Asrock Z890 Taichi Aqua Wifi DDR5 Intel Motherboard
Overview :
ASROCK Z890 Taichi Aqua Wifi DDR5 Intel Motherboard sets a new industry standard with its pioneering hybrid cooling design, featuring the first-ever detachable VRM and M.2 water block. Additionally, the innovative All USB Type-C On Rear IO configuration marks a leap forward in connectivity. Our mission is to lead the future and establish a new benchmark for top-tier motherboards.
A New Era of Taichi
ASRock’s flagship motherboard lineup is undergoing a major overhaul, unifying water cooling, extreme overclocking, and all-around flagship models into a powerful Taichi family.
This expansion incorporates the highly acclaimed AQUA series water-cooling motherboards and OC Formula series overclocking motherboards, resulting in the Taichi AQUA for custom water cooling, Taichi OCF for extreme overclocking, and the all-around flagship Taichi/Taichi Lite.
This transformation refines product positioning, centralizing ASRock’s flagship offerings under the Taichi brand to meet the diverse needs of high-end PC enthusiasts. This strategic combination enhances the brand’s impact, delivering exponential synergy and reinforcing its status as a premier flagship motherboard brand.
Specification :
| 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 | |
| 28+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 | |
| Marvell 10G LAN, Realtek 5G LAN | |
| 802.11be Wi-Fi 7 Module | |
| 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 9600MHz+(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 |
| 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 Front Outputs) | |
| ESS SABRE9219 DAC for Front Panel Audio (130dB SNR) | |
| Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel | |
| Impedance Sensing on Rear Out port | |
| Nahimic Audio | |
| LAN | 1 x 10 Gigabit LAN 100/1000/2500/5000/10000 Mb/s (Marvell AQC113) |
| Support Wake-On-LAN | |
| Support PXE 1 x 5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500/5000 Mb/s (Realtek RTL8126) | |
| Wireless LAN | 802.11be 2×2 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 | |
| Supports Killer LAN Software | |
| * 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: |
| 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1 and PCIE2), support x16 or x8/x8 modes* | |
| Chipset: | |
| 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 Slot (PCIE3), supports x4 mode* | |
| 1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT PCIe WiFi module | |
| Supports AMD CrossFire™ | |
| 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slots (PCIE1 and PCIE2) | |
| *If M2_2 is occupied, PCIE1 will downgrade to x8 mode and PCIE2 will downgrade to x4 mode. | |
| PCIE1 supports PCIe riser cards to extend one x16 slot to x8/x8 or x8/x4/x4 slots. | |
| 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 Blazing M.2 Socket (M2_2, Key M), supports type 2280 PCIe Gen5x4 (128 Gb/s) mode* | |
| 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_3, Key M), supports type 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode* | |
| Chipset: | |
| 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_4, Key M), supports type 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode* | |
| 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_5, Key M), supports type 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode* | |
| 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_6, Key M), supports type 2242/2260/2280 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s & PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) modes* | |
| 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors | |
| * Supports Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD) | |
| Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks | |
| If M2_2 is occupied, PCIE1 will downgrade to x8 mode and PCIE2 will downgrade to x4 mode. | |
| 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: | |
| 2 x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C (Front) | |
| 4 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C (Rear) | |
| 4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A (Front) | |
| 4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C (Rear) | |
| 4 x USB 2.0 (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) | |
| 2 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Headers (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 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-C Ports (10 Gb/s) | |
| 4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C Ports (USB32_TC_56 support Ultra USB Power.) | |
| 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 | |
| Software and UEFI | Software |
| ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning) | |
| Killer Control Center | |
| ASRock Polychrome SYNC* | |
| UEFI | |
| ASRock EZ Mode | |
| ASRock Full HD UEFI | |
| ASRock My Favorites in UEFI | |
| ASRock Auto Driver Installer | |
| ASRock Instant Flash | |
| *These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop. | |
| Accessories | 4 x SATA Data Cables |
| 1 x USB 2.0 Bracket | |
| 1 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5/6 GHz Antenna | |
| 1 x ARGB Splitter Cable | |
| 3 x Thermistor Cables | |
| Form Factor | EATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 10.8-in, 30.5 cm x 27.4 cm |
| 10 Layer PCB | |
| 2oz Copper PCB | |
| OS | Microsoft Windows® 11 64-bit |
| Certifications | FCC, CE |
| ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) | |
| CEC Tier II ready |
