Product On Review:
X870 LiveMixer Wifi
Phantom Gaming X870 Nova Wifi
X870 Taichi Creator
Manufacturer: ASRock
Street Price:
X870 Live Mixer Wifi: USD $230
Phantom Gaming X870 Nova Wifi: USD $280
X870 Taichi Creator: $320

While AMD’s X870 chipset has already established itself as the backbone of the Ryzen 9000 series platform, ASRock is refreshing its lineup mid-cycle with three new additions aimed at broadening its reach across gaming, streaming, and professional workloads. These boards—the X870 LiveMixer Wifi, Phantom Gaming X870 Nova Wifi, and X870 Taichi Creator—arrive partway through the platform’s lifecycle, bringing updated designs and feature sets that build on the strengths of AM5 while addressing different segments of the enthusiast market. With PCIe 5.0 support, refined DDR5 compatibility, and modern connectivity like Wi-Fi 7, they aim to keep the X870 ecosystem competitive well into the next wave of hardware releases.


The X870 LiveMixer Wifi continues ASRock’s tradition of delivering a board geared toward creators and streamers, emphasizing high connectivity and expansion with its generous USB count, multiple PCIe slots, and standout aesthetics. The Phantom Gaming X870 Nova Wifi, meanwhile, provides a more mainstream performance option, with upgraded VRM power delivery, an eye-catching design, and optimizations designed to handle high-refresh-rate gaming and overclocked CPU configurations.

Sitting at the top of the stack is the X870 Taichi Creator, which caters to power users and professionals who demand workstation-class features in a desktop form factor. With robust networking options, high-quality onboard audio, and extensive storage flexibility, it’s positioned as the most versatile of the trio. In this roundup, we’ll be putting all three boards through their paces—evaluating power delivery, thermals, connectivity, and real-world performance—to see how ASRock’s latest releases stack up against one another and the wider X870 field.