Question 1

Is this motherboard ryzen 2700x ready? Do I have to update the bios?

Accepted Answer

I dropped my brand new Ryzen 2700x into this on Monday and everything is working great. I haven't fiddled with the settings to support my 3200 RAM yet, but it doesn't need an update for the processor, as far as I can tell.

Question 2

The board does SLI, right? It doesn't say in specs.

Accepted Answer

Manual says it supports quad SLI and SLI as well as Quad Crossfire and Crossfire

Question 3

I see the motherboard has a 4+8 pin atx power connector at top. does it need both to work? i dont know of any psu's that have the extra 4pin in addition to the 8pin.

Accepted Answer

I used a SeaSonic 750 FX fully modular power supply.  Each of the  ATX 8 pin connectors are split in 2  4-pin sections - so you can use one full 8-pin and half of the other one..

Question 4

Where can i find the official QVL?

Accepted Answer

There are three QVL lists on the ASRock motherboard website. Go to the motherboard specific page and scroll down to the support button. Once you click support, you will see the QVL buttons below. Pick the master or the specific list based on your CPU (Pinnacle Ridge or Raven Ridge).

Question 5

Is this MB Ryzen 3000 series ready out of the box?

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Minimally you need bios p3.30 but p3.40 will probably be better overall especially with compatibility.  Note if you have a 4k monitor and a 1080p monitor connected with p3.40 it may take some time to enter bios.  The bios seems confused in this scenario and fiddles with video modes until it finally works.

Question 6

What slots would the below ram use (this is my first build and the manual info seems a bit confusing to me)?  Ryzen 7 2700 Pinnacle Ridge for CPU; 
 
 CORSAIR Vengeance RGB Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 DRAM DDR4 2666 (PC4 21300) Desktop

Accepted Answer

In mine i guessed and got it right the first time. I used the 2nd and 4th slots for the RAM. I looked all over in the manual and it i also could not find any information on which slots to use. Also be noted i counted from left to right with the motherboard oriented upward.

Question 7

How many case fan headers does this board have?

Accepted Answer

It has 3  4-Pin Fan / Water Pump case headers.  It has 2 CPU 4-pin cooler headers - 1 is fan only and the other will drive a fan or a water pump.  You can download the entire manual at Asrock website.  I would include the link, but it is prohibited by the newegg software.  Asrock - Motherboards - Master SLI AC - Support - Manuals.   I actually wanted to get a Taichi (regular version) x470, but they were out of stock and I was in a hurry.  The only reason I wanted a Taichi was to get the extra power phases as an upgrade hedge. The Master SLI/AC x470 has been working flawlessly for the past month and a half.

Question 8

Currently having issues with my Ryzen 1700 on an x370 SLI Plus board. I'd planned on purchasing a 2700x at some point this year for the increased core clocks, but will a 1700 be compatible with this board until then?

Accepted Answer

Short answer, yes. Just the same way a 2700x wouldn’t be able to utilize its newer aspects on an x370 board a 1700 won’t be able to capitalize on all the new capabilities of this board. That being said it should work fine

Question 9

Why can this board not adjust the fan speed automatically for the 2700X? I have tried both BIOS customize fan speed level according to CPU temperature and  A-tuning in the Windows 10. They are just not working. So, for now, I have to let the fan running at full speed otherwise it will lower the frequency while I am running games. It annoying because I can not bear the noise anymore!

Accepted Answer

I also have this problem. I went to the bios to setup the fans manually in the custom settings for the fans. This still didn't work. The problem lies in the bios not the A-tuning software for windows. This should be able to be fixed in a bios update if it ever gets created or corrected. Currently i have place the system on standard profile for all fans. This is semi quiet but could be better if the bios issue was corrected. 
Warning! don't use quiet profile you will cook your CPU because the fan never increases speed above the lowest fan speed even with the hardest load.
This is clearly a huge issue with this board.

Question 10

Does it support AMD Ryzen 3600 out of the box?

Accepted Answer

Maybe, maybe not - however the current UEFI/BIOS image DOES support 3rd gen Ryzen/AM4, so it's just a matter of what it shipped with. June 5 was the release that added support; see the support page for the board (BIOS downloads) for details.

If it won't boot so that you can flash it, AMD will help, up to and including loaning you a CPU just so that you can flash it; look for AMD FAQ PA-100 for details.

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