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Asrock Fatal1ty X370 Gaming-ITX/ac Motherboard

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#1 ·
I just had mine arrive today for a mini-ITX build around a Ryzen 1700 and GTX1070.

There are no BIOS updates posted on Asrocks' site yet but was wondering if anyone else had their hands on this board? I'll be taking some pictures tomorrow as I put my system together, might do a quick overview of the whole thing. Ended up going for this because I've heard less than inspiring stuff about the Biostar board, which is the only other one I would have been able to get my hands on.
 
#3 ·
Interesting. When I built my system at the weekend (22nd/23rd) there still weren't any posted. Although I admit I didn't look on Sunday as I was stress testing.

Well, I'm running 2.10 and it seems pretty stable and full-featured. The last time I saw this many option for RAM timings on a motherboard was my DFI X48 T2R (something-or-other)!

edit: Some pics will be heading in when I get the time to crop them down a little.
 
#4 ·
Hi guys, I have a similar board the "ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac" coupled with a Ryzen 5 1600. It is running the latest Bios 3.00 released on 7/24/2017.
I would say the Bios is pretty spartan, the OC options seem a bit limited, for example when you choose Manual it changes both fields for Frequesncy and voltage, I would of liked to have the voltage kept auto and be able to change it independently, for guidance first at an overclock to be able to see what the mb is setting as voltage first when you modify the frequency.
Secondly seem like the software F-StreamTuning is not able to overclock the processor due to the fact is not an X model, which is strange as all Ryzen's are advertized as unlocked. Also the fan tuning feature is "tuning" the fan attched to cha_fan2, in the end it sets for all percentages the same value ~ 1350 rpm. This makes the noise a bit annoying, especially knowing that the fan was working ok with pwm on the previous board. And due this the cha_fan2 seem to not be able to control the 4 pin pwm fan, it just runs at full speed no mather what setting I select in BIOS FAN Control, "Silent", "Standard", "Performance". Third the cmos reset switch is a bit badly placed as it is completely covered by the videocard so if your overclock breaks the mobo you have to competelly disassemble it in order to reach to it.

Best regards
 
#8 ·
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Originally Posted by xSneak View Post

Does anyone know how to set LLC and check soc voltage on this motherboard?
There is no LLC control on this board. If you control the Vcore manually then SoC is set to 1.1v (1.087v in Windows) and you can make adjustments with SoC offset in 35mV increments. When Vcore is set to auto I'm not sure how much it fluctuates, but mine was reading 0.8xx in Windows at stock.

So far I'm not impressed with the ASRock or the Gigabyte ITX boards. I started out with the Gigabyte which was the only one in stock at the beginning of the month. It has pretty sparse BIOS options, but I could not not control my Vcore and multiplier from BIOS (bug that seems to affect people randomly across all vendors and isn't CPU/motherboard specific) and could overclock with Ryzen Master. So then I got the ASRock X370 and again BIOS are a bit sparse, but I could manually overclock. Between the two they trade blows as to what one has that the other doesn't. The Gigabyte is better at handling higher speed RAM and has LLC controls (even with highest LLC option the voltage regulation is erratic). The ASRock has P State overclocking options, a few slightly more robust BIOS options (if memory serves), and slightly better voltage regulation.

Also apparently there's two different style MOSFET heatsinks on the ASRock. One is a full aluminum heatsink with a normal thermal pad. The other is a cut down heatsink that is on some standoffs with a huge thermal pad. I haven't seen conclusive temperature measurements on the one with the really think pad so I don't know it fares. At first people were upset about the lackluster heatsink on the Gigabyte, but the ASRock might not be much better if you got the one with the huge thermal pad.

Images were pulled from a thread over on the SFF forum:




My X370 has the one with the huge thermal pad. Sounds like it's a mixed bag if ASRock will replace the heatsink for you as well. The early adopter woes...

Edit - I forgot to mention that for anyone that wants to set up a custom PWM fan curve that the system's CPU reading is vastly different than the reading you get with the Tdie value in HWinfo which AMD has said is the most accurate temp reading. Idle reading for the CPU temp from the motherboard's sensor is usually just a degrees higher than my idle Tdie which is fine in my opinion, but under load there is a substantial difference of about 15C. So keep that in mind when setting up your fan curves. A quick test on my system under heavy load shows Tdie at a high of 65C and motherboard CPU temp high reading of 50.5C.
 
#11 ·
Hi guys,

I am just about to buy this mobo, but I wanted to ask you few questions:
  • Would any of you confirm that it is good to start with for Ryzen 1800x? (I dont mind really hardcore OC capabilities)
  • Are there lot of troubles with the compatibilities?
  • Are there any troubles at all
Thanks !
 
#12 ·
Running a Ryzen 1700. I'm currently running it at 3.7GHz at 1.25vcore at 3200Mhz on a G.Skill F4-3200C16D-16GTZB kit Timing 16-18-18-38 XMP.

Overclocking this CPU on this board was a pain. Any overclock above 3.7Ghz required me to drop the memory to 2933Mhz. Leaving it at 3200Mhz made the computer turn on and off several times before it would post correctly. So I've been able to do 3.8, 3.9, 4.0 stable at 2933Mhz.

Using a Corsair H60 with 2 SP120s in push pull using an automatic fan curve in a Thermaltake Core V1 case. Idles in 30s, 68C under load at 3.9Ghz. PSU is an EVGA Supernova 750G.

4.0Ghz overclocks were a pain due to the fact I had to keep clearing the CMOS most of the time if the voltage wasn't dialed in correctly. The board wouldn't post at all. Getting 4.0 to run requires me to set a vcore 1.5+.

I use F-stream for the motherboard temps, and hwinfo64 for the die temps - confirmed with ryzen master temps.

Has anyone had the problem with the computer power cycling when overclocking?
 
#14 ·
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Originally Posted by keicam87 View Post

Can you please confirm that you have 3 slots for cooling ? 1 for CPU 2 for the case ?
This information is provided in the pdf manual on the ASRock website.

There are 3 headers on the motherboard

Connector
• 1 x LPC Header
• 1 x AMD Fan LED Header
• 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)
* The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum
1A (12W) fan power.
• 1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin)
• 1 x Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin)
(Smart Fan Speed Control)
* The Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fan supports the water
cooler fan of maximum 1.5A (18W) fan power.
* CHA_FAN1/W_PUMP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is
in use.
• 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector
• 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power
Connector)
• 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
• 1 x AMD LED Fan USB Header
Fatal1ty X370 Gaming-ITX/ac Series
5
English
• 1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD
Protection)
• 1 x USB 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD
Protection)
 
#16 ·
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Originally Posted by Desverger View Post

I would like to buy this mainboard and Ryzen 1700 so i have some question.
Do you have this board with proper VRM heatsink ?
What temp of the VRM has been noted ? (especially under load) at stock speed.
I don't have a way to measure my VRM temps at this time.

this is what HWiNFO64 is reporting after 10 minutes of Aida64 at stock settings.



This is the best picture I could get at this time as well of the VRM heatsink

 
#19 ·
I have this board as well.
the one with the original VRM sink on the thick pad. if you contact them via support and let them know you have the old style they will ship you out a new one for you to swap them out with.
I don't have a IR thermometer. and hwinfo dosent seem to have a temp for the vrm. but I can say that touching the old style heatsink at least for me. its not noticeably warm. which to me means it most likely inst doing its job as other parts of the board are just downright hot.
I haven't felt comfortable running any OC on the chip until I get the new sink and swap them out. but ill report back if it seems to have made a difference when it gets here.
 
#20 ·
I have the same board, but in the Dan Cases A4 case. My mobo gets 104degrees (!) in idle and shuts down the machine, as soon as i stress the system.

Gonna contact AsRock for a new heatsink and see if that fixes it.

Anyone know where HWinfo gets the "Motherboard" temp from, so i can identify where on the board this is so hot ?
 
#21 ·
Been so busy I totally forgot about this thread...
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I didn't even look at what the VRM heatsink was like, since I didn't intend to overclock.

I did snap a couple of pictures, but they were from angles that it's hard to see the bottom of the heatsink from. That said, I'm pretty sure the one picture I can see well it has a mobo standoff, so I guess I got the Maxi!Thermalpad too.

Can I be bothered to contact Asrock? Depends. AIDA64 reports an unhealthily high motherboard temp (118*C idle) but I simply don't believe that because the BIOS reports mobo temps in the 50 range. Plus, system doesn't shut down, even when I stress test, game for a few hours (which is when it gets hottest) or encode (when the CPU is hardest loaded).

The case I'm using (a Raijintek Metis) is absolutely terrible for cooling, the CPU can be kept under control by swapping the orientation of the rear exhaust to intake... but the GPU in the roof of the case (it's an inverted-mobo layout) cooks regardless. I stuffed a high-airflow fan in there and set a custom fan profile so it spins up to 100% fairly quickly, which keeps things manageable (if a little louder than I would like)... but I'm limited by space where I am now. I bought the Metis knowing it was probably going to suck for cooling, but decided to try it anyway because it was smaller and cheaper than all of the other cases I was looking at.

I probably will contact Asrock, but it may be more trouble than it is worth for me. We'll see what they say.


Box front.

Box rear.

Box internal.

Contents.

Motherboard top down.

Motherboard I/O panel.

I'll be honest, when I've got some spare cash, I'll probably replace this case. I love how it looks, but I hate its cooling (or lack of it...)

Left.

Right.

Back.

Front.

Everything inside. Not my best cable-tidy job, have since improved it a touch when I replaced the terrible stock fan, but it's not like working inside a Fractal Design or Corsair case.
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#22 ·
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Originally Posted by Paradigm Shifter View Post

Been so busy I totally forgot about this thread...
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I didn't even look at what the VRM heatsink was like, since I didn't intend to overclock.

I did snap a couple of pictures, but they were from angles that it's hard to see the bottom of the heatsink from. That said, I'm pretty sure the one picture I can see well it has a mobo standoff, so I guess I got the Maxi!Thermalpad too.

Can I be bothered to contact Asrock? Depends. AIDA64 reports an unhealthily high motherboard temp (118*C idle) but I simply don't believe that because the BIOS reports mobo temps in the 50 range. Plus, system doesn't shut down, even when I stress test, game for a few hours (which is when it gets hottest) or encode (when the CPU is hardest loaded).

I probably will contact Asrock, but it may be more trouble than it is worth for me. We'll see what they say.
I thought it would be a huge hassle to contact them as well.
I sent them an email 2 days ago. and said I had the original version and I wanted the new one as I was concerned with heat.
I got an email back yesterday that asked for a copy of my receipt and the address to ship the new one. didn't seem that bad.
 
#23 ·
So, is it like this mobo has already another revision ?

I am about to receive my new gear: as rock x370 itx + ryzen + ram, and I am wondering if I can chek on the mobo cardboard if its revised version or the faulty one?

Any ideas ? Maybe check product numer or serial numer?

Thanks!
 
#24 ·
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Originally Posted by coreykill99 View Post

I thought it would be a huge hassle to contact them as well.
I sent them an email 2 days ago. and said I had the original version and I wanted the new one as I was concerned with heat.
I got an email back yesterday that asked for a copy of my receipt and the address to ship the new one. didn't seem that bad.
Same experience here. They contacted me same day for the required information.
 
#25 ·
Glad to hear they are sending out replacements without fuss now. When this first came about people were getting mixed results on getting it replaced. I just submitted a support request based on the reported ease of getting the replacement now. Thanks to everyone that followed up on that.
 
#26 ·
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Originally Posted by coreykill99 View Post

I thought it would be a huge hassle to contact them as well.
I sent them an email 2 days ago. and said I had the original version and I wanted the new one as I was concerned with heat.
I got an email back yesterday that asked for a copy of my receipt and the address to ship the new one. didn't seem that bad.
So what exactly are the symptoms of this issue ? high mobo temp when idle / under load ?
What should I look for ?

I am about to receive my mobo and whole gear tomorrow, and I worry that it will be the faulty one
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and I dont want to be stuck with that.

I would appreciate any help of what to look for what to check.

BR,
 
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