ASRock Releases X570 Motherboard With Integrated Waterblock
The X570 Aqua from ASRock is available. The motherboard has an integrated water block that cools the processor, power supply and chipset. The X570 Aqua is available in a limited edition of 999 pieces for 999 dollars, converted and including VAT almost 1095 euros.
ASRock already showed the X570 Aqua earlier this year. It is ASRock’s current top model. The X570 Aqua is particularly striking because of the aluminum water block that extends over almost the entire motherboard. In addition, various parts of the water block are decorated with RGB lighting.
The X570 Aqua features an AM4 CPU socket with support for the Ryzen 3000 series CPUs. The motherboard contains four RAM slots. There are six PCI-E connections: three PCI-E 4.0 x16 and three PCI-E 2.0 x1. There is also a USB 3.2 gen 2 header for the front panel. It can support up to four such USB ports with speeds up to 10Gbit/s.
As for connectivity on the back of the motherboard, there are two Ethernet ports, one of which supports 10 gigabits. The board also has six usb 3.2 gen 2 ports of type a. The motherboard also has two m2 slots and eight sata 3 connections. Furthermore, the motherboard has two Thunderbolt 3 ports, a displayport 1.4 connector, an HDMI 2.0 port and support for 7.1 audio. The X570 Aqua also supports bluetooth 5.0 and Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax, which should provide internet speeds of up to 2.4 Gbit/s.