Mainboard GIGABYTE Z490 AORUS PRO AX (rev. 1.0)

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

Chipset

- Intel^® Z490 Express Chipset

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 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(O.C.) / 3000(O.C.) / 2933 / 2800 / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 MHz memory modules
To support a 3200 MHz, you must use XMP memory.

- 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 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

Audio

- Realtek^® ALC1220-VB codec

- High Definition Audio

- 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel

- Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN

1 x Intel^® 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbit/1 Gbit/100 Mbit) (LAN2)

Wireless Communication module

Intel^® Wi-Fi 6 AX201

- WIFI a, b, g, n, ac with wave 2 features, ax, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band

- BLUETOOTH 5.0

- 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)

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)

Multi-Graphics Technology

Support for NVIDIA^® Quad-GPU SLI™ and 2-Way NVIDIA^® SLI™ technologies

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

Storage Interface

- 2 x M.2 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_SB/M2M_SB)

- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

- Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
* Refer to "1-8 Internal Connectors," for the installation notices for the M.2 and SATA connectors.

- Intel^® Optane™ Memory Ready

USB

Chipset:

1 x USB Type-C™ port on the back panel, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support

1 x USB Type-C™ port with USB 3.2 Gen 1 support, available through the internal USB header

2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel

5 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (3 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)

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 x 24-pin ATX main power connector

1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

1 x 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

2 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 1 support

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 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 support

2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red)

3 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports

2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)

1 x HDMI port

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

Overheating warning

Fan fail warning

Fan speed control

BIOS

1 x 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 Feature

- 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

XSplit Gamecaster + Broadcaster (12 months license)

Operating System

Support for Windows 10 64-bit

Form Factor

ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm