The Intel Z590 Motherboard Overview: 50+ Motherboards Detailed
by Gavin Bonshor on January 19, 2021 10:15 AM ESTASUS ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming WIFI
The ASUS ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming WIFI represents the mid-range and includes an advertised 14+2 phase power delivery, with four PCIe M.2 slots, dual Intel 2.5 GbE, and Intel's latest Wi-Fi 6E CNVi. It follows an all-black design, with ASUS's holographic logo embossed onto the rear panel cover, the top M.2 heatsink, and in the bottom left-hand corner of the chipset heatsink. ASUS includes its Optimem III memory technology and has four memory slots with support for up to 128 GB of memory.
ASUS includes three full-length PCIe slots, with the top two of these featuring support for PCIe 4.0 x16 and x8/x8, with the bottom slot electronically locked at PCIe 3.0 x4. There are four PCIe M.2 slots for storage, two with support for PCIe 4.0 x4 and two PCIe 3.0 x4/SATA M.2 slots. Six SATA ports are located at the right-hand side, with support for RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 arrays. Onto the memory and the Z590-E Gaming WIFI has support for up to 128 GB and can run with speeds of up to DDR4-5333. Other notable features include a two-digit LED debugger in the top right-hand corner and a 16-phase (14+2) power delivery, which is powered by an 8-pin and 4-pin 12 V ATX CPU power input pairing.
The rear panel includes one USB 3.2 G2x2 Type-C, one USB 3.2 G2 Type-C, two USB 3.2 G2 Type-A, four USB 3.2 G1 Type-A, and two USB 2.0 ports. ASUS includes a pair of video outputs, including DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.0, with five 3.5 mm audio jacks and S/PDIF optical output powered by a Realtek ALC4080 HD audio codec and a Savitech SV3H712 amplifier. There's a pair of Intel I225-V 2.5 GbE controllers for networking, with an Intel AX210 Wi-Fi 6E CNVi with support for BT 5.2 devices. ASUS also includes a small clear CMOS switch and a BIOS Flashback button with a designated USB 2.0 port, which is highlighted on the pre-attached rear I/O shield.
Preliminary pricing suggests the ASUS ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming WIFI will retail for around $380, which isn't a bad price considering all the board has to offer. The Strix series typically targets the mid-range, but with ASUS opting to bolsters most of its main ranges with premium controllers, the ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming WIFI sits directly below the ROG Maximus XIII Hero in ASUS's stack.
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itr75 - Friday, March 19, 2021 - link
There is an VERY IMPORTANT ERROR in this article about the Asus Z590 gaming series motherboards - one that has potentially just cost me a chunk of the £320 i paid for one!In the article above, it states that the Z590-F Gaming WiFi motherboard will run in either x16, x8/x8 or x8/x4/x4 modes. THIS IS WRONG! The board will actually only run x16 for PCIe slot 1, if you have a card in slot 2, it drops to x8/x4 not x8/x8. for me this is a complete deal breaker as I have an RTX3070 and an LSI SAS RAID card which runs at PCIex8 - and is now running at x4 :(
fizzbuzzbang - Monday, March 22, 2021 - link
Are there any Z590 mobos that do not have a PCIe switch between the socket and the gen4-capable slots?If not, what motherboard has the best throughput @ Gen4?
Looking to plug in something like a Mellanox ConnectX-6DX which can do 1x200GbE / 2x100GbE, and want best possible bandwidth.
gsuburban - Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - link
Only one PCIe slot is 4th gen on all of these current motherboards. The other one or two M.2 slots are 3rd gen so you don't need to bother spending more money on your other NVMe storage devices.Exotica - Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - link
Regarding your z590 Vision D description:“ Finishing off the rear panel is a pair of Intel I225-V 2.5 GbE controllers, with Intel's latest AX210 Wi-Fi 6E CNVi, which also includes support for BT 5.2 devices.”
The article is in need of a correction: this board comes with the AX200 chip, not the ax210.
Lapajgo - Saturday, June 19, 2021 - link
Yeww ... a PS/2 port? I didn't know we still live in the 90s. Every time I start shopping for desktop upgrade, my search gets halted when I see PS/2 ports, VGA port, HDMI port or USB 2.0 port - it just makes me want to puke. And what's up with the motherboards that have 5 different video outputs? Pick a standard and stick with it! If I need to switch connectors I will use an adapter.P.S. Can we for ONCE see a motherboard with a decent amount of PCIe slots(I would like to see mATX with two x16 and two x4, none of that useless x1), no old USB ports but only the latest USB-C(we know how to use USB adapters and hubs), same type of video output(preferably something that supports the latest video standards), and NO legacy ports !!! Oh and if possible at least 3 M.2 NVMe ports, to allow for a decent RAID.
Lapajgo - Saturday, June 19, 2021 - link
Ah crap, I forgot - and a dual 2.5Gb LAN please. Some of us can no longer have their workloads on legacy 1Gb connections.rosarian0007 - Saturday, August 6, 2022 - link
Does the Asus Prime Z590-A Motherboard have a Third-Party USB Controller? Gensys Logic? I have an Asus Prime Z590-A it has a Gensys Logic USB Controller. Why would they not use the Intel Z590 Chipset USB controller.