ASRock’s X870 LiveMixer has enough connectivity for almost anyone. Priced at $229.99, this board offers loads of USB ports, a flagship-grade audio codec, and accessible PCIe slots for additional expansion, making it ideal for creators on a budget.
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The ASRock X870 LiveMixer Wifi motherboard, similar to its B850 LiveMixer counterpart ($189.99), is engineered with content creators in mind, offering extensive connectivity for streaming and various peripherals. The X870 model delivers enhanced, faster connectivity, benefiting not only creators but also a wider range of users. Its black-on-silver aesthetic mirrors that of the B850 version we reviewed, and looks good with a wide variety of build themes. Overall, it's a viable budget option for those who require abundant USB ports and other expansion options.
For $229.99 , the LiveMixer gets you a whopping sixteen USB ports on the rear IO (13x Type-A, 3x Type-C). If this isn’t enough for 99% of those reading this, I’d be surprised. You’re not going to find a board from this generation with more ports on the rear IO. Content Creators often use capture cards and other PCIe expansion cards, so having two free slots in addition to the primary graphics slot is also useful. On top of that, you get fast networking (5 GbE and Wi-Fi 7, though only 160 Hz), a flagship-class audio codec, capable power delivery, and ample storage options (though a lot of that bandwidth is shared, which we’ll touch on later). For under $230, this is a capable and well-rounded solution in terms of hardware.
Like many ASRock boards we’ve tested lately, this one also had issues with our base Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-6000 kit (which is on the company’s QVL and it works on other boards), but worked fine with another Adata kit. That aside, performance was average to slightly below average across our benchmarking suite with this board. This could be due to different memory sub-timings, but it was, in general, close to the B850 Livemixer throughout, which makes sense, as it also didn’t want to play nice with the ADATA kit.
Below, we’ll examine the board's details and determine whether it deserves a spot on our Best Motherboards list. But before we look at test results and discuss the details, check out the specifications below, provided by ASRock.
Specifications of the ASRock X870 LiveMixer Wifi
Swipe to scroll horizontally Socket AM5 (LGA 1718) Chipset X870 Form Factor ATX Voltage Regulator 19 Phase (16x 80A Dr MOS MOSFETs for Vcore) Video Ports (1) HDMI (v2.1)
(2) USB4 Type-C USB Ports (2) USB 4 (40 Gbps) Type-C (1) USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) Type-C
(7) USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
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