ASROCK Z890 TAICHI AQUA (LGA1851, Z890, DDR5, USB3.2 GEN2X2 TYPE-C, SATA3)

Unique Feature

Superb Productivity

- PCIe Gen5 (Graphics, M.2)

- Dual Channel DDR5

- Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C Ports (40 Gb/s)

Rock-Solid Durability

- Server-Grade Low-Loss PCB

- 28+1+2+1+1 Power Phase, 110A SPS for VCore with Enlarged Heatsink Armor

- Memory OC Shield

- Flexible Integrated I/O Shield

- 20K Long-lasting Black Caps (high quality and conductive polymer capacitors)

Ultrafast Connectivity

- Marvell 10G LAN, Realtek 5G LAN

- 802.11be Wi-Fi 7 Module

EZ Update

- BIOS Flashback Button

- ASRock Auto Driver Installer

CPU

- Supports Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors (Series 2) (LGA1851RL-ILM)

- Supports Intel® Hybrid Technology

- Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology

- Supports Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost (TVB)

- Supports Intel® Adaptive Boost Technology (ABT)

- Integrated NPU for dedicated AI acceleration

- Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine

Chipset

- Intel® Z890

Memory

- Dual Channel DDR5 Memory Technology

- 4 x DDR5 DIMM Slots

- Supports DDR5 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 9600MHz+(OC)*

- Supports Clocked Unbuffered DIMM (CUDIMM)

- Max. capacity of system memory: 256GB

- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 3.0x

BIOS

- 256Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support

Graphics

- Intel® Xe LPG Graphics Architecture

- 2 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4, support HDCP 2.3 and max. resolution up to 8K 60Hz / 5K 120Hz*

Audio

- 5.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC4082 Audio Codec)

- WIMA Audio Capacitors (For Front Outputs)

- ESS SABRE9219 DAC for Front Panel Audio (130dB SNR)

- Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel

- Impedance Sensing on Rear Out port

- Nahimic Audio

LAN

1 x 10 Gigabit LAN 100/1000/2500/5000/10000 Mb/s (Marvell AQC113)

- Support Wake-On-LAN

- Support PXE 1 x 5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500/5000 Mb/s (Realtek RTL8126)

Wireless LAN

- 802.11be 2x2 Wi-Fi 7 Module

- Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/axe/be

- Supports 2.4GHz/5GHz/6GHz* frequency band

- Supports 320MHz channel bandwidth with 6GHz* frequency band

- 1 antenna to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity technology

- Supports Bluetooth 5.4

- Supports MU-MIMO

- Supports Killer LAN Software

Slots

CPU:

- 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1 and PCIE2), support x16 or x8/x8 modes*

Chipset:

- 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 Slot (PCIE3), supports x4 mode*

- 1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT PCIe WiFi module

- Supports AMD CrossFire™

- 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slots (PCIE1 and PCIE2)

Storage

CPU:

- 1 x Blazing M.2 Socket (M2_1, Key M), supports type 2280 PCIe Gen5x4 (128 Gb/s) mode*

- 1 x Blazing M.2 Socket (M2_2, Key M), supports type 2280 PCIe Gen5x4 (128 Gb/s) mode*

- 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_3, Key M), supports type 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*

Chipset:

- 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_4, Key M), supports type 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*

- 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_5, Key M), supports type 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*

- 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_6, Key M), supports type 2242/2260/2280 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s & PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) modes*

- 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors

RAID

- Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices

- Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for M.2 NVMe storage devices

USB

CPU:

- 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C (Rear)

Chipset:

- 2 x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C (Front)

- 4 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C (Rear)

- 4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A (Front)

- 4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C (Rear)

- 4 x USB 2.0 (Front)

Connector

- 3 x Thermistor Cable Headers

- 1 x SPI TPM Header

- 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header

- 1 x RGB LED Header*

- 3 x Addressable LED Headers**

- 2 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)***

- 4 x Chassis Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)***

- 1 x AIO Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)***

- 1 x Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)***

- 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)

- 2 x 8 pin 12V Power Connectors (Hi-Density Power Connector)

- 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15μ Gold Audio Connector)

- 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports)

- 2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports)

- 2 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Headers (20 Gb/s)

- 1 x Dr. Debug with LED

- 1 x Power Button with LED

- 1 x Reset Button with LED

Rear Panel I/O

- 2 x Antenna Ports

- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port

- 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C Ports (40 Gb/s for USB4 protocol; 40Gb/s for Thunderbolt™ protocol)*

- 4 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C Ports (10 Gb/s)

- 4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C Ports (USB32_TC_56 support Ultra USB Power.)

- 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports

- 1 x Clear CMOS Button

- 1 x BIOS Flashback Button

- 1 x Line Out Jack (Gold Audio Jack)

- 1 x Microphone Input Jack (Gold Audio Jack)

Software and UEFI

Software

- ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning)

- Killer Control Center

- ASRock Polychrome SYNC*

UEFI

- ASRock EZ Mode

- ASRock Full HD UEFI

- ASRock My Favorites in UEFI

- ASRock Auto Driver Installer

- ASRock Instant Flash

Accessories

- 4 x SATA Data Cables

- 1 x USB 2.0 Bracket

- 1 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5/6 GHz Antenna

- 1 x ARGB Splitter Cable

- 3 x Thermistor Cables

Form Factor

- EATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 10.8-in, 30.5 cm x 27.4 cm

- 10 Layer PCB

- 2oz Copper PCB

OS

- Microsoft Windows® 11 64-bit

Certifications

- FCC, CE

- ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

- CEC Tier II ready