The Intel Z590 Motherboard Overview: 50+ Motherboards Detailed
by Gavin Bonshor on January 19, 2021 10:15 AM ESTASUS ROG Strix Z590-F Gaming WIFI
The ASUS ROG Strix F series is typically one of its most well-positioned models when factoring in both price and performance. It is a competitive alternative to the slightly higher-end Strix Z590-E Gaming WIFI, with plenty of features, including four M.2 slots, 2.5 GbE, and the latest Realtek HD audio codec. Its design follows a primarily black color scheme, with silver accents on the rear panel cover, including an RGB enabled Republic of Gamers logo. ASUS is advertising a 14+2 phase power delivery, with an 8-pin and 4-pin 12 V ATX power input pairing.
Looking at expansion support, ASUS includes three full-length PCIe slots, including two full-length slots operating at PCIe 4.0 x16 and x8/x8, while the third full-length slot is electronically locked to PCIe 3.0 x4. For storage, ASUS includes four PCIe M.2 slots, including two operating at PCIe 4.0 x4, with one supporting PCIe 3.0 x4 and another at PCIe 3.0 x4/SATA. There are six SATA ports, with support for RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 arrays. The ASUS ROG Strix Z590-F Gaming Wi-Fi also has four memory slots, with supported speeds of up to DDR4-5333 and a maximum capacity of up to 128 GB.
On the rear panel is one USB 3.2 G2x2 Type-C, one USB 3.2 G2 Type-A, two USB 3.2 G2 Type-A, four USB 3.2 G1 Type-A, and two USB 2.0 ports. ASUS uses an Intel I225-V 2.5 GbE controller with an Intel AX210 Wi-Fi 6E CNVi and includes five 3.5 mm audio jacks and S/PDIF optical output driven by a Realtek ALC4080 HD audio codec and Savitech SV3H712 amplifier. Finishing off the rear panel is a DisplayPort and HDMI video output pairing, a clear CMOS switch, and a BIOS Flashback button.
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Oxford Guy - Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - link
You’ll never be able to block all the spyware with a firewall. Windows is just one component of it. Don’t forget things like stealth CPUs that are built into the CPU, like the little friend on Lando’s shoulder. Etc.lmcd - Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - link
What, the tinfoil hat isn't enough anymore? The "spyware" is just as present on any Windows era.If you want to disable built in telemetry, pay for pro and disable it in the registry. It's not hard if you're really that into privacy.
Spunjji - Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - link
@lmcd - but that would require *effort* - why waste that effort on customising a modern OS, when he could expend more effort cobbling together a barely-working platform on a 12-year-old one? 😂Makaveli - Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - link
lol all I saw in my head reading those post are "old man yells at clouds"Oxford Guy - Friday, January 22, 2021 - link
That’s due to the fact that the old man has just as much chance of getting the spyware out of Windows and CPUs (and the rest) as you lot have a chance of saying something relevant.Oxford Guy - Friday, January 22, 2021 - link
Call us when the shuttle lands, Pauline.Slash3 - Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - link
Z590 only provides six native SATA ports.ASRock's Z590 Taichi has eight ports, with two via an ASMedia ASM1061 controller.
Silver5urfer - Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - link
Got it thanks. I suppose that's how the EVGA Dark got it's 8 SATA ports too.weilin - Thursday, April 29, 2021 - link
Z590, if i remember correctly... has 30 HSIO lanes total:6 of which are dedicated to USB (and can be ganged in pairs for 20Gb/s ports)
4 more that is either USB 10Gb/s or 5Gb/s or PCIe.
2 of them which can be Ethernet or PCIe,
2 of them which can be SATA, Ethernet, or PCIe.
6 of them which can be SATA or PCIe.
10 dedicated PCIe
So everything all together means theoretically maximum of:
4 LAN ports
8 SATA ports
10 USB ports
24 PCIe ports
It's up to motherboard manufacturers to configure them as they see fit. It seems like the popular choice is to maximize USB, leave SATA at 6 and put the rest on PCIe ports (take 1 or 2 away for Ethernet, and 4 away for Thunderbolt if present).
weilin - Thursday, April 29, 2021 - link
If anyone's interested in see the doc:https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/produc...
On to left its under "Technical Documentation" -> "Intel® 500 Series Chipset Family Platform Controller Hub Datasheet, Volume 1 of 2" -> bottom of page 18