Supports 10th Gen Intel® Core™, 11th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® processors for LGA 1200 socket
Supports DDR4 Memory, up to 5333(OC) MHz
Lightning Fast Experience: PCIe 4.0, Lightning Gen4 x4 M.2 with M.2 Shield Frozr, Intel Turbo USB 3.2 Gen 2
Premium Thermal Solution: Extended Heatsink Design and M.2 Shield Frozr are built for high performance system and non-stop works
2.5G LAN: Upgraded network solution for professional and multimedia use. Delivers a secure, stable and fast network connection
Intel Turbo USB 3.2 Gen 2: Powered by Intel USB 3.2 Gen2 controller, Turbo USB ensures an uninterrupted connection with more stability and fastest USB speeds
Audio Boost: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality
Multi-GPU: With Steel armor PCI-E slots. Supports 2-Way AMD Crossfire™
Supports 10th Gen Intel® Core™, 11th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® processors for LGA 1200 socket
Supports DDR4 Memory, up to 5333(OC) MHz
Lightning-Fast Experience: PCIe 4.0, Lightning Gen4 x4 M.2 with M.2 Shield Frozr, Intel Turbo USB 3.2 Gen 2
Premium Thermal Solution: Extended Heatsink Design and M.2 Shield Frozr are built for high performance system and non-stop works
2.5G LAN: Upgraded network solution for professional and multimedia use. Delivers a secure, stable and fast network connection
Intel Turbo USB 3.2 Gen 2: Powered by Intel USB 3.2 Gen2 controller, Turbo USB ensures an uninterrupted connection with more stability and fastest USB speeds
Audio Boost: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality
Multi-GPU: With Steel armor PCI-E slots. Supports 2-Way AMD Crossfire™
Processor
Supports 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors, 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors
Processor socket LGA1200
Chipset
Intel® Z590 Chipset
Memory
4x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 128GBSupports 1R 2133/ 2666/ 2933 MHz for 10th Gen Intel® CPU (by JEDEC & POR)
Supports 1R 2133/ 2666/ 2933/ 3200 MHz for 11th Gen Intel® CPU (by JEDEC & POR)
Max overclocking frequency:1DPC 1R Max speed up to 5333 MHz
1DPC 2R Max speed up to 4700+ MHz
2DPC 1R Max speed up to 4400+ MHz
2DPC 2R Max speed up to 4000+ MHz
Supports Dual-Channel mode
Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
Expansion Slot
2x PCIe x16 slotsSupport x16/ x4
PCI_E1 (from CPU)Supports up to PCIe 4.0 for 11th Gen Intel® CPU
Supports up to PCIe 3.0 for 10th Gen Intel® CPU
PCI_E3 (from Z590 chipset)Supports up to PCIe 3.0
2x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots (from Z590 chipset)
Onboard Graphics
1x HDMI 2.0b with HDR port, supports a maximum resolution of 4K 60Hz 12
1x DisplayPort 1.4 port, supports a maximum resolution of 4K 60Hz 12
Available only on processors featuring integrated graphics.
Graphics specifications may vary depending on the CPU installed.
Multi-GPU
Supports 2-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology
Storage
6x SATA 6Gb/s ports (from Z590 chipset)
3x M.2 slots (Key M)M2_1 slot (from CPU) 1Available only on 11th Gen Intel® CPU
Supports up to PCIe 4.0×4
Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
M2_21, M2_32 slots (from Z590 chipset)Support up to PCIe 3.0×4
Support up to SATA 6Gb/s
Support 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices
Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
Support Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors
SATA2 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_2 slot.
SATA5 & SATA 6 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SSD in the M2_3 slot.
RAID
Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for M.2 NVMe storage devices
USB
Intel® Z590 Chipset
Intel® Z590 Chipset1x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 20Gbps Type-C port on the back panel
2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps ports (1 Type-C internal connector and 1 Type-A port on the back panel)
6x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports (2 Type-A ports on the back panel, and 4 ports are available through the internal USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps connectors)
USB 2.0 Hubs GL850G4x USB 2.0 Type-A ports on the back panel
4x USB 2.0 ports are available through the internal USB 2.0 connectors
1x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
1x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
1x 6-pin ATX PCIe power connector
6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
3x M.2 slots (M-Key)
1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps Type-C port
2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports)
2x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
1x 4-pin CPU fan connector
1x 4-pin water-pump fan connector
6x 4-pin system fan connectors
1x Front panel audio connector
2x System panel connectors
1x Chassis Intrusion connector
1x Clear CMOS jumper
1x TPM module connector
1x Serial port connector
1x Tuning controller connector
1x TBT connector (Supports RTD3)
Back panel ports
Keyboard / Mouse
DisplayPort
USB 2.0
LAN port
Audio connector
Flash BIOS Button
USB 2.0
HDMI
USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps Type-A
USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 20Gbps Type-C
USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps Type-A
Dimensions
ATX Form Factor
12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
Excellent performance at this price point.
Dipping my toe into some 11th gen testing I wanted to go as frugal as possible. I wasn't expecting much from this budget board, but it is actually a VERY capable board.
The VRMs are easily in the $250-300+ class and pushing it I was able to hit 375w pull on an 11900k (5.2ghz+ all core) and 295w on an 11700k (5ghz all core) stress testing under Cinebench R23 and this "budget board" handled the pull no problems with VRMs not even getting close to max.
The board is well built and does not include any RGB but at this price point you wouldn't expect it to.
Using a 4x8 32GB B-die Samsung kit, it easily handled XMP CL15 4000 profile with ease. I ended up running the memory in a Gear 1 3733 CL15 config.
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Excellent performance at this price point. Dipping my toe into some 11th gen testing I wanted to go as frugal as possible. I wasn't expecting much from this budget board, but it is actually a VERY capable board. The VRMs are easily in the $250-300+ class and pushing it I was able to hit 375w pull on an 11900k (5.2ghz+ all core) and 295w on an 11700k (5ghz all core) stress testing under Cinebench R23 and this "budget board" handled the pull no problems with VRMs not even getting close to max. The board is well built and does not include any RGB but at this price point you wouldn't expect it to. Using a 4x8 32GB B-die Samsung kit, it easily handled XMP CL15 4000 profile with ease. I ended up running the memory in a Gear 1 3733 CL15 config.