ASRock X670E Motherboards Listed With Sub-$300 Price Tag
Two European retailers on Wednesday listed ASRock’s family of motherboards based on AMD’s X670E chipset and designed for the upcoming Ryzen 7000 series processors. (opens in new tab)However, unlike all AMD X670E powered mainboards we’ve encountered so far, some of ASRock’s X670E platforms aren’t prohibitively expensive, according to two retailers.
For AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 7000 processors in AM5 (opens in new tab) ASRock offers five motherboards based on AMD’s X670 Extreme chipset. As the company revealed in his early August, it will not be offering standard his X670 platform at this time. (opens in new tab)Instead, the family includes two dreadnoughts, the X670E Taichi Carrara and X670E Taichi mainboards, aimed at enthusiasts and overclockers with no budget limit, and the X670E Steel Legend, X670E Pro RS, and The X670E PG Lightning is for everyone else.
In fact, ASRock’s flagship X670E Taichi Carrara and X670E Taichi mainboards are the most expensive in the company’s family, at €693 ($578 excluding VAT) and €661 ($550 excluding VAT) in France. It’s expensive. @momomo_us (opens in new tab), a hardware leaker with a good track record. Sure, $5,000+ is still a lot of money for a motherboard, but it’s a lot cheaper than the $1,300 to $1,500 range I’ve seen on Asus’s X670E mainboard. (opens in new tab) and MSI (opens in new tab).
Perhaps more importantly, ASRock’s cheapest X670E PG Lightning will cost €334 in France ($278 excluding VAT) and £311.62 in the UK ($298 excluding VAT). This is the range of AMD X670-based platforms from Asus and MSI. The X670E Pro RS retails for around €373 ($311 before VAT), while the X670E Steel Legend retails for around €412 ($311 before VAT). for $343).
We have summarized the data in the following table.
French price | French price excluding VAT | uk prices | UK price excluding VAT | |
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X670E Taichi Carrara | €693 | $578 | 647 pounds | $618 |
X670E Taichi | €661 | $550 | 617 pounds | $589 |
X670E steel legend | €373 | $343 | £385 | $368 |
X670E Pro RS | €412 | $311 | £290 | $331 |
X670E PG Lightning | €334 | $278 | 312 pounds | $298 |
It’s hard to explain why ASRock’s X670E motherboards are significantly cheaper than mainboards based on the same chipset from other vendors. About 20 years ago — ASRock was a maker of cheap motherboards. Still, in recent years, the company has become a supplier of relatively high-end products aimed at demanding gamers and overclockers.
Officially, ASRock’s flagship X670E platform will be an Aqua-badged product designed for enthusiasts with custom liquid cooling systems, which could approach the $1000s. Meanwhile, ASRock’s X670E PG Lightning is entering vanilla X670 territory at a price below $300. Assuming the prices are right, it doesn’t seem like all premium AM5 motherboards are priced outrageously.
As the launch date for AMD’s new platform approaches, more and more retailers will list motherboards based on AMD’s X670 and X670 Extreme chipsets. However, Biostar and Gigabyte’s prices for his AM5 motherboards are yet to be confirmed.