Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER (Intel LGA1151/Z390/ATX/3xM.2 Thermal Guard/Onboard AC Wi-Fi/ESS Sabre DAC/Gaming Motherboard)

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Supports LGA1151 slot – Intel 9th and 8th generation processors: Intel® Core™ i9 processor/Intel® Core™ i7 processor/Intel® Core™ i5 processor/Intel® Core™ i3 processor/Intel® Pentium® processor/Intel® Celeron® processor

The L3 cache depends on the CPU

(For a detailed support list, please refer to "CPU Support List ".)

Chipset

Intel® Z390 high-speed chipset

Memory

4 DDR4 DIMM slots, * supporting up to 128GB (requiring a single 32GB memory) **

The actual size of memory supported by a computer depends on the model of the CPU installed.

Support dual-channel memory technology

Support the DDR4 4400 (O.C.) / 4333 (O.C.) / 4266 (O.C.) / 4133 (O.C.) / 4000 (O.C.) / 3866 (O.C.) / 3800/3733 (O.C.)/(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.) / 2800(O.C.) / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 MHz

Supports ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory (operating in non-ECC mode)

Supports non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory

Support Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory

(For a detailed support list, please refer to "Memory Support List".)

Display function

Built-in processor with display function – Supports Intel® HD Graphics:

1 HDMI socket with a resolution of **4096×2160@30 Hz

Supports HDMI 1.4 version and HDCP 2.2.

Support * shared display memory *1 GB

Sound effect

It is equipped with a built-in Realtek® ALC1220-VB chip

The audio output port provided by the front audio socket supports DSD audio.

Built-in ESS SABRE 9118 DAC chip

Support High Definition Audio

Supports 2/4/5.1/7.1 channels

Support S/PDIF output

Network

Built-in Intel® GbE network chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Wireless communication module

Intel® CNVi interface 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, supporting 2.4/5 GHz wireless dual-band

BLUETOOTH 5

Supports the 11ac 160 MHz wireless communication standard and can support a transmission speed of up to 1.73 Gbps

The actual transmission speed may vary depending on the usage environment and device.

Expansion slot

One PCI Express x16 slot, supporting the x16 operating specification (PCIEX16)

To fully utilize the performance of the graphics card, it is essential to install the PCIEX16 slot when installing a graphics card.

One PCI Express x16 slot, supporting the x8 operating specification (PCIEX8)

Since the PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot, when a graphics card is installed in the PCIEX8 slot, the PCIEX16 slot * operates at x8 bandwidth.

One PCI Express x16 slot, supporting the x4 operating specification (PCIEX4)

Since the PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the M2P socket, when an SSD is installed on the M2P socket, the PCIEX4 slot * operates at x2 bandwidth.

Three PCI Express x1 slots

All PCI Express slots support PCI Express 3.0.

One M.2 Socket 1 socket for Intel® CNVi Wireless module (CNVI)

Multi-display technology

Supports NVIDIA® Quad-GPU SLI™ and 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ technologies

Supports AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 3-Way/2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies

Storage device interface

Built into the chipset

One M.2 interface (supporting Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD, prepared for Intel® Hybrid SSD) (M2M)

One M.2 interface (supporting Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD) (M2A)

One M.2 interface (supporting Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 PCIe x4/x2 SSD)(M2P)

Six SATA3.0 interfaces

Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 functions

For precautions on PCIEX4/M.2/SATA interfaces, please refer to the instructions in the section "1-9 Interfaces and Patch Cords Introduction".

Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready

USB

Built into the chipset

One USB Type-C™ interface, supporting USB 3.1 Gen 2, needs to be connected from the USB socket inside the motherboard via a ribbon cable

One USB Type-C™ interface is on the rear panel and supports USB 3.1 Gen 2

Three USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) are on the rear panel

Four USB 3.1 Gen 1 interfaces (two are on the rear panel, and two need to be connected from the USB sockets inside the motherboard via ribbon cables)

Built-in chipset +USB 2.0 Hub

8 USB 2.0/1.1 interfaces (4 are on the rear panel, and 4 need to be connected from the USB sockets inside the motherboard via ribbon cables)

Internal socket

One 24-pin ATX main power socket

Two 8-pin ATX 12V power sockets

One CPU fan socket

One CPU water-cooled fan socket

Four system fan sockets

Two system fan/water-cooling pump sockets

Two digital (controllable standard)LED light strip power sockets

Two digital (controllable standard)LED light strip voltage adjustment pins

Two RGB LED light strip power sockets

Three M.2 sockets and three sockets

Six SATA 6Gb/s sockets

One motherboard jumper socket

One front audio socket

One S/PDIF output socket

One USB Type-C™ socket, supporting USB 3.1 Gen 2

One USB 3.1 Gen 1 socket

Two USB 2.0/1.1 sockets

One Thunderbolt™ expansion sub-card socket

1 Security Encryption Module (TPM) socket (2×6 pin, for use only with GC-TPM2.0_S)

One OC button

One system reset button

Two temperature-sensing wire pins

Two BIOS switchers

1 clear CMOS data pin

Voltage measurement point

The rear panel device is connected to the socket

One power/system reset button

One button to clear CMOS data

Two SMA antenna interfaces (2T2R)

One HDMI interface

One USB Type-C™ interface, supporting USB 3.1 Gen 2

Three USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A interfaces (red)

Two USB 3.1 Gen 1 interfaces

Four USB 2.0/1.1 interfaces

One RJ-45 network cable interface

One S/PDIF optical fiber output socket

Five audio interfaces

I/O controller

Built-in iTE® I/O control chip

Hardware monitoring

Voltage detection

Temperature detection

Fan speed detection

Flow rate detection of water-cooling system

Over-temperature warning

Fan Failure warning

Intelligent fan control

Whether the intelligent fan (water-cooling pump) control function is supported depends on different cooling fans (water-cooling pumps).

BIOS

Two 128Mbit flash

Use the authorized AMI UEFI BIOS

Support DualBIOS™

PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0