The Intel Z590 Motherboard Overview: 50+ Motherboards Detailed
by Gavin Bonshor on January 19, 2021 10:15 AM ESTGIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Pro AX
Sitting between the Aorus Master and Elite in GIGABYTE's new Z590 range, the GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Pro AX advertises a direct 12+1 phase power delivery, with premium 90 A power stages, with four M.2 slots and an Intel 2.5 GbE and Wi-Fi 6 network pairing. Like other Aorus branded models, the Z590 Aorus Pro AX follows GIGABYTE's typical black and gray color theme throughout, with an integrated thin RGB LED strip in the rear panel cover and M.2 heatsinks covering all the available slots.
Included are three full-length PCIe slots with two operating at PCIe 4.0 x16 and x8/x8, with the third operating at PCIe 3.0 x4. Storage options include four M.2 slots, with two PCIe 4.0 x4 and two PCIe 3.0 x4/SATA M.2, as well as six SATA ports with support for RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 arrays. The Z590 Aorus Pro AX includes four memory slots with support for DDR4-5000, with a maximum of up to 128 GB.
GIGABYTE uses the latest Realtek ALC4080 HD audio codec, which powers the board's five 3.5 mm audio jacks and S/PDIF optical output. There's an Intel I225-V 2.5 GbE controller and an Intel AX200 Wi-Fi 6 CNVi with support for BT 5.0 devices for networking. There's also plenty of USB connectivity too, with one USB 3.2 G2x2 Type-C, four USB 3.2 G2 Type-A, four USB 3.2 G1 Type-A, and four USB 2.0 ports. Finishing off the rear panel is a single DisplayPort 1.2 video output.
At the time of writing, GIGABYTE hasn't shared any details on its Z590 models' pricing.
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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