ASRock X299 Taichi Intel x299 Motherboard

X299 Taichi

• ASRock Super Alloy
• Supports Intel® Core™ X-Series Processor Family for the LGA 2066 Socket
• 13 Power Phase Design, Dr. MOS
• Supports DDR4 4400+(OC)
• 4 PCIe 3.0 x16, 1 PCIe 2.0 x1
• NVIDIA® 3-Way SLI™, AMD 3-Way CrossFireX™
• 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec), Supports Purity Sound™ 4 & DTS Connect
• 10 SATA3, 3 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)
• 2 USB 3.1 10Gb/s (1 Type-A + 1 Type-C)
• 8 USB 3.0 (4 Front, 4 Rear)
• Dual Intel® Gigabit LAN
• Intel® 802.11ac WiFi
• ASRock RGB LED
• BIOS Flashback
• Hyper BCLK Engine III

Dual Band 802.11ac WiFi
No one has time for weak WiFi signals and sluggish internet! That's why this motherboard comes with a 802.11ac WiFi (2.4G / 5G WiFi) module which supports wireless networks and Bluetooth v4.2.

Triple Ultra M.2
Triple of the world's fastest PCIe Gen3 x4 Ultra M.2 slots that deliver up to 32Gb/s transfer speed, it also supports SATA3 6Gb/s M.2 modules.

13 Power Phase Design
Designed with a 13 Power Phase design, this motherboard features sturdy components and completely smooth power delivery to the CPU. Plus, it offers unmatched overclocking capabilities and enhanced performance with the lowest temperature for advanced gamers as well.

Dr. MOS
Dr. MOS design features the latest SPS (Smart Power Stage) technology. It's optimized for monitoring current and temperature of each phase, thus delivering smoother and neater power to the CPU with enhanced performance and OC capability.

Dual USB 3.1 (Type-A + Type-C)
The newer and more power efficient ASM3142 USB 3.1 controller not only delivers up to 10 Gbps data transfer rates but also supports “Multiple Ins” architecture, it is able to maintain fast and stable speed while transferring data from two USB storage devices at the same time without bogging down by their speed difference.

RGB LED
Build your own colorful lighting system! RGB LED and header allows users to connect LED strip and create their unique PC style easily. The ASRock RGB LED utility can be downloaded directly or from an all-in-one utility ASRock Live Update & APP Shop!

PCI-E STEEL SLOTS
The advanced PCI-E Steel Slots packed with solid cover that prevent any signal interference with graphics cards. It also ensures the heavy graphics cards to be well-installed in the PCI-E slots safely.

Specifications

Unique Features

• ASRock USB 3.1
• ASRock USB 3.1 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s)
• ASRock USB 3.1 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s)
• ASRock Super Alloy
• XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
• Premium 65A Power Choke
• Dr. MOS
• Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
• I/O Armor
• Matte Black PCB
• High Density Glass Fabric PCB
• ASRock 802.11ac WiFi
• ASRock Steel Slots
• ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)
• ASRock Ultra USB Power
• ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
• ASRock Live Update & APP Shop

CPU

• Supports Intel® Core™ X-Series Processor Family for the LGA 2066 Socket
• Digi Power design
• 13 Power Phase design
• Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0
• Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine III

*Please note that the 4-Core processors only support Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0.

Chipset

• Intel® X299

Memory

• Quad Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
• 8 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
• Supports DDR4 4400+(OC)* / 4266(OC) / 4133(OC) / 4000(OC) / 3866(OC) / 3800(OC) / 3733(OC) / 3600(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933(OC) / 2800(OC) / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
• Supports non-ECC RDIMM (Registered DIMM)
• Max. capacity of system memory 128GB**
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0
• 15µ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

• The maximum memory frequency supported may vary by processor type.
• Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.

Please refer to Memory Support List on ASRock's website for more information.

BIOS

• 2 × 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support (1 x Main BIOS and 1 x Backup BIOS)
• Supports Secure Backup UEFI Technology
• ACPI 6.1 Compliant wake up events
• SMBIOS 3.0 Support
• CPU, DRAM, VPPM, VTTM, PCH 1.0V, VCCMPHY, VCCIO, VCCST, VCCSA, VCCSFR, VCCPLL, CLK VDD Voltage Multi-adjustment

Graphics

• n/a

Audio

• 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec)
• Premium Blu-ray Audio support
• Supports Surge Protection
• Supports Purity Sound™ 4
• Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
• 120dB SNR DAC with Differential Amplifier
• TI® NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier for Front Panel Audio Connector (Supports up to 600 Ohm headsets)
• Pure Power-In
• Direct Drive Technology
• PCB Isolate Shielding
• Impedance Sensing on Front Out port
• Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel
• Gold Audio Jacks
• 15µ Gold Audio Connector
• Supports DTS Connect

LAN

• Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
• 1 x Giga PHY Intel® I219V, 1 x GigaLAN Intel® I211AT
• Supports Wake-On-LAN
• Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
• Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
• Supports PXE

Wireless LAN

• Intel® 802.11ac WiFi Module (Free Bundle)
• Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
• Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz)
• Supports high speed wireless connections up to 433Mbps
• Supports Bluetooth 4.2 / 3.0 + High speed class II

Slots

• 4 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots*
• 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot
• Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™**
• Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLI™, 3-Way SLI™ and SLI™***
• 1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E) with the bundled WiFi-802.11ac module (on the rear I/O)
• 15µ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1 and PCIE3)

*If you install CPU with 44 lanes, PCIE1/PCIE2/PCI­E3/PCIE5 will run at x16/x8/x16/x0 or x8/x8/x16/x8.
If you install CPU with 28 lanes, PCIE1/PCIE2/PCI­E3/PCIE5 will run at x16/x0/x8/x0 or x8/x0/x8/x8.
If you install CPU with 16 lanes, PCIE1/PCIE2/PCI­E3/PCIE5 will run at x16/x0/x0/x0 or x8/x0/x4/x0.
Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

**3-Way CrossFireX™ is only supported with CPU with 44 lanes or 28 lanes.

***This feature is only supported with CPU with 44 lanes or 28 lanes.

Storage

• 8 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connec­tors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 15 and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug*
• 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
• 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2230/2242/226­0/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**
• 2 x Ultra M.2 Sockets (M2_1 and M2_3), support M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**

• If M2_1 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_1 will be disabled.
• If M2_2 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_0 will be disabled.
• If M2_3 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_7 will be disabled.
• Supports Intel® Optane™ Technology
• Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
• Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

Connector

• 1 x Virtual RAID On CPU Header
• 1 x TPM Header
• 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
• 2 x RGB LED Headers*
• 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)**
• 1 x CPU Optional/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)***
• 2 x Chassis Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
• 1 x Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)****
• 1 × 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
• 1 × 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
• 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15µ Gold Audio Connector)
• 1 x Thunderbolt™ AIC Connector (5-pin)
• 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
• 2 x USB 3.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.0 ports) (ASMedia ASM1074 Hub) (Supports ESD Protection)
• 1 x Dr. Debug with LED

• Support up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip

**The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.
***The CPU Optional/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 1.5A (18W) fan power.
****The Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 1.5A (18W) fan power.
*****CPU_OPT/W_PUM­P, CHA_FAN1, CHA_FAN2 and CHA_FAN3/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 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
• 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
• 2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
• 1 x USB 3.1 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM3142) (Supports ESD Protection)
• 1 x USB 3.1 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM3142) (Supports ESD Protection)*
• 4 x USB 3.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
• 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
• 1 x BIOS Flashback Switch
• 1 x Clear CMOS Switch
• HD Audio Jacks Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks)

• Ultra USB Power is supported on USB3_12 ports.
• ACPI wake-up function is not supported on USB3_12 ports.

Software and UEFI
Software

• ASRock A-Tuning
• ASRock RGB LED
• ASRock APP Charger
• ASRock XFast LAN*

UEFI

• ASRock EZ Mode
• ASRock Full HD UEFI
• ASRock My Favorites in UEFI
• ASRock Instant Flash
• ASRock Internet Flash
• ASRock Crashless BIOS
• ASRock UEFI System Browser
• ASRock UEFI Tech Service
• ASRock Easy RAID Installer

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

Support CD

• Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar

Accessories

• Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
• 4 x SATA Data Cables
• 1 x ASRock SLI_HB_Bridge_2S Card
• 1 x ASRock 3-Way SLI-2S1S Bridge Card
• 2 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antennas
• 3 x Screws for Ultra M.2 Sockets

Hardware Monitor

• Temperature Sensing CPU, CPU Optional/Water Pump, Chassis, Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fans
• Fan Tachometer CPU, CPU Optional/Water Pump, Chassis, Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fans
• Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature) CPU, CPU Optional/Water Pump, Chassis, Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fans
• Fan Multi-Speed Control CPU, CPU Optional/Water Pump, Chassis, Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fans
• Voltage monitoring +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, DRAM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCSA, VCCSFR

Form Factor

• ATX Form Factor 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm
• 8 Layer PCB
• 2oz Copper PCB