The ASRock X870 Riptide won't win the battle of ... four 5Gbps ports, and a welcome Type-C 20Gbps port. Four DIMM slots support speeds of up to DDR5-8000+, with up to 256GB supported.

With Intel unveiling its new Intel Core Ultra 200S desktop processors and Arrow Lake's imminent arrival, we've also seen an onslaught of new motherboards for the new Z890 chipset announced.

Most motherboard manufacturers only throw in a handful of Type-C connectors on the rear IO panel but ASRock has decided enough is enough. Its forthcoming Z890 Taichi Aqua eschews Type-A altogether ...