ASRock Z970 LiveMixer WiFi and Z970 Pro-A WiFi have shown up in customs data, hinting at new Intel motherboards. The records point to circuit boards shipped from Vietnam, but neither ASRock nor Intel has made these products official.
Here's the catch. A name on a shipping form does not mean a board is ready for sale. These could be test units, and there is no firm word on when either model might reach stores.
LiveMixer is ASRock's range for creators and streamers who need lots of ports and ways to hook up gear. Pro-A tends to serve regular PC builders. Seeing both names suggests ASRock may bring these lines to Intel's rumored LGA-1954 socket.
Meanwhile, Z970 itself is still a mystery. Past leaks place it between the cheaper B960 and the more advanced Z990. The claim is that Z970 may let users raise CPU clock speeds through the multiplier, while Z990 could allow base-clock tweaks as well.
As for the specs, prior reports point to 34 PCIe lanes in total, with 14 PCIe 4.0 lanes from the chipset. Four SATA ports and a PCIe 5.0 x2 DMI link are also on the rumored list.
One detail worth watching is PCIe 5.0 support. The leaked setup gives the chipset no direct lanes at that speed. Yet the CPU could still feed fast graphics cards and SSDs through its separate PCIe links.
None of those figures came from the new shipping records, though. They stem from older leaks, and there is no proof that the final boards will match them.
Other details remain up in the air as well. Buyers have no clear specs for RAM, M.2 slots, WiFi, power delivery, or price. Even the exact board designs have yet to surface in any confirmed form.
For PC fans eyeing Intel's Nova Lake chips, a cheaper board with CPU overclocking could be worth a look. Still, this is early-stage info, not a product launch. Until Intel confirms the platform, the two ASRock names are just clues rather than firm buying options.
Here's the catch. A name on a shipping form does not mean a board is ready for sale. These could be test units, and there is no firm word on when either model might reach stores.
LiveMixer is ASRock's range for creators and streamers who need lots of ports and ways to hook up gear. Pro-A tends to serve regular PC builders. Seeing both names suggests ASRock may bring these lines to Intel's rumored LGA-1954 socket.
Meanwhile, Z970 itself is still a mystery. Past leaks place it between the cheaper B960 and the more advanced Z990. The claim is that Z970 may let users raise CPU clock speeds through the multiplier, while Z990 could allow base-clock tweaks as well.
As for the specs, prior reports point to 34 PCIe lanes in total, with 14 PCIe 4.0 lanes from the chipset. Four SATA ports and a PCIe 5.0 x2 DMI link are also on the rumored list.
One detail worth watching is PCIe 5.0 support. The leaked setup gives the chipset no direct lanes at that speed. Yet the CPU could still feed fast graphics cards and SSDs through its separate PCIe links.
None of those figures came from the new shipping records, though. They stem from older leaks, and there is no proof that the final boards will match them.
Other details remain up in the air as well. Buyers have no clear specs for RAM, M.2 slots, WiFi, power delivery, or price. Even the exact board designs have yet to surface in any confirmed form.
For PC fans eyeing Intel's Nova Lake chips, a cheaper board with CPU overclocking could be worth a look. Still, this is early-stage info, not a product launch. Until Intel confirms the platform, the two ASRock names are just clues rather than firm buying options.
