The Intel Z590 Motherboard Overview: 50+ Motherboards Detailed
by Gavin Bonshor on January 19, 2021 10:15 AM ESTGIGABYTE Z590 Vision G
Moving away from GIGBAYTE's gaming-focused Z590 models, its Vision series is designed for content creators, focusing on performance and creativity. Although any Z590 model will generally perform within the limitations of the processor installed, the GIGABYTE Z590 Vision G brings GIGABYTE's VisionLink into play, which allows plenty of functionality surrounding the USB Type-C ports. It follows a very light aesthetic with white and silver heatsinks and purple accented strips on the rear panel cover and just above the chipset heatsink for some color contrast.
The Z590 Vision G includes three full-length PCIe slots, with the top slot operating at PCIe 4.0 x16, and the other two at PCIe 3.0 x4. The full-length slots' restrictions reflect the impressive storage options, with four M.2 slots, two operating at PCIe 4.0 x4 and the other two at PCIe 3.0 x4, with six SATA ports that include support for RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 arrays. At the time of writing, GIGABYTE hasn't released the QVL list for the Z590 Vision G, so memory is listed at Intel spec DDR4-3200, although there are four memory slots with support for up to 128 GB. While many models on Z590 are utilizing the native USB 3.2 G2x2 support, GIGABYTE adds one USB G2x2 Type-C front panel header on top of what's on the rear panel.
On the rear panel is a pair of USB 3.2 G2x2 Type-C ports with a single DisplayPort video input, with a further two USB 3.2 G2 Type-A, four USB 3.2 G1 Type-A, and two USB 2.0 ports. The GIGABYTE Z590 Vision G includes an Intel I225-V 2.5 GbE controller, with six 3.5 mm audio jacks powered by Realtek's latest ALC4080 HD audio codec. For users planning on using Intel's integrated graphics, there's a single HDMI video output, and last but not least, GIGABYTE includes a PS/2 keyboard and mouse legacy input.
At the time of writing, GIGABYTE hasn't shared any details on its Z590 models' pricing.
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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.