
* 32GB of memory - best option * OpenVINO is a pretty good tool, windows users up-and-running in minutes * Decent speed - think 5060 but with 32GB of ram.. * For AI workloads, great budget option! * openvino.. sentence embeddings I have between the two are nearly identical * Lower power than other brands * EXCELLENT in linux 7 / ubuntu 26.04 - 0 setup needed. Just worked OOTB. 0 issues.

32GB VRAM ITs not a cutdown 9070 XT, its 98% the same speed in gaming and obviously much greater for large memory applications like pytorch/generative ai. Still boosts right up to 3ghz, can be undervolted, no stupid zero rpm fan idle Fan defaults to a silent 1000rpm idle and unlike most blower gpus it really doesnt need to ramp up path 50% pwm (2500rpm) to cool a sustained 300w. Games exactly like a 9070 xt.

I was an early adopter and grabbed a b70 on day 1, it was horrible. It barely worked, pcie 5.0 would not negotiate, drivers timed out, power would drop out, performance was barely above b580 in games, the only thing that was fast was some edge case pytorch training. Even the vllm performance was not great and very limited models supported. After a few months, now in the gamer drivers in windows we get fan control and overclocking, gaming performance really is about on target with a rx 6800 xt or 9060 xt, DCS world runs great, COD Warzone with FG on 1080p XESS Native = 250+ fps. I'm sure not all issues are fixed especially on the model side with llamacpp and vllm but this is now good enough and well beyond day 1. Sure my 7900 xtx smokes it in all gaming aspects but this gpu really is faster than a 4090 in some pytorch training scenarios and 35% faster than a 5080 in bert tokenization. One of the biggest issues for daily life was the fan control on the day 1 intel version of the b70 I had. The gpu was idling 60-70c. The asrock version has the same vapor chamber as the radeon ai pro r9700 which is definitely a better GPU for AI/Training/Inference and about twice as fast gaming. Now with fan control the gpu idles at 28-30c in windows and gaming hits 58-60c with a relatively inaudible (with headphones) fan speed. 270k tuned at 185w tpp pro b70 games and workloads less than 200w Doesnt heat up the room


- Easy to setup - Plenty of Support - Works on Ubuntu/Win11 easily Ollama/LM Studio - Gemma 4:26b - Flux 2


* Lots of potential for storage. 28 PCIe lanes is huge at this price point. * IPMI is so convenient for running a headless system. * Fits plenty of potential in a small form factor. 4 built in SATA ports plus 2 M.2 sockets. 7 fan headers. M.2 doesn't compete with PCIe for lanes. All awesome.

+Plenty of included fans +Actual EATX support, with holes for standoffs in positions for various MB configurations so board is properly secured to the chassis +Lots of space to work in +Price

7 Gen4 x 16 PCI-E slots Extra 10G capable USB-C case panel header and port connected to standalone USB controller chip. Embedded VGA and IPMI, so you have no need worry about headless setup in case of GPU pass-through. No fans. Fans especially small break fast. It produce noise. Having custom fans on main-board that are hard to replace is no good for building a system that expected to work 24/7 for years. 10G Ethernet. No use now, but extensibility. Likely would be able to host EPYC Milan CPUs.


Fantastic gpu. Under like 99% usage, temps are about 60* degrees C. Can run 1440p and even 4k as long as you use x3/x4 frame gen which has little input lag. Also, it ships with ECC automatically turned on so it will say 21 gb vram. Just download intel pro graphics software and you disable it in the settings, then it should say 24.

IPMI alone has to be the biggest feature! Board looks built to last decades

All the features you could ever want. Has sensors for days! HTML5 WebUI for Remote Console to your OS!

This is pretty much as good as it gets. Yes, there are teething issues with WRX90 because it's such a new platform, but once you get past those, the board has been rock solid.

- Price. - 8 3.5" internal drive bays. - Solid build

96Gb of vram and energy efficient

- Stays cool even through rigorous stress testing - Crushes large datasets and point cloud processing - Incredibly efficient, completes all my work I used to do on a rtx 4070 super with no sacrifices or penalties. - Gaming capable, could run Arc Raiders on Epic Settings with no struggles at 60fps

Professional video card. Works great with games as well Ultra low power and efficient video card. Performance on par with a Nvidia 4060, but in a single slot low profile 50 watt card

