ASRock Z890 Taichi AQUA Gaming Motherboard

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

1DPC 1R Up to 9600+ MHz (OC), 5600 MHz Natively.

1DPC 2R Up to 6800+ MHz (OC), 5600 MHz Natively.

2DPC 1R Up to 6800+ MHz (OC), 4800 MHz Natively.

2DPC 2R Up to 5800+ MHz (OC), 4400 MHz Natively.

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*

Intel® UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.

Supports two 4K displays or one 8K display.

Only the CPU's embedded graphics can be displayed through Thunderbolt™ ports.

If you want to display to a Thunderbolt™ monitor, please use CPU models with embedded graphics.

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

Wi-Fi 7 (6GHz band) will be supported by Microsoft Windows® 11.

The availability will depend on the different regulation status of each country and region. It will be activated (for supported countries) through Windows® Update and software updates once

available.

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)

If M2_2 is occupied, PCIE1 will downgrade to x8 mode and PCIE2 will downgrade to x4 mode.

PCIE1 supports PCIe riser cards to extend one x16 slot to x8/x8 or x8/x4/x4 slots.

Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

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

Supports Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)

Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

If M2_2 is occupied, PCIE1 will downgrade to x8 mode and PCIE2 will downgrade to x4 mode.

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)

All USB ports support ESD Protection

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

Supports in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip

Support in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip

CPU_FAN1 supports the fan power up to 1A (12W).

CPU_FAN2, CHA_FAN1~4, AIO_PUMP and W_PUMP support the fan power up to 3A (36W).

CPU_FAN2, CHA_FAN1~4, AIO_PUMP and W_PUMP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

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)

Supports USB PD 3.0 up to 5V@3A (15W) charging

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

These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.

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