Question Ascrock X870E Taichi or Lite?

piechockidocent9

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Hello yall, my old MSI Z370 Godlike Gaming has been dying on me for a while now. Systematically audio, wifi, half of the usb ports and lately lan is gone.
With xmas and new year coming I decided it's about time to retire it and move on, more than doubling my cores in the process.

I wanted to go with Asrock X870E Taichi because of it's ability to slot 4 m.2 without gutting the gpu line, however it seems that many more ppl like that as mb is out of stock everywhere.
I've done some digging and it seems the lite model aside from lacking some backplate, having tad simplified heatsinks and less flashy look seems to be almost identical but I have my doubts.

I'll be thankful for yall's opinions, maybe you dealt with these boards and can share something that will push me towards waiting for main model to be back in stock or going with lite.