ASRock B760M PG Riptide

Compact motherboard in micro-ATX format with support for DDR5-7200 RAM, PCI-E 5.0 data exchange interface and a fairly powerful power converter for the micro-ATX format. It belongs to the middle price range and is a representative of the Riptide family, which ASRock announced in 2022. As they say at ASRock, these products are inspired by quiet and peaceful walks by the sea, and instead of colorful lighting or flashy design, the manufacturer focuses on the high quality and reliability of the board.

In this case, we are talking about high-quality cooling of the VRM zone, compacted PCB, reinforced latches and a connector for the video card reinforced with steel fiber. According to the manufacturer, it is ideal for experienced gamers who clearly understand what components they need and do not like to overpay for design, marketing and some less useful functions. ASRock B760M PG Riptide runs on the mid-level B760 system logic; an LGA 1700 socket is provided for installing processors.

A digital 16-phase power converter will help unleash the full potential of top-end Intel Core Alder Lake and Raptor Lake processors. The layout of the slots on the board provides 4 DIMM connectors, which allow you to install up to 128 GB of DDR5 memory with a maximum frequency of 7200 MHz into the system. DDR5 support makes it possible to seriously speed up your PC compared to previous generations of RAM.

The M.2 slots located on the board operate under the control of the high-speed PCI-E 4.0 interface, are equipped with additional cooling and are designed to install modern NVMe SSD drives operating at hypersonic speeds up to 7500 MB/s. As an alternative, the board has 6 standard SATA3 connectors, which are designed for mounting traditional 2.5/3.5” HDD/SSD drives. The Dragon RTL8125BG network controller with a 2.5 Gbps bandwidth was designed specifically for competitive games and specific tasks that require a constant high-speed network connection. Free connectors around the perimeter of the board will be needed if you decide to install RGB backlighting or water cooling.