PHILOSOPHY OF INFINITE POTENTIAL

Taichi represents the philosophical state of undifferentiated absolute and infinite potential. A motherboard that fulfills every task – with style! Become like water. Shapeless, formless, versatile for any situation.

Exclusive 20K Cap with 1000uF Capacitance

The upgraded 20K Black capacitor not only extends the lifespan to 20,000 hours but also increases the capacitance value from 560uF to 1000uF, bringing several benefits:

• ●Higher Capacitance: Greater charge storage for better support under high loads.
• ●Lower Ripple: Reduced power output fluctuations, improving quality.
• ●More Stable Output Current: Stable power supply, minimizing voltage impacts.
• ●Better Performance & System Stability: Increased reliability and consistent performance.

20+1+2+1+1 Power Phase Design

Featuring 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.

SPS (Smart Power Stage)

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.

Hi-Density Power Connector

CPU overclocking requires higher current, ASRock Hi-Density Power connectors is able to withstand current higher traditional CPU 8-pin and ATX 24-pin connector, giving a more stable system as well as lowering the risk of fire under heavy overclocking.

Aluminum Heatsink

The first thing that catches the eye is the optimized Aluminum Heatsink Design. Heatsinks are crucial for efficient heat dissipation, especially during heavy workloads like gaming or productivity tasks. Motherboard that built with heatsinks can effectively manage thermal performance, hence ensure system stability and durability effortlessly.

PWM/DC Fan Support

ASRock fan headers automatically detect whether fans are running in DC or PWM mode, allowing users to fine-tune the fan curve and achieve quieter operation.

1. ① CPU Fan Connector
2. ② AIO Pump Fan Connector
3. ③ Chassis Fan Connectors
4. ④ Water Pump Fan Connector

Thermistor Header

The thermistor cable and thermistor header provide an additional source for temperature monitoring, offering customized thermal management solutions based on workload. Thermal management settings can be easily configured via Fan-Tastic Tuning or UEFI.

Fan-Tastic Tuning

ASRock A-Tuning Fan-Tastic Tuning function enables users to auto-detect the minimum duty of each fan with a single click. Users can also easily adjust the fan curve via the visualized UI interface, meeting their system's cooling performance and noise reduction requirements.

Advanced Thermal Design

Equipped with XXL aluminum heatsinks that cover the VRM, PCH, and M.2 areas, providing enhanced heat dissipation for stable operation and optimal performance.

Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C

Thunderbolt™ 4 technology brings speed and versatility to the most advanced USB Type-C, offering a fast and simple level of connection for work or home. It enables lightning-fast data transfer up to 40Gbps and connects external monitors, Thunderbolt™, and USB devices with a single Thunderbolt 4 cable.

Please refer to Intel® “What is Thunderbolt 4” page for more detail.

Optimized 5 Gb/s LAN

ASRock's 5Gb/s LAN Connector features an exclusive, patent-pending design, boasting superior electromagnetic interference resistance, ensuring high-speed stable performance and providing users with a better networking experience.

Front Panel USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C Header

The latest USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C delivers up to 20 Gbps data transfer rate which is 2x as fast as previous generation, providing a blazing fast data transfer interface with reversible USB Type-C design that fits the connector either way.

POLYCHROME RGB

This motherboard features onboard RGB headers and addressable RGB headers that allow motherboard to be connected to compatible LED devices such as strip, CPU fans, coolers, chassis and so on. Users may also synchronize RGB LED devices across the Polychrome RGB Sync-certified accessories to create their own unique lighting effects.

*The addressable RGB LED header supports WS2812B addressable RGB LED strip (5V/Data/GND), with a maximum power rating of 3A (5V), a max of 80 LEDs and length within 2 meters.

*The RGB LED header supports standard 5050 RGB LED strip (12V/G/R/B), with a maximum power rating of 3A (12V) and length within 2 meters.

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
• - 20+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

• - 5G LAN, 2.5G LAN, 802.11be Wi-Fi 7 Module
• - ASRock Lightning Gaming Ports

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 9600+(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
• - 1 x HDMI 2.1 TMDS/FRL 8G Compatible, supports HDR, HDCP 2.3 and max. resolution up to 4K 120Hz
• - 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 Rear Outputs)
• - ESS SABRE9219 DAC for Rear Panel Audio (130dB SNR)
• - Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel
• - Direct Drive Technology on Front headphone port (Supports up to 600 Ohm headsets)
• - Nahimic Audio

LAN

• 1 x 5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500/5000 Mb/s (Realtek RTL8126)
• 1 x 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s (Dragon RTL8125BG)
• - Supports Dragon 2.5G LAN Software
• - Smart Auto Adjust Bandwidth Control
• - Visual User Friendly UI
• - Visual Network Usage Statistics
• - Optimized Default Setting for Game, Browser, and Streaming Modes
• - User Customized Priority Control

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

* 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:

• - 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1), supports x16 mode*

Chipset:

• - 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2), supports x4 mode*
• - 1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT PCIe WiFi module

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

If PCIE2 is occupied, M2_4 will be disabled.

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 Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_2, Key M), supports type 2260/2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*

Chipset:

• - 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_3, Key M), supports type 2230/2242/2260/2280 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s & PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) modes*
• - 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_4, Key M), supports type 2260/2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*
• - 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_5, Key M), supports type 2260/2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*
• - 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_6, Key M), supports type 2260/2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*
• - 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors

* Supports Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)

Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

If PCIE2 is occupied, M2_4 will be disabled.

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:

• - 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C (Front)
• - 4 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A (Rear)
• - 8 x USB 3.2 Gen1 (4 Rear, 4 Front)
• - 6 x USB 2.0 (2 Rear, 4 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)
• - 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (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 HDMI Port
• - 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-A Ports (10 Gb/s)**
• - 4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports**
• - 2 x USB 2.0 Ports
• - 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

** USB32_56 are Lightning Gaming Ports. USB32_34 support Ultra USB Power.

Software and UEFI

Software

• - ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning)
• - ASRock Polychrome SYNC
• - ASRock Dragon 2.5G LAN Software*

UEFI

• - ASRock EZ Mode
• - ASRock Advanced Mode
• - ASRock Instant Flash
• - ASRock USB Flashback
• - ASRock Instant BIOS Update
• - ASRock Secure Boot
• - ASRock Fast Boot

* The availability will depend on the different regulation status of each country and region.

Compliance

• - FCC, CE, ErP/EuP ready
• - RoHS compliant

Form Factor

ATX Form Factor: 12.0 in x 9.6 in (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)

Operating System Support

• - Microsoft® Windows® 11 (64-bit)
• - Microsoft® Windows® 10 (64-bit)

Package Contents

• - ASRock Z890 Taichi Motherboard
• - 1 x I/O Shield
• - 1 x SATA Data Cable
• - 1 x User Manual

Note

*Please note that the specifications and features are subject to change without notice.