Gigabyte Z590 AORUS XTREME DDR4 Intel Motherboard

Z590 AORUS XTREME
Showcasing a state-of-the-art design, excellent functionality, an impressive thermal design, next generation connectivity, a Hi-Fi level audio system, and AORUS aesthetics, the flagship Z590 AORUS XTREME motherboard dominates the competition.

UNPARALLELED PERFORMANCE
To unleash the full potential of the new Intel 11th Gen CPU, the motherboard requires the best CPU power, memory and IO design. With the best quality components and GIGABYTE R&D design capability, Z590 AORUS XTREME is a true beast among motherboards.

CONNECTIVITY
A Flagship product needs to be future-proofed so your system stays up-to-date with the latest technology. Z590 AORUS XTREME provides all next generation network, storage, and WIFI connectivity to keep you up to speed.

PERSONALIZATION
Z590 AORUS XTREME provides full lighting effect and customization settings with outstanding aesthetics, enable enthusiasts to build gaming PC differently.

ULTRA DURABLE
GIGABYTE is reputable for its product durability and high quality manufacturing process. Needless to say, we use the best components we can find for the Z590 AORUS XTREME and reinforce every slot to make each of them solid and durable.

KEY FEATURE
Intel® Z590 AORUS Motherboard with 20+1 Phases Digital VRM, Fins-Array II Heatsink, Direct-Touch Heatpipe II ,NanoCarbon Baseplate, Intel® Thunderbolt 4, ESSential USB DAC, AORUS PRO Gen4 AIC Adaptor, Intel® WiFi 6E 802.11ax, AQUANTIA® 10GbE LAN

Supports 11th and 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Series Processors
Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
20+1 Phases Digital VRM Solution with 100A Smart Power Stage and Tantalum Polymer Capacitors Array
XTREME MEMORY with SMT DIMM and Shielded Memory Routing
Thermal Reactive Armor with Fins-Array II Heatsink, Direct Touch Heatpipe II and NanoCarbon Baseplate
Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 Onboard
Onboard Intel® WiFi 6E 802.11ax 2T2R & BT 5 with 2X AORUS Antenna
Exclusively bundled ESSential USB DAC
127dB SNR AMP-UP Audio with High-End ESS SABRE 9018K2M DAC, LME 49720, OPA1622 and WIMA Audio Capacitors
AQUANTIA® 10GbE BASE-T LAN and Intel® 2.5GbE LAN with cFosSpeed
Exclusively bundled AORUS PRO Gen4 AIC Adaptor
Triple Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0*/3.0 x4 M.2 with Thermal Guards II
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

Tech Specs
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® G5xx5 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® Thunderbolt™ 4 Controller:
2 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 connectors (USB Type-C® ports), supporting DisplayPort and Thunderbolt™ video outputs and a maximum resolution of 5120 x 2880@60 Hz with 24 bpp (via single display output)
* Because of the limited I/O resources of the PC architecture, the number of Thunderbolt™ devices that can be used is dependent on the number of the PCI Express devices being installed. (Refer to Chapter 1-7, "Back Panel Connectors," for more information.)
* Support for DisplayPort 1.4 version, HDCP 2.3
Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel® HD Graphics support:
1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@30 Hz
* Support for HDMI 1.4 version and HDCP 2.3.

Audio
Realtek® ALC1220-VB codec+ESS ES9018K2M DAC+TI OPA1622 operational amplifier
* The front panel line out jack supports DSD audio.
Support for DTS:X® Ultra
High Definition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN
1 x Aquantia 10GbE LAN chip (10 Gbit/5 Gbit/2.5 Gbit/1 Gbit/100 Mbit) (LAN1)
1 x Intel® 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbit/1 Gbit/100 Mbit) (LAN2)

Wireless Communication module
Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX210
WIFI a, b, g, n, ac, ax, supporting 2.4/5/6 GHz carrier frequency bands
BLUETOOTH 5.2
Support for 11ax 160MHz wireless standard and up to 2.4 Gbps data rate
* Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment.

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.
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)
* The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode.
(The PCIEX16 and PCIEX8 slots conform to PCI Express 4.0 standard.)*
* Supported by 11th Generation processors only.
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
(The PCI Express x4 slot conforms 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 2242/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_CPU)*
* Supported by 11th Generation processors only.
Chipset:
1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_SB)
1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M_SB)
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
* Refer to "1-9 Internal Connectors," for the installation notices for the M.2 and SATA connectors.

USB
Chipset+Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 Controller:
2 x USB Type-C® ports on the back panel, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support
Chipset:
1 x USB Type-C® port with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support, available through the internal USB header
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel
Chipset+2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Hubs:
6 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 2.0 Hubs:
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB headers (with the included front USB header extension cable)

Internal I/O Connectors
1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors
1 x CPU fan header
1 x water cooling CPU fan header
6 x system fan headers
2 x system fan/water cooling pump headers
1 x noise detection header
2 x integrated extension cable headers for addressable and RGB LED strips
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
3 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 Gen 2x2 support
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header
1 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
2 x temperature sensor headers
1 x power button
1 x reset button
1 x OC Ignition button
2 x BIOS switches
Voltage Measurement Points

Back Panel Connectors
1 x Q-Flash Plus button
1 x Clear CMOS button
2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)
2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 connector (USB Type-C® port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support)
8 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red)
1 x HDMI port
2 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
Noise detection

BIOS
2 x 256 Mbit flash
Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
Support for DualBIOS™
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
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
E-ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 27cm