GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS PRO AX Gaming Motherboard

Specifications

• 11th Generation Intel® Core™ i9 processors / Intel® Core™ i7 processors / Intel® Core™ i5 processors

• 10th Generation Intel® Core™ i9 processors / Intel® Core™ i7 processors / Intel® Core™ i5 processors / Intel® Core™ i3 processors/ Intel® Pentium® processors / Intel® Celeron® processors*

• * Limited to processors with 4 MB Intel® Smart Cache, Intel® Celeron® G5xx5 family.

• L3 cache varies with CPU

• (Please refer to "CPU Support List" for more information.)

• Intel® Z590 Express Chipset

• 11th Generation Intel® Core™ i9/i7/i5 processors:
• Support for DDR4 5400 (O.C) / DDR4 5333(O.C.) / DDR4 5133(O.C.) / DDR4 5000(O.C.) / 4933(O.C.) / 4800(O.C.) / 4700(O.C.) / 4600(O.C.) / 4500(O.C.) / 4400(O.C.) / 4300(O.C.) /4266(O.C.) / 4133(O.C.) / 4000(O.C.) / 3866(O.C.) / 3800(O.C.) / 3733(O.C.) / 3666(O.C.) / 3600(O.C.) / 3466(O.C.) / 3400(O.C.) / 3333(O.C.) / 3300(O.C.) / 3200 / 3000 / 2933 / 2800 / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 MHz
• 10th Generation Intel® Core™ i9/i7 processors:

• Support for DDR4 2933/2666/2400/2133 MHz memory modules

• 10th Generation Intel® Core™ i5/i3 /Pentium®/Celeron® processors:

• Support for DDR4 2666/2400/2133 MHz memory modules

• 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB (32 GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory

• Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)

• Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules

• Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

• (Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.)

Onboard Graphics

• Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel® HD Graphics support:

• 1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2304@60 Hz

• * Support for DisplayPort 1.2 version and HDCP 2.3

• (Graphics specifications may vary depending on CPU support.)

Audio

• Realtek® ALC4080 codec

• High Definition Audio

• 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel

• Support for S/PDIF Out

• Intel® 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbit/1 Gbit/100 Mbit)

• Wireless Communication module

• Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200

• WIFI a, b, g, n, ac, ax, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band

• BLUETOOTH 5.1

• Support for 11ax 160MHz wireless standard and up to 2.4 Gbps data rate

• * Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment.

• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)

• * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.

• * The PCIEX16 slot shares bandwidth with the M2B_CPU and M2C_CPU connectors.

• * The PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode when a device is installed in the M2B_CPU or M2C_CPU connector.

• (The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 4.0 standard.)*

• *Supported by 11th Generation processors only.

• 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1/PCIEX4_2)

• (PCIEX4_1 and PCIEX4_2 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)

• Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies

• CPU:

• 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_CPU) *

• 2 x M.2 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0* x4/x2 SSD support) (M2B_CPU)(M2C_CPU)

• *Supported by 11th Generation processors only.

• 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_SB)

• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

• Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10

• * Refer to "1-7 Internal Connectors," for the installation notices for the M.2 and SATA connectors.

• Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready

• 1 x USB Type-C® port on the back panel, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support

• 1 x USB Type-C® port with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support, available through the internal USB header

• 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel

• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports available through the internal USB header)

• Chipset+USB 3.2 Gen1 Hubs:

• 4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 ports on the back panel

• Chipset+2 USB 2.0 Hubs:

• 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)

Internal I/O Connectors

• 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector

• 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

• 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector

• 1 x CPU fan header

• 1 x water cooling CPU fan header

• 4 x system fan headers

• 2 x system fan/water cooling pump headers

• 2 x addressable LED strip headers

• 2 x RGB LED strip headers

• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

• 4 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors

• 1 x front panel header

• 1 x front panel audio header

• 1 x USB Type-C® header, with USB 3.2 Gen2 support

• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 header

• 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers

• 2 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connectors

• 1 x Trusted Platform Module header (For the GC-TPM2.0 SPI/GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0 module only)

• 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

• 2 x temperature sensor headers

• 1 x Q-Flash Plus button

• ＊All fan headers are subject to support AIO_Pump, Pump and high performance fan with the capability of delivering up to 2A/12V @ 24W.

• 1 x USB Type-C® port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support

• 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red)

• 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

• 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports

• 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)

• 1 x DisplayPort

• 1 x RJ-45 port

• 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector

• 5 x audio jacks

• iTE® I/O Controller Chip

• H/W Monitoring

• Voltage detection

• Temperature detection

• Fan speed detection

• Water cooling flow rate detection

• Fan fail warning

• Fan speed control

• * Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.

• 1 x 256 Mbit flash

• Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS

• PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

• Support for APP Center

• * Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.

• @BIOS

• EasyTune

• Fast Boot

• Game Boost

• ON/OFF Charge

• RGB Fusion

• Smart Backup

• System Information Viewer

• Support for Q-Flash Plus

• Support for Q-Flash

• Support for Xpress Install

• Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)

• cFosSpeed