Intel® Z590 AORUS Motherboard with Direct 12+1 Phases 90A Digital VRM Design, Comprehensive Thermal Solution with Fins-Array II, Triple CPU Gen4 M.2, Intel® WiFi 6 802.11ax, RGB FUSION 2.0

THE BEST FOR THE PRO

Z590 AORUS PRO AX motherboard comes with upgraded power solution, all PCIe 4.0 design and outstanding connectivity to elevate your gaming experience to the next level.

To unleash the full potential of the latest Intel 11th Gen CPU, the motherboard requires the best CPU power design. With the best quality components and GIGABYTE R&D design capability, Z590 AORUS PRO AX is a true beast among motherboards.

GIGABYTE understands that our customer won't stop chasing better computer performance, and strive to deliver that in our products. For the Z590 series, protective and optimized memory trace enhance the performance; faster read and write speed save time and improve efficiency; and generous M.2 Storage with thermal guards ensure unthrottled read and write performance. Future upgrades to the Z590 are made possible by the use of PCIe 4.0-ready components.

FEATURES

• Supports 11th and 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Series Processors
• Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
• Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
• Direct 12+1 Phases Digital VRM Solution with 90A Smart Power Stage
• Shielded Memory Routing to avoid Interference
• Advanced Thermal Solution with Fins-Array II Heatsink, Direct Touch Heatpipe II and Thermal Guard II
• Intel® WiFi 6 802.11ax 2T2R & BT5 with AORUS Antenna
• AMP-UP Audio with ALC4080 and WIMA for Rear 120dB SNR
• Blazing Fast Intel® 2.5GbE LAN with cFosSpeed
• Triple Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0*/3.0 x4 M.2 with Thermal Guards II for extreme RAID Performance
• RGB FUSION 2.0 with Multi-Zone Addressable LED Light Show Design, Support Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips
• Smart Fan 6 Features Multiple Temperature Sensors , Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP and Noise Detection
• Q-Flash Plus Update BIOS without Installing the CPU, Memory and Graphics Card

SPECIFICATIONS

• CPU:
  • LGA1200 package::
    • 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® G5×x5 family.
    • L3 cache varies with CPU
• Chipset: Intel® Z590 Express Chipset
• Memory:
  • 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
  • Dual channel memory architecture
  • 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
• Onboard Graphics:
  • Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel® HD Graphics support::
    • 1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2304@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
• LAN: 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
• Expansion Slots:
  • 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.
• Multi-Graphics Technology: Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies
• Storage Interface:
  • 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.
  • Chipset::
    • 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:
  • Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready:
• USB:
  • Chipset::
    • 1 x USB Type-C® port on the back panel, with USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 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 × 24-pin ATX main power connector
  • 1 × 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
  • 1 × 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
• Back Panel Connectors:
  • 1 x USB Type-C® port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 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
• I/O Controller: 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
• BIOS:
  • 1 × 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
• Unique Features:
  • Support for APP Center
    • @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
• Bundled Software:
  • Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)
  • cFosSpeed
• Operating System: Support for Windows 10 64-bit
• Form Factor: ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm