THERMAL REACTIVE ARMOR

Z590 AORUS XTREME uses an unprecedented and innovative thermal design to ensure the best CPU, Chipset, SSD stability and low temperatures under full load application and gaming.

AORUS M.2 Thermal Guard II

• With durability in mind, GIGABYTE provides a new thermal solution for large capacity M.2 SSD devices with double side flash. The M.2 Thermal Guard II uses a double-sided heatsink design and prevents throttling and bottlenecks on high speed M.2 SSDs by dissipating heat before it becomes an issue.

Smart Fan 6

• Smart Fan 6 contains several unique cooling features that ensure gaming PC maintain its performance while staying cool and quiet. Multiple fan headers can support PWM/DC fan and pump, and users can easily define each fan curve based on different temperature sensors across the board via intuitive user interface. 

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.

Next Generation Intel Thunderbolt™ 4

Dual Thunderbolt™ 4 – The fastest 40Gb/s single-wire connection

• Powered by Intel's own Thunderbolt controller the new Thunderbolt™ 4 protocol, which is available over two USB Type-C® connectors on the back I/O of the GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS XTREME, brings an unprecedented single-wire bandwidth of up to 40 Gb/s -- twice more than USB3.2 Gen2x2! This incredible increase in bandwidth is also accompanied with support for different protocols such as DisplayPort 1.4a* and compliant with USB4 standard, which is backwards compatible with USB 3.2 Gen1 and USB 2.0, opening up a world of new possibilities.

Daisy-chain Multiple Devices

• Support for DisplayPort 1.4 makes Thunderbolt™ 4 a must have for any enthusiast. The Z590 AORUS XTREME is able to support two displays in 4K resolution at 60 FPS or one display in 8K resolution. In addition, Thunderbolt™ 4 over USB Type-C® has revolutionary industry-first features such as Power Delivery 2.0, USB4 specification compliance, and the ability to daisy-chain up to 10 devices thanks to the Z590 AORUS XTREME's dual USB Type-C® ports.

AQUANTIA® 10GbE BASE-T Networking

Next Generation Multi-Gig Gaming

The AQUANTIA ® AQC107 is a high-performance, backward compatible with 10GBASE-T/ 5GBASE-T/ 2.5GBASE-T/ 1000BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX Ethernet Controller which is able to provide up to 10 GbE network connectivity, with 10 times faster transfer speeds compared to general 1GbE networking and is perfectly designed for media centers, workstations and gamers.

Multi-Gigabit Support

• Ultimate online gaming experience with faster connection speed
• Backward compatible with 5/2.5/1Gbps network
• No re-wiring needed

Intel 802.11ax WIFI 6E

Intel latest Wireless solution 802.11ax WIFI 6E with new dedicated 6GHz band, enables gigabit wireless performance, provides smooth video streaming, better gaming experience, few dropped connections and speeds up to 2.4Gbps*. Moreover, Bluetooth 5 provides 4X range over BT 4.2 and with faster transmission.

Benefit of WIFI6E

• Dedicated spectrum in 6GHz band for less interference
• 5.5X throughput than 802.11ac 1x1 (based on theoretical bandwidth)
• 4X better network capacity, no traffic jams especially in those dense area with lots of devices
• Network efficiency increase for better user experience

ESSential USB DAC

Complete Digital to Analog Signal processing on front-access USB Type-C® ports gets rid of any possibility of distortions and provides superb sound stage recreation so users can experience the vocal cohesion. Enjoy the depth of the music and the immersive sound profile.

• USB Type-C® for PC, Laptop and Android Devices
• Replace Ancient Front Audio Interfaces
• Powered by ESS SABRE HIFI DAC
• Premium Power Processing
• Left/Right Separation Routing
• Superior Sound Stage by WIMA Capacitors

PERSONALIZATION

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

Multi-Zone Light Show Design

• Now offering more LED customizations than ever, users can truly adapt their PC to represent their lifestyle. With full RGB support and a redesigned RGB Fusion 2.0 application, the user has complete control over the LEDs which surround the motherboard. 

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.

Q-Flash Plus

Update the BIOS easily without installing the CPU, memory and graphics card.

With GIGABYTE Q-Flash Plus, you don’t need to install the CPU, memory and graphics card nor enter the BIOS menu to flash the BIOS. Just download and save a new BIOS file (rename to gigabyte.bin) on the USB flash drive, then press the dedicated Q-Flash Plus button and you’re good to go!

Ultra Durable™ PCIe Armor

Industry Leading Ultra Durable™ PCIe Armor

The innovative one piece stainless steel shielding design from GIGABYTE reinforces the PCIe connectors to provide the extra strength required to support heavy graphics cards.

Ultra Durable™ Memory Armor

AORUS' exclusive one piece stainless steel shielding design prevents against PCB distortion/twisting and plate bending, in addition to preventing any possible ESD interference.

Solid Pin Power Connectors

Z590 AORUS motherboards feature solid plated ATX 24pin & ATX 12V 8pin + 8pin power connectors to offer a stable power supply during CPU overloading. 

Main Features

• 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

Specification

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.

* Wi-Fi 6E and its 6GHz carrier frequency support may vary by country.

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.

Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10

Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready

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

* Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.

• 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

* 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

RGB Fusion

Smart Backup

System Information Viewer

• Support for Q-Flash Plus
• Support for Q-Flash
• Support for Xpress Install

Operating System

Support for Windows 10 64-bit

Form Factor

E-ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 27cm