with you that the GPU slot and the M.2 slot are PCIE 5.0 right?
@@Speed_Monger correct
@@realtayo42 Cool thanks. Btw have you decided the cooler? I have gotten the 7900x but can’t decide the cooler
@@Speed_Monger yep, i picked up the arctic liquid freezer 2 360 aio. Gamers nexus found it to be the best cooler along with the ek aio 360 and it has a low noise level
@@realtayo42 Gotcha. I’m probably thinking of the same one but 280 mm
Thank you, Wendell! 🇺🇸 😎👍☕
glad to hear that i bought a decent board.
I notice a lot of manufacturers seem to be cutting down the on board audio. I guess a cost optimization?
Do you have a video of tested Intel/AMD consumer DDR 4/5 boards that support ECC?
Thanks for this video👍🏻
I just got the ASRock B650E Riptide Wifi and the 7800X3D to go with my 7800XT... Running my DeepCool AK500 on it too, and I'm Happy so far with this Board... I'm just coming off a 5800X3D, MSI X570S Edge Max Wifi and XFX Merc319 Core 6800XT, but that'll end up in another Case and be a back Up for this one should anything go Wrong...
very informative video ! I have a question regarding the GPU slot, you said it's x16 lot but on the diagram its written x16/x8 ? What does it means ? If I populate the MB with nvme ssd it will go to 8 or its divided when I put a second GPU in ?
running a b550m steel legend and absolutely love it, iand often recommend it every chance i get. running a 5800x with zero issues at all and it looks great...im not sure about how thick this chonk of a x670e will look in a case.... pretty soon they will all be as thick as a tower cooler xD
I been looking for a mid ranged MB and the 2 that seem to popup is this one ASRock X670E Steel Legend vs the GIGABYTE X670 AORUS Elite AX, which one would be the better motherboard choice :)
Is it possible to review the asus mini itx x670e? Would love to know the capabilities of that board, especially for that price.
I'd like to add some comments. First of all ASRock has identified an issue with the memory sticker not coming off properly. ASRock will allow RMAs for anyone with this issue. Secondly on page 37 of the manual this shows you how to clear the CMOS with a jumper. ASRock forgot to put a jumper in the box so you can't clear the CMOS. Thirdly, the GPU bracket may not work for all PC cases especially if you have a bar/bracket next to the GPU slot. Fourth, the M.2 slot next to the primary PCIe video card slot will only accept M.2 SSDs that do not have a large heatsink. If your M.2 has a large heatsink your video card may not go all the way down into the slot as it will hit the M.2 heatsink. ASRock should have made a CMOS reset button instead of a CMOS jumper.
Yea I am afraid the 4090 won’t fit all the way without hitting the m.2 heat sink! Any idea on this ?
@@abhisheksakpal484 Buy this motherboard under 4090 or 4080 and put the graphics in PCIe 3.0 x16?
I just bought this board. They no longer have those stickers on the board. Which is good. Asrock listened.
Im simply here for post purchase validation ....😅
Dang it! I'm just now getting my B550 together. Now I'm a whole generation behind!
Thinking of getting this for a 7600 build.
Can you do a overclocking video using this with a 7800X3D? I am not bios or oc literate and the few videos out there are using Asus boards.
This board is working well for me, but i'm having issues with SATA raid. Windows says it cant find drivers for raid controller, and i cant seem to find them online either. i set up the array in the bios, but that doesn't seem to have been sufficient. Anyone else having this issue?
9:05 uDIMM single bit correction works on AM4
I havea 3600 with 128GB of ECC uDIMM 9 chips per side and ECC shows as being active/functional
Asrock Rack X470
@@denvera1g1 That's AsRock for you. They seem to care about these things.
Having this mobo coming to me soon. Most probably don't matter, but would it be better to plug my AE-9 to that single slot or the bottom one? Or does it matter?
I have this board... will g skill 6400 MHZ ram 64gbs (Intel XMP) clock at that 6400 speed? Or will I have to run it lower?
I'm having issues with my 7600x on the X670E Steel Legend, with bios update 1.24. Windows 11 - 21996.1
I have a 280mm AIO, Liquid Freezer II Rev 3, and I have ensured 3 times that its functioning properly and is more than adequate cooling. BUT still no matter what, it cant get the temps down the same as what would usually be expected with these specs, and thus its thermal throttling and hitting max temps (95c).
I'm getting around 12200 - 12400 in cinebench r23, when the expected result stock, even with a shitty air cooler should be in the range of 14k+ bench result.
I've got this niggling feeling that its something to do with the bios, but I wouldn't know, because when I first set the PC up 3 days ago, I updated the bios with USB before I even installed windows.
I really want minimal risks with installing BIOS updates, or roll backs for that matter, but I'm still wondering, does anybody else have this issue, or have had issues with low stock benchmarks on my board, and whether or not its worth rolling back my BIOS and if so, to which one.
Specs:
2x G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 16gb DDR5 6000 CL36 EXPO
x670e Steel Legend
Ryzen 5 7600x
Zotac 3060 TI Twin Edge OC
Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 A-RGB
SN850 1tb NVME
Windows 11 - 21996.1
I'm always confused on mb manufacturers reasoning on pcie slots. Most of them don't make sense.
DDR 5 being see-saw'd in the slot ... Nailed IT!
Do any of the boards seem to be better for Linux (specifically Pop_os, but any really), or I guess, have any of them had any issues with Linux more than others? I would not think so, but you never know. I ordered my processor, but wanted to see if any boards end up being a hassle in terms of support first. I know that pretty much none of them have software support for any of the fancy features typically, but I just want to make sure all of the basic needs work well.
Waiting for b650 to make up my mind. Quite a few early adopters have tips on the l1 forums for this board tho
What about that 1 memory chip feature? The sticker even shows 1 chip, 2 chip, or 4 chip of ddr5. Curious if ONE DDR5 chip will clock higher than 2 or 4 chips, as a gamer im curious how one 32gb chip will fare vs two 16gb or four 8gb
1 chip will always be the single worst possible configuration.
Imo it's one of the best AM5 motherboards across all models. Some Too expensive, others too simple and this one is just right.
hey does an Noctua NH-15 CPU cooler fit on this board?
where you can buy ECC ram for this motherboard?
Am I just Blind or is it a Asrock thermology difference I cant find any way to Unlock the Bclk from the CPU and Mem - like the Asus Asynchronous option?
I'm running my 5600X under alot of water and its -30 on the Curve optimizer all core at full load 50*C 5.45ish GHZ.
I wouldn't mind being able to pump the Bclk a bit and use some of the headroom available.
However I have heard of OS corruption running Bclk linked in the past and this will also bump the memory out of the 6000mhz range - I found this board didn't like running mem over 6400 ish.
ASRock is fucking amazing!
Can I ask where I should put my 3060 card at, on this board? Is the higher or lower GPU slot best for it?
Holup what's this redriver feature that I've seen on some boards?
Hi, Would this Motherboard be a great choice for Proxmox and pcie passthrough ?
I'm putting one in my new (white ) "the tower500" case with a thick .. water cooling loop.
How do you change the clrgb color of the ram? The chrome asrock software doesn't even see the ram.
I read somewhere this has thunderbolt 4 support? does it? how does that work?
3:54 wait why have they not been doing that with the sticker the whole time? seems kind of convenient.
Hello,,,what is the difference between . X670E Pro RS and X670E Steel Legend
I'm a big fan of that open-ended x1 PCIe slot. I'm normally the first to denounce x1 slots as useless and insulting to the user, but at least when they're open-ended you don't have to use a scalpel to install something in it. SATA controllers for example work just fine with only x1 bandwidth because it's not like the HDDs I plug into them could ever saturate even that, but because HBA cards are generally designed for server boards where x4 or x16 are more common, they often simply don't fit in consumer boards because these gamer bro-infested companies assume the only thing you would ever want to install in a computer is a (single) GPU. The position of the battery is unfortunate but for x8 or shorter cards it shouldn't be a problem. It's little touches like this that make ASRock my favourites, along with their consistent support for essential features like ECC.
Only three slots on a full ATX board is pretty bad though. I would prefer a more efficient design where the M.2 slots are moved to the back so the front can fit the full six x16 slots specified by the ATX standard. They should all be at least x8 electrical with user-configurable bifurcation, and split into their own IOMMU groups.
you are too technical.
one of the reasons I bought this board is because it's 8 layer... I was going to get an asus but they wouldn't answer my emails or support messages when I asked if certain board was 8 layers or not because I wanted to go with a honkin big cpu air cooler & I wanted a board strong enough so it didn't worry me... & to me putting any liquid in a computer just runs counter to my brain grain lol haven't been able to overclock my gpu & idky... maybe it's the board
Why is it not debug led , cmos, and reset button on this mobo.? It should be standard in mobos of this models and price. The b650e taichi lite is $20 cheaper, I don't understand it.
I cant decide this or msi 670e tomahawk ?
I mean the steel legend has been my favorite for while now
hi pardon my ignorance but when i try and plug 2 ram sticks in sual channel mode at a2 b2 config but it doesnt boot any advice??
Hi does this motherboard have a feature to restore a corrupted BIOS? Does the BIOS Flashback restore it?
Is this a great motherboard for a amd ryzen 9 7800x ?
Intel A770 SR-IOV + Lookingglas test?
At what point should I worry about my system not getting past memory training after bios update? It’s been 30 minutes with 32 gb
Bios update?
Anyone have more info on this? 64GB 2x DIMM, 3 hours so far w/ latest BIOS and it's still just flashing that little DRAM POST light training away... :\
the whole other dimension of crazy that is uncorrected error handling - whatever that is, even if it is just an instant blue-screen, is probably preferable to the current status quo of just silently accepting the ddr4 bits as given , irrespective of their erroneous nature
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My RGB on this motherboard is not working could it be BIOS update ?
i want to add another m.2 storage, what should i buy?
I'm kinda sad for that new trend of less PCIE slots, the Steel Legend was well known for having at least 4 PCIE slots, that board has barely two :/
how else would you fit that new shoe box🙊'GPU' in your pc case?🤣
Im hoping to get this board... I hope not to have that ram sticker issue. Otherwise this looks like a solid board.
I had a little bit of it stay behind, came off easy. Just don't push it down into the slot.
I love how he tried to fit in the RAM the wrong way round. Happens to me all the time.
Listed in Europe for 399€ (includes Tax) - Early Adopter Prices.
I’m looking at this board here in the Netherlands current price is €360. Not a big bargain but ok I guess going to buy it somewhere next week and drop in 64gb mem.. to bad 128gb with good speed is still a no no..I’m going to use the on board cpu gpu.
I know this is kinda the question that nobody actually knows the answer to but realistically would it be best to wait for Intel's next gen stuff before going all in on a 7950X? I desperately need the threads for my work but the power usage is concerning to me.
i9-13900K testing in Asia shows it consuming about the same wattage or more than the 7950X in certain workloads so don't expect it to use any less power other than maybe at idle or gaming (if it acts similarly to Alderlake). Wendell has already mentioned using curve optimizer in his 7950X review to keep temps/power down and clock speeds up. For casual users or people who don't want to tinker you can try the Eco modes that PC World tested and found to be very good. 105 watt mode only lost 10% of stock performance in multi-thread while still being over 20% faster than the i9-12900K. 65 watt mode managed to keep 75% of performance and still beat Alderlake and Zen 3. 105 watt mode seems to be the sweet spot for work loads if you don't need absolute full power and 65 watt mode should be fine for lightly threaded PC tasks and most games.
Are you planning on buying the last available AM5 x950x cpu, or are you going to not upgrade for 3+ years? If former, may as well do the 7950x now since your next cpu will be on the platform anyways. if the latter, wait and see what Intel has since platform longevity won’t matter.
I would actually do neither and do the 5950x as cheap as possible, then upgrade to AM5 right before it dies for super mature DDR5 and platform at a discount. But I’m also cheap.
I would avoid Intel for at least another two generations if I were you. 12th gen performs well on paper, and presumably so will 13th gen, but in practice I've had constant issues with big.LITTLE and standard Intel perfidy, ie no ECC and _removing_ the SR-I/OV support they did have. iGPUs which could accelerate multiple VMs at once was essentially their only selling point to me for years, but the moment they return to relevance on the multicore performance front, they dropped it. Bleh.
You can decrease the power consumption and heat levels drastically: m.ruclips.net/video/FaOYYHNGlLs/видео.html
I would wait before buying anything just to make sure you don't get milked at high early adopter prices. Especially since raptor lake hasn't released yet.
You need a high-pass filter on that audio. I can hear the humming without headphones.
Is this motherboard known for coil whine? Mine keeps whining at idle and I cant for the life of me understand why or how to fix it.
Still a bit miffled how the AM4 is so much better for a homelab setup with many pcie devices and/or a NAS.
My ASROCK x670e steel legend and Ryzen 7 7700x just failed. Both motherboard and CPU failed after 10 months no issues what so ever. Just leaving this here for those considering this for an AM5 board. System was on an UPS and not manually overclocked. So far RMA approved without issue from ASROCK and AMD.
I'll buy EVGAs power supplies exclusively so hopefully that helps, but RIP EVGA.
If EVGA does start selling sombreros I think I'd be down to buy it just for the LOLs. :-) :-) ;-)
Why don't we see more motherboards with 10GbE on the rear I/O?
Because very few people actually need it or have access to 10g networks
I am a huge fan of Steel Legend, they always feel like the most premium budget boards at the lowest budget prices for their chipset. I actually own an X570 and X470 Steel Legend.
Same. And the 670 seems like the most logical upgrade path for me. Will still wait a little while - that mobo/cpu/mem upgrade can dent a wallet pretty easy! Considering upgrading my AIO to a be quiet - but my Fractal still running just fine.
could i use 4 8gb sticks with the motherboard ?
I love how everyone is like these am5 boards are so expensive. Do y'all remember when the 12th gen mother boards came out. Same damn price. At least most of these boards are good spec wise they just don't have all the bells and whistles that previous higher end board at similar price points as the low end of am5 cost do. Prices will change as more supply gets out there and time passes.
Most of these new am5 boards have VRM cooling that was on the higher end am4 boards.
This board is really hard to find as of 1/27/23. Took me three weeks to get one at $299
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I wonder, will we still need to find a USB stick manufactured 10 years ago to do BIOS flashback on AM5 platforms? Eventually it's going to start becoming impossible to find them...
Huh? Be grateful that’s actually implemented natively on am5.
Glad you mentioned Linux since I plan to go with that OS on my new build.
they should put a sticker on the socket too!!
😂😭😩🤣🙃🤦🏾♂
Asrock or asus mobo? Which one is better?
Pretty sure, the only ones confusing people are tech press. The average person has no idea what ECC is, let alone how it functions with regard to on-die versus system level. Let alone the levels available for multi-bit flips.
I don't know what kind of retainers those DIMM slots have, but if they still have that stupid system of locking clips on one side only, the way you put the DIMMs into the slots can create a problem. I've had multiple issues seating DIMMS in those Asrock single side clip slots. I find I can't put the MB on a soft surface, so I lay the board on a hard surface, then push down evenly and firmly until it seats and locks, and then put my fingers spread over the top of the entire DIMM and push down hard, just to make sure it seated correctly.
And you wouldn't believe how many bad reviews there are for this type of DIMM locking system.
So hopefully they moved to locking clips on both sides and then the way you did this, on top of a box that can sink in as your pushing, shouldn't create a problem.
This board uses the single-sided clips.
Woot!