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Motherboard features compared

Features overview

To round things up, here's a top-down view of the key features of each board so you get a clearer idea of how they stack up against one another:

	ASRock X570 Taichi	ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Formula	Gigabyte X570 Aorus Xtreme	MSI MEG X570 Godlike
VRM	12+2 (7 true phases)	14+2 (8 true phases)	14+2 (all true phase)	14+4 (8 true phases)
Memory	DDR4-4666	DDR4-4800	DDR4-4400	DDR4-4800
PCIe expansion slots	AMD Ryzen 3000 2x PCIe 4.0 x16 AMD X570 1x PCIe 4.0 x16 (x4 mode) 2x PCIe 4.0 x1	AMD Ryzen 3000 2x PCIe 4.0 x16 AMD X570 1x PCIe 4.0 x16 (x4 mode) 1x PCIe 4.0 x1	AMD Ryzen 3000 2x PCIe 4.0 x16 AMD X570 1x PCIe 4.0 x16 (x4 mode)	AMD Ryzen 3000 3x PCIe 4.0 x16 AMD X570 1x PCIe 4.0 x16 (x4 mode)
Multi-GPU	2-way NVIDIA SLI 3-way AMD CrossFireX	2-way NVIDIA SLI 3-way AMD CrossFireX	2-way NVIDIA SLI 2-way AMD CrossFireX	2-way NVIDIA SLI 4-way AMD CrossFireX
Storage	8x SATA 6Gbps 3x M.2 sockets (2x PCIe/SATA, 1x PCIe)	8x SATA 6Gbps 2x M.2 sockets (all PCIe/SATA)	6x SATA Gbps 3x M.2 sockets (all PCIe/SATA)	6x SATA 6Gbps (2x provided by ASMedia ASM1061) 3x M.2 sockets (all PCIe/SATA)
Networking	Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 Intel I211-AT	Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 Intel I211-AT Aquantia AQC111C 5G LAN	Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 Intel I211-AT Aquantia AQC107 10G LAN	Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 1x Killer E2600 Gigabit LAN 1x Killer E3000 2.5Gbps LAN
Rear I/O	2x antenna ports 1x PS/2 1x HDMI 1x optical S/PDIF out 1x USB 3.2 (Gen 2) Type-A 1x USB 3.2 (Gen 2) Type-C 6x USB 3.2 (Gen 1) Type-A 1x RJ-45 1x Clear CMOS button 1x BIOS Flashback button 5x audio jacks 1x microphone jack	2x antenna ports 1x optical S/PDIF out 1x USB 3.2 (Gen 2) Type-C 7x USB 3.2 (Gen 2) Type-A 4x USB 3.2 (Gen 1) 2x RJ-45 1x Clear CMOS button 1x USB Flashback button 5x audio jacks 1x microphone jack	2x antenna ports 1x optical S/PDIF out 1x USB 3.2 (Gen 2) Type-C 5x USB 3.2 (Gen 2) Type-A 2x USB 3.2 (Gen 1) Type-A 4x USB 2.0 2x RJ-45 1x Q-Flash Plus button 1x Clear CMOS button 5x audio jacks	2x antenna ports 1x PS/2 1x S/PDIF 1x USB 3.2 (Gen 2) Type-C 3x USB 3.2 (Gen 2) Type-A 2x USB 3.2 (Gen 1) Type-A 2x RJ-45 1x Flash BIOS button 1x Clear CMOS button 5x audio jacks 1x 6.3mm headphone jack
Front panel support	1x USB 3.2 (Gen 2) Type-C 2x USB 3.2 (Gen 1) 4x USB 2.0	1x USB 3.2 (Gen 2) Type-C 4x USB 3.2 (Gen 1) 4x USB 2.0	1x USB 3.2 (Gen 2) Type-C 4x USB 3.2 (Gen 1) 2x USB 2.0	1x USB 3.2 (Gen 2) Type-C 4x USB 3.2 (Gen 1) 4x USB 2.0
Audio	Realtek ALC1220	SupremeFX S1220 + ESS Sabre ES9023P DAC	Realtek ALC1220-VB + ESS Sabre ES9218P DAC	2x Realtek ALC1220 + ESS Sabre ES9018 DAC
Cooling headers (1A, unless otherwise stated)	1x CPU fan 1x CPU/water pump (2A) 4x chassis/water pump (2A)	1x CPU fan 1x CPU OPT fan 3x chassis fan 1x optional fan 1x AIO pump 1x H_AMP fan (3A) 1x W_PUMP (3A) 1x W_IN header 1x W_OUT header 1x W_FLOW header	1x CPU fan 1x water cooling CPU fan 4x chassis fan 2x chassis/water pump	1x CPU fan 1x water pump 7x chassis fan 1x water flow
RGB headers	1x AMD Fan LED header 1x RGB LED header 1x addressable RGB LED header	2x Aura RGB strip header 2x addressable header	2x addressable LED header 2x RGB LED header	1x RGB LED header 2x addressable header 1x Corsair LED header
Internal buttons	1x power button 1x reset button	1x Slow Mode switch 1x LN2 Mode header 1x power button 1x reset button 1x Safe Boot button	1x power button 1x reset button 2x BIOS switches	2x BCLK buttons 1x Slow Mode jumper 1x LN2 Mode jumper 1x Clear CMOS jumper 2x BIOS switch 1x power button 1x reset button 1x OC button
Diagnostics	Debug LED	LiveDash OLED	Debug LED	Debug LED + OLED display
BIOS	1x 256Mb	1x 256Mb	2x 128Mb	2x 256Mb
Form factor	ATX	ATX	E-ATX	E-ATX
Price (SGD)	$499	$862	$965	$1,269

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