The Intel Z590 Motherboard Overview: 50+ Motherboards Detailed
by Gavin Bonshor on January 19, 2021 10:15 AM ESTEVGA Z590 FTW
The second board EVGA intends to launch sometime in 2021 is the EVGA Z590 FTW. Adopting a more gaming-inspired flavor than its Z590 Dark model, the FTW includes RGB LEDs within the rear panel cover and adopts a more conventionally styled all-black PCB. It includes a right-angled 24-pin 12 V ATX motherboard power connector, with a power and reset button pairing, with a two-digit LED debugger in the top right-hand corner.
Currently, EVGA hasn't provided any technical specifications, but we can see six SATA ports, two full-length PCIe slots, and a half-length PCIe slot located at the bottom. Any M.2 slots are likely to be underneath the large heatsink which dominates the lower portion of the board, with a PCIe 4.0 x4 slot likely to be under the silver M.2 heatsink in the center of the board. The Z590 EVGA FTW also has four memory slots, with a very subtle design and aesthetic throughout. There also seems to be a Wi-Fi module on the rear panel.
Once EVGA provides us with more information, we will update this page.
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WaltC - Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - link
If my x570 Aorus Master fan is "active", it has sure fooled me...;) It is not audible.Makaveli - Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - link
I'm on a Asus Prime X570-Pro for just over a year now and I've not heard the chipset fan once totally overblown issue. Drama queens!Samus - Thursday, January 21, 2021 - link
I think it's impressive Intel kept a PCIe4.0 chipset down to 6w TDP. Definitely doesn't need active cooling.Slash3 - Sunday, January 24, 2021 - link
The chipset isn't Gen4.Spunjji - Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - link
Not surprised if they're expecting users to overclock chips that will exceed 200W at stock settings. 😬YB1064 - Thursday, January 21, 2021 - link
Is it just me or are the MSRPs listed utterly insane? Intel has been relegated to a poor man's AMD, yet these crazy prices? As they say, a fool and his money are soon parted.Samus - Saturday, January 23, 2021 - link
I don't think it's actually the chipset costs that are inflating the price of the boards, but the ridiculous power circuit and components required to deliver over 200w of power to the CPU's in order for these board makers to take advantage of PL2.fundead - Wednesday, August 4, 2021 - link
I thought the active fan is for the 10 gig networking chip. It is facing that heatsink which is right next to the vrm heatsink.damianrobertjones - Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - link
Looking at the prices, I'm really, REALLY glad that I bought an AORUS Z490 Elite (£154, new) from eBay. I just don't understand the prices.aidan - Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - link
I've just done exactly the same, no regrets whatsoever