- Asrock X870 Livemixer Wifi made its debut with 25 USB ports, including USB4
- Supports AMD Ryzen 7000 – 9000 processors with PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 memory
- USB 2.0 Reliance weakens the utility in the long term despite a set of otherwise solid features
Asrock launched the X870 Livemixer WiFi, an ATX motherboard of $ 229 intended for content creators, but which arrives with an unusual feature: management of up to 25 USB devices.
The card includes two USB4 ports, a 20 Gbit / s port, 12 USB ports of 5 Gbit / s and 10 USB 2.0 ports.
The presence of so many USB 2.0 connectors will be considered by many as a bit of a oddity in 2025, but if you have a lot of inherited equipment, it may be what you want.
The more it is more
In his in -depth examination of the motherboard, Tweaktown underlined: “Consider the basics. A keyboard, a mouse, a printer, a helmet, an external SSD, a DAC, a scanner, etc. But think of a user, like a SIM lover with a lot of controllers. RIGHT?”
The X870 Livemixer supports the Ryzen 7000, 8000 and 9000 processors from AMD via the AM5 socket and is built on the X870 chipset.
It offers four DDR5 DIMM locations taking up to 256 GB of memory at speeds greater than 8000 Mt / s, although the performance of AMD notes are more balanced at lower speeds around DDR5-6000.
The card is delivered with a 5.0 x16 PCIE location for graphics cards, alongside two PCIe 3.0 x16 locations wired to X4.
The storage options include four M.2 locations, two of which support the PCIe 5.0 discs, plus two SATA connectors.
For networking, there is a LAN Realtek 5 GB controller and WiFi 7 with Bluetooth 5.4. Audio is managed via a Realtek ALC4082 codec with standard online ports, line-out and S / PDIF.
The rear E / S also include the HDMI 2.1 output and a BIOS flashback button to facilitate upgrades to future processors.
Tweaktown Summary by saying: “At less than $ 230, WiFi Livemixer X870 seems to be the richest in functionalities of any card in its price range. I see none that offers that many USB ports, with a Dual PCIe 5.0 M.2 support and a LAN 5G.
For me, it’s just a shame that Asrock is not more advanced with his selection of port.
