Z490 GAMING X

Gigabyte Z490 GAMING X Motherboard

Meet the Gigabyte Z490 AORUS XTREME Water Force Motherboard. This new rane of motherboards by Gigabyte are designed for equal parts beauty and beast. Soar to new heights with the Auros Z490 Gaming Motherboards.

Key Features:

• Supports 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Series Processors
• Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
• Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
• Direct 11+1 Phases Digital VRM Solution with DrMOS
• Enlarged VRM Heatsink with 5W/mK Thermal Conductive Pad
• Intel® GbE LAN with cFosSpeed Internet Accelerator Software
• Multi-Way Graphics Support with Dual Armor and Ultra Durable™ Design
• ALC1200 Multi-Channel Audio with High Quality Audio Capacitors and Audio Noise Guard
• Dual Ultra-Fast M.2 with PCIe Gen3 X4 (1 with Thermal Guard) & SATA Interface
• Intel® Native USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A with Speed Up To 10Gbps
• RGB FUSION 2.0 Support Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips
• Smart Fan 5 Features Multiple Temperature Sensors , Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP
• Q-Flash Plus Updates BIOS without Installing the CPU, Memory and Graphics Card
• CEC 2019 Ready, Save the Power as Easy as One Click
• Lightning-Fast Intel® Thunderbolt™ 3 AIC Support

Technical Specifications

• SOCKET - Intel Socket 1200
• CHIPSET - Intel® Z490 Express Chipset

CPU

• Support for 10th Generation Intel® Core™ i9 processors/Intel® Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1200 package
• L3 cache varies with CPU
• (Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information.)

Memory

• 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB (32 GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory
• Dual channel memory architecture
• Support for DDR4 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(O.C.) / 3000(O.C.) / 2933 / 2800 / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 MHz memory modules
• 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.)

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 x4
• 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
• (All of the PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)

Multi Graphics Support

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

Graphics

• 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.
• Maximum shared memory of 512 MB

USB

• Chipset:
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) on the back panel
• 7 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (5 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)
• 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)/#bl]
• Storage:
• • 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_SB)
  • 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M_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
• Audio
• • Realtek® ALC1200 codec
  • High Definition Audio
  • 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
  • Support for S/PDIF Out
• LAN
• • Intel® GbE LAN chip (1000 Mbit/100 Mbit)
• Unique Features
• • 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
• Internal I/O
• • 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
  • 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
  • 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
  • 1 x CPU fan header
  • 4 x system fan headers
  • 2 x addressable LED strip headers
  • 2 x RGB LED strip headers
  • 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  • 2 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
  • 1 x front panel header
  • 1 x front panel audio header
  • 1 x S/PDIF Out header
  • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header
  • 1 x USB 2.0/1.1 header
  • 1 x Trusted Platform Module header (For the GC-TPM2.0 SPI/GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0 module only)
  • 2 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connectors
  • 1 x serial port header
  • 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
  • 1 x Q-Flash Plus button
• Back Panel Connectors
• • 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
  • 1 x HDMI port
  • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red)
  • 5 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
  • 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  • 1 x RJ-45 port
  • 6 x audio jacks
• Form Factor
• [#bl]ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 23.0cm