• You can plug 25 USB devices into this ASRock ATX motherboard - sh

    From TechnologyDaily@1337:1/100 to All on Wed Sep 17 22:15:08 2025
    You can plug 25 USB devices into this ASRock ATX motherboard - shame 10 of them are USB 2.0, an abomination in 2025

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    Wed, 17 Sep 2025 21:04:00 +0000

    Description:
    ASRock X870 LiveMixer WiFi motherboard arrives with dual USB4 support and 25 USB ports - although ten of those are USB 2.0.

    FULL STORY ======================================================================ASRock X870 LiveMixer WiFi debuts with 25 USB ports including USB4 Supports AMD
    Ryzen 7000 - 9000 processors with PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 memory USB 2.0 reliance weakens long term usefulness despite otherwise strong feature set

    ASRock has launched the X870 LiveMixer WiFi , a $229 ATX motherboard aimed at content creators, but one which arrives with an unusual feature: support for up to 25 USB devices.

    The board includes dual USB4 ports, one 20Gbps port, 12 USB 5Gbps ports, and 10 USB 2.0 ports.

    The presence of so many USB 2.0 connectors will be seen by many as a bit of
    an oddity in 2025, but if you have a lot of legacy hardware perhaps thats
    what you want. More is more

    In its in-depth review of the motherboard, TweakTown pointed out, Consider
    the basics. A keyboard, mouse, printer, headset, external SSD, a DAC,
    scanner, etc. But think of a user, such as a sim enthusiast with lots of controllers. Perhaps a high-end microphone setup, or a user with capture cards. Having all those ports free for everyday things like multiple flash drives or phones could really come in handy. It's better to have too many USB ports than not enough, right?

    The X870 LiveMixer supports AMDs Ryzen 7000, 8000, and 9000 series processors via the AM5 socket and is built on the X870 chipset.

    It offers four DDR5 DIMM slots supporting up to 256GB of memory at speeds above 8000MT/s, although AMD notes performance is more balanced at lower speeds around DDR5-6000.

    The board comes with one PCIe 5.0 x16 slot for graphics cards, alongside two PCIe 3.0 x16 slots wired at x4.

    Storage options include four M.2 slots, two of which support PCIe 5.0 drives, plus two SATA connectors.

    For networking theres a Realtek 5Gb LAN controller and WiFi 7 with Bluetooth 5.4. Audio is handled via a Realtek ALC4082 codec with standard line-in, line-out, and S/PDIF ports.

    Rear I/O also includes HDMI 2.1 output and a BIOS flashback button to ease upgrades to future CPUs.

    TweakTown summed up saying, At under $230, the X870 LiveMixer WiFi appears
    to be the most feature-rich of any board in its price range. I can't see any that offer that many USB ports, with dual PCIe 5.0 M.2 support and 5G LAN. It's got a strong VRM and heatsinks to go with it. And it'll have a good few years of usefulness ahead of it.

    For me, its just a shame ASRock wasn't more forward-looking with its port selection. You might also like These are the best motherboards for mining you can get right now This Intel Core i7 motherboard is probably the world's most powerful SBC This motherboard is eye-wateringly expensive and only works with one type of processor



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