Gigabyte Z490 Gaming X AX Motherboard

Gigabyte Z490 Gaming X AX Motherboard :

Features :

• Supports 10th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors and 11th Gen Intel^® Core™ 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
• Onboard Intel^® WiFi 6 802.11ax 2T2R & BT5
• 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

Specifications :

• CPU
  1. 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
  2. L3 cache varies with CPU

  (Please refer “CPU Support List” for more information.)

• Chipset
  1. Intel^® Z490 Express Chipset
• Memory
  1. Intel^® Core™ i9/i7 processors:
     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
  2. Intel^® Core™ i5/i3/Pentium^®/Celeron^® processors:
     Support for DDR4 2666/2400/2133 MHz memory modules
  3. 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB (32 GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory
  4. Dual channel memory architecture
  5. Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
  6. Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
  7. 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. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2160@30 Hz
     * Support for HDMI 1.4 version and HDCP 2.3.

  Maximum shared memory of 512 MB

• Audio
  1. Realtek^® ALC1200 codec
  2. High Definition Audio
  3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
  4. Support for S/PDIF Out
• LAN
  1. Intel^® GbE LAN chip (1000 Mbit/100 Mbit)
• Wireless Communication module

  Intel^® Wi-Fi 6 AX201

  1. WIFI a, b, g, n, ac with wave 2 features, ax, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band
  2. BLUETOOTH 5
  3. 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. 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.
  2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4
  3. 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
     (All of the PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)

  Supports up to ASPM L1.2 power management protocols.

• Multi-Graphics Technology
  1. Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies
• Storage Interface
  1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_SB)
  2. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M_SB)
  3. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  4. 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.
  5. Intel^® Optane™ Memory Ready

  M.2 connectors support up to ASPM L1.2 PCIe power management protocols.

• USB

  Chipset:

  1. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) on the back panel
  2. 7 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (5 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)
  3. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)
• Internal I/O Connectors
  1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
  2. 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
  3. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
  4. 1 x CPU fan header
  5. 4 x system fan headers
  6. 2 x addressable LED strip headers
  7. 2 x RGB LED strip headers
  8. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  9. 2 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
  10. 1 x front panel header
  11. 1 x front panel audio header
  12. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
  13. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header
  14. 1 x USB 2.0/1.1 header
  15. 1 x Trusted Platform Module header (For the GC-TPM2.0 SPI/GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0 module only)
  16. 2 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connectors
  17. 1 x serial port header
  18. 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
  19. 1 x Q-Flash Plus button
• Back Panel Connectors
  1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
  2. 1 x HDMI port
  3. 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)
  4. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red)
  5. 5 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
  6. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  7. 1 x RJ-45 port
  8. 6 x audio jacks
• I/O Controller
  1. iTE^® I/O Controller Chip
• H/W Monitoring
  1. Voltage detection
  2. Temperature detection
  3. Fan speed detection
  4. Overheating warning
  5. Fan fail warning
  6. Fan speed control
     * Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend on the cooler you install.
• BIOS
  1. 1 x 256 Mbit flash
  2. Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
  3. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0
• Unique Features
  1. 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
  2. Support for Q-Flash Plus
  3. Support for Q-Flash
  4. Support for Xpress Install
• Bundled Software
  1. Norton^® Internet Security (OEM version)
  2. cFosSpeed
• Operating System
  1. Support for Windows 10 64-bit
• Form Factor
  1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 23.0cm