Stefan Mileschin

This year marks the 50th anniversary of AMD's contribution to the industry and AMD's various partners have celebrated this notable achievement. One such company is ASRock, which has released its limited-edition ASRock X570 Aqua motherboard to the market with just 999 pieces available for purchase. While the launch would have coincided nicely with the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-core processor, users will, unfortunately, have to wait until November for that, but the X570 Aqua is now available to users with a $999 price tag attached.

One of the most important aspects surrounding performance on AMD's Ryzen 3000 series is temperature. Now it is no secret that the AMD 7nm chips run somewhat warmer than previous generations. One of the most effective cooling methods to keep system components from overheating is liquid cooling, and while a lot of AIO CPU cooling manufacturers have spawned a plethora of models over the last couple of years, custom liquid cooling still reigns supreme.

With this, ASRock's X570 Aqua aims at the upper eschelons of the market, with a full motherboard water block and heatsink combination.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/14911...rboard-preview