The Intel Z590 Motherboard Overview: 50+ Motherboards Detailed
by Gavin Bonshor on January 19, 2021 10:15 AM ESTSupermicro C9Z590-CGW & C9Z590-CG
Supermicro is more commonly known for its workstation and server boards, but it does cater to the desktop market too with its SuperO series. It intends to release two ATX models for Z590, the C9Z590-CGW and C9Z590-CG, with the only difference is that the CGW model includes Wi-Fi 6. The design omits any form of RGB LED lighting and instead focuses on the essentials. Both models include a mixture of black, dark gray, and silver aesthetics on the rear panel cover and chipset heatsink, with solid black power delivery heatsinks keeping the VRMs cool.
The Supermicro C9Z590-CGW motherboard with Wi-Fi 6
Both models include two full-length PCIe 4.0 slots, which run at x16, and x8/x8, with two PCIe 3.0 x1 slots. Memory support allows up to DDR4-4000, with up to 128 GB of capacity across four available memory slots. For storage, Supermicro includes three M.2 slots, including one PCIe 4.0 x4 and two PCIe 3.0 x4 slots, with four SATA ports capable of support RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 arrays. The C9Z590-CGW and C9Z590-CG include a USB 3.2 G2x2 Type-C header, with one USB 3.2 G1 Type-A header (two ports), and one USB 2.0 headers (two ports). For cooling, Supermicro includes five 4-pin fan headers and a single DOM PW connector.
On the rear panel of the Supermicro C9Z590-CGW, it has two ports for the Wi-Fi 6 antenna, which is the only thing the CZ590-CG doesn't include. The rest of the panel is shared between both models, including two USB 3.2x2 Type-C, two USB 3.2 G1 Type-A, and four USB 2.0 ports. Supermicro typical installs premium networking, and both models feature an Aquantia AQC113C 10 GbE and Intel I219-V Gigabit controller pairing. The rest of the panel includes two video outputs, including HDMI 2.0a and DisplayPort 1.4, with five 3.5 mm audio jacks and S/PDIF optical output powered by a Realtek ALC1220 HD audio codec.
Supermicro hasn't shared any information on pricing with us so far.
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James5mith - Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - link
Awesome, Multi-GbE this generation! Remind me again which company sells Multi-GbE switches for less than $20/port?Tilmitt - Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - link
We live in joyful hope.dtexo - Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - link
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/compar...AX210 doesn’t seem to be CNVi, but PCIe+USB
dtexo - Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - link
Same with Killer Wi-Fi card(s)https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/produc...
Oxford Guy - Thursday, January 21, 2021 - link
So Intel can marry its "Killer" ethernet port to its skull-bearing SSDs for maximum performance in Edge.Harry Lloyd - Thursday, January 21, 2021 - link
The price of the PRIME Z590-A cannot be right. That has always been the fully-featured variant of an entry-level Z-chipset model. The Z490-A costs just over 200 $ now. Is this because of the VRM setup? Who needs 16 phases on a board like this? You will not buy this for extreme overclocking anyway.All these ASUS prices seem ridiculous.
Targon - Thursday, January 21, 2021 - link
And I thought the X570 chipset boards were a bit crazy when it comes to prices, these are off the rails on the crazy train! I am all for having a POST code display, but OLED screens to see on the motherboard what this or that is also seems like a waste of money. If you can get the machine to POST in the first place, going to the BIOS to get data about what is going on with this or that is enough. A waterblock for those who plan to use liquid cooling will also add to the price, no question, and it isn't a bad idea, but some of these other things that just add to the price without adding functionality is what I have a problem with.PaulHoule - Friday, January 22, 2021 - link
Ugh.I've never found motherboard reviews that helpful and the last article I read on this site makes me feel worse about it because now I know the performance of a system I build might depend more on the turbo behavior of the motherboard than on the CPU.
I've often found that getting a motherboard is a crap shoot and frequently you find that a particular motherboard has limitations on what you can do with the PCI lanes, or a component that had 35 db of noise for the reviewer has 50 db of noise for me and so forth. I see that $1800 motherboard and I ask myself, "do they make enough of these that they really know that the analog audio path is clean?" and such.
Last time I built a system I had to replace about half of the components at least once to get something I was happy with.
These days I'm inclined to go to a system builder just to have somebody to RMA it to, but if reviews were useful I might go back to building a system myself.
Ghostline91 - Tuesday, January 26, 2021 - link
How's the Biostar Z590 board? It looks like they're going back to more high-end specs and this one might be a good one to try out. When will we see reviews?vinicici22 - Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - link
do you guys know if the z590-a rog strix out yet? or it's just already sold out on every sites?