ASRock B760M PG Riptide Review: A Good Budget Balance

Micro ATX budget-class board offers an inexpensive way into 13th-gen Intel processors.

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Firmware

ASRock’s firmware for B760 keeps the same general format as we saw in the Z790 model. The major changes are the updated options/functions for Raptor Lake CPUs. The PG Riptide sports the black and red color scheme of the Phantom Gaming brand. Like the other boards, you start in Easy Mode, which is mostly informative but lets you change a few options (XMP, profiles, boot order, Fan-Tastic Tuning, etc.). Advanced mode displays headings across the top with details below. Here you can tweak everything that can be tweaked, as ASRock includes every option you can think of. Overclocking is easy, with most options on the same page, although some power options are in a different section. It’s a logical layout. The movement is smooth, and it’s easy to read. No complaints from us about the ASRock firmware.

Joe Shields
Joe Shields
Staff Writer, Components

Joe Shields is a staff writer at Tom’s Hardware. He reviews motherboards and PC components.

2 Comments Comment from the forums
  • leclod
    I just bought an MSI MAG B760M Mortar WiFi DDR4 for 152USD (switzerland). A board which seems better on a few levels (Wifi, PCIe 5.0, 20Gbps and 10Gbps USB, DDR4).
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    leclod said:
    I just bought an MSI MAG B760M Mortar WiFi DDR4 for 152USD (switzerland). A board which seems better on a few levels (Wifi, PCIe 5.0, 20Gbps and 10Gbps USB, DDR4).
    yes, that is good board, but however that is a DDR4 board, not DDR5, this asrock riptide board is DDR5 board, ur in the wrong thread boy
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