News ASRock Z890 Taichi Aqua comes with ten USB Type-C ports, two being Thunderbolt ports

[Admin]

ASRock's next generation Taichi Aqua flagship makes radical changes to the rear I/O, deleting all USB Type-A ports in favor of ten USB Type-C ports. Time to upgrade your keyboard and mouse.

ASRock Z890 Taichi Aqua comes with ten USB Type-C ports, two being Thunderbolt ports : Read more

 

[lunar.holiday]

Or just, you know, buy a cheap hub with usb-a ports. Seriously what are the hiring standards of Tom's hardware these days lol.

 

[JamesJones44]

Nice to some MB makers start to reduce legacy ports. Adapters can always be used these days for those legacy interconnects.

 

[TechLurker]

Was hoping AsRock would bring the AQUA to AMD too (again), and keep the 10GbE port the X570 had (or upgrade it to a better controller). Just for less than the previous AQUA (which was 1k USD and limited to 500 boards).

 

[cyrusfox]

more than 4 usb-c is overkill for my uses, and if the port is no faster than the full size usb-a ports, my preference is to keep them bigger, you can likewise us an A to C adapter and on a desktop 90% of what I connect is still with an "A" cable.

 

[t3t4]

No USB 3.2???? My wireless mouse has the need for speed! 😜

 

[foxrox]

And, they probably think having no USB Type-A port is something they should be proud of.
Only, Type-C? Throw out all of your Type-A USB devices? Or, use an adapter for everything?
So, that is the solution? Hmmmm...

As we know...

 

[t3t4]

And, they probably think having no USB Type-A port is something they should be proud of.
Only, Type-C? Throw out all of your Type-A USB devices? Or, use an adapter for everything?
So, that is the solution? Hmmmm...

While you are of coarse welcome to your opinion, I for one am looking forward to the day when USB-C is the only USB connection on the planet! It would cost them nothing to include 10 type (C) to (A) adapters with the board. It would cost you about $10 to buy 10 of your own.