Features:

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EXTREME POWER DESIGN
To unleash the full potential of the new Intel 10-core CPU, the motherboard requires the best CPU power design. With the best quality components and GIGABYTE R&D design capability, Z490 AORUS MASTER is a true beast among motherboards.

Power Design
Z490 AORUS MASTER uses an pure digital CPU power design which includes a digital PWM Controller with Smart Power Stages and is capable of providing 90A of power from each phase for a total of 1260A. This 100% digital controller, new Tantalum Polymer Capacitors Array, and additional 8+8 Solid-pin CPU Power Connectors offer incredible precision and stability in delivering power to the motherboard's most power-hungry and energy-sensitive components, allowing enthusiasts to get the absolute maximum overclocking performance from the new 10-core 10th Gen. Intel® Core™ processors.

• 90A Smart Power Stage for Each vCore Phase
• High Current Capacity MOSFET
• Tantalum Polymer Capacitors Array
• Lower Temperatures
• Improved Transient

Power Architecture
In order to unleash the full performance of the new high core count CPUs, GIGABYTE uses true power phases, a fully load-balanced VRM design with doublers, and a tantalum polymer capacitor array. By using doublers, the power design ensures that the high power draw of the CPU is fully balanced across all MOSFETs to achieve better efficiency and lower temperatures. In contrast, MOSFETs in competitors' traditional parallel power designs are not as well balanced which leads to lower efficiency and higher temperatures. For sudden changes between idle and high load states from the CPU, GIGABYTE utilizes a tantalum polymer capacitor array directly under the CPU socket as a buffer to improve transient response and stability under high CPU frequencies.

Improved Transient Response
By using brand new VRM design and Tantalum Polymer Capacitor Array, Z490 AORUS motherboard transient response and stability is highly improved under overclocking and heavy loading condition.

2X Copper PCB
GIGABYTE's exclusive 2X Copper PCBs design provides sufficient power trace paths between components to handle greater than normal power loads and to remove heat from the critical CPU power delivery area. This is essential to ensure the motherboard is able to handle the increased power loading that is necessary when overclocking.

Unparalleled Performance
GIGABYTE understands that our customer won't stop chasing better computer performance, and strive to deliver that in our products. For the Z490 series, protective and optimized memory trace enhance the performance; faster read and write speed save time and improve efficiency; and generous M.2 Storage with thermal guards ensure unthrottled read and write performance. Future upgrades to the Z490 are made possible by the use of PCIe 4.0-ready components.

Support for DDR4 XMP Up to 5000MHz and Beyond*
AORUS is offering a tested and proven platform that ensures proper compatibility with profiles up to 5000MHz and beyond. All users need to do to attain this performance boost is to ensure that their memory module is XMP capable and that the XMP function is activated and enabled on their AORUS motherboard.

Shielded Memory Routing
All memory routing is under the PCB inner layer shielded by a large ground layer to protect from external interference.

Memory Layout - Daisy Chain Design
With the optimized daisy-chain routing, the Z490 AORUS motherboard provides a proven speed of up to DDR4-5000+ MHz with high-density Memory module*. Optimized daisy-chained routing eliminates the stub effect, pushes the one DIMM per channel in dual channel interleaving mode to hit higher memory frequencies, providing professional gamers a denser and faster system memory experience.

Single 32GB Support
The maximum memory capacity on the Z490 motherboard is 128GB. After Intel updated the memory reference code, a single slot can support up to 32GB. Therefore with populated 2 DIMM per channel on both channel, total memory capacity is 128GB, which was only available on High End Desktop (HEDT) platforms. For users who always run out of memory capacity, there is more bandwidth now for memory-intensive application such as rendering and video editing.

2X PCIe 4.0 Slot
Reinforced PCIe 4.0 x16 or x8/x8 with lower impedance.

Mid-Loss PCB
Product uses PCIe 4.0 grade material, actual support varies by hardware configuration.

M.2 PCIe 4.0 Slot
M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 slot with lower impedance.

PCIe 4.0 Turbo B-Clock
External clock generator for PCIe 4.0 overclocking.

PCIe 4.0 Switches
Switch PCIe 4.0 x16 into PCIe 4.0 x8/x8.

PCIe 4.0 Re-driver
Boost & strengthen PCIe 4.0 signals to longer lengths.

Triple NVMe M.2 PCIe SSDs in RAID 0 Support
Z490 AORUS motherboards offer the industry's best compatibility in terms of NVMe storage for users who demand high capacity and seek the best performance. AORUS' unique design can be configured in RAID for record speeds of up to 3551 MB/s (Sequential Read), making AORUS the obvious choice for the ultimate PC.

Best Upgrade Solution for PCIe 3.0 Platform AORUS RAID SSD 2TB*
Upgrade to PCIe 4.0 storage performance on the Z490 platform with AORUS RAID SSD 2TB. The SSD is embedded with RAID controller, transfer speed up to amazing 6300 MB/s. The performance is twice faster than regular PCIe 3.0 SSD. It surely brings high efficiency to your work, shorten the time of waiting. It’s the perfect solution for prosumers like video editors, 3D file creators and engineers who make giant files daily. Further more, Users can easily to configure RAID array to meet your needs under BIOS.

Advance Thermal Solution for Extreme Performance
The thermal design is exclusively for high end SSDs with its smart active and passive cooling. It prevents SSDs from thermal throttling and ensures stable operation. The working temperature is 30%* lower with the armor, dense heatsink and reactive fan.

AORUS Storage Manager
AORUS Storage Manager is a dedicated software to detect and monitor multiple SSD status such as how many SSD is detected, select different fan mode base on different hardware configurations.

Advanced Thermal Solution
Unthrottled performance is guaranteed by the enhanced thermal solution that incorporates AORUS CPU+VRM LIQUID COOLER 360 and M.2 Thermal Guards II. This exclusive and comprehensive solution delivers excellent heat dissipation. The Z490 AORUS MASTER WATERFORCE stays cool on CPU, VRMs and M.2 SSD even on full loading, making it most suitable for enthusiasts, overclockers and professional gamers.

AORUS CPU+VRM LIQUID COOLER 360

• Exclusive CPU+VRM high performance liquid cooler 360mm.
• Direct-Touch Heatpipe for VRM heat dissipation.
• Double ball bearing 3*120mm fans for longer life time.
• 25°C Lower VRM Temperature.
• RGB FUSION light effect.
• Quick and easy install design.

AORUS M.2 Thermal Guard II
With durability in mind, GIGABYTE provides a new thermal solution for large capacity M.2 SSD devices with double side flash. The M.2 Thermal Guard II uses a double-sided heatsink design and prevents throttling and bottlenecks on high speed M.2 SSDs by dissipating heat before it becomes an issue.

Smart Fan 5
With Smart Fan 5 users can ensure that their gaming PC can maintain its performance while staying cool. Smart Fan 5 allows users to interchange their fan headers to reflect different thermal sensors at different locations on the motherboard. Not only that, with Smart Fan 5 more hybrid fan headers that support both PWM and Voltage mode fans have been introduced to make the motherboard more liquid cooling friendly.

Hybrid Fan Pin Headers
Assume complete control over your liquid cooling setup! Smart Fan 5 receives up-to-the-second information on flow-rate and water-temperature through the Hybrid Fan Pin Headers or external thermistor sensors—giving you absolute mastery over your PC. All Hybrid Fan Headers can automatically detect the type of cooling device whether it be fan or pump with different PWM or Voltage mode.

New Smart Fan 5 Software
Choose from different modes, Quiet to Full Speed, to match your system usage preferences. For each fan or pump, you can use the intuitive fan curve to define trigger thresholds and corresponding fan speeds.

Noise Detection
With the new Noise Detection function, you can monitor noise level of all devices including fans, CPU coolers, graphics card, etc. in real time, and you can determine how fast your fan speed needs to be. Our bundled Noise Detection cable doesn’t include any sound recording function, it simply detects sound pressure while protecting your privacy.

Next Generation Connectivity
A high-end product needs to be future-proof so your system stays up-to-date with the latest technology. Z490 AORUS MASTER provides all next generation network, storage, and WIFI connectivity to keep you up to speed.

2X Faster than ever
Adoption of 2.5G LAN provide up to 2.5 GbE network connectivity, with at least two times faster transfer speeds compared to general 1GbE networking. It’s perfectly suit for gamers and streamer with ultimate and smooth online experience. It also backward compatible with Multi-Gig(10/100/1000/2500Mbps) RJ-45 ethernet.

New Introduce Intel® WiFi 6 802.11ax + BT 5 Module
Intel Wireless solution supports 802.11ax, enables gigabit wireless performance, provides smooth video streaming, better gaming experience, few dropped connections and speeds up to 2.4Gbps*. Moreover, Bluetooth 5 provides 4X range over BT 4.2 and with faster transmission.

Benefit of WiFi 6:

• 5.5X throughput than 802.11ac 1x1*
• 4X better network capacity, no traffic jams especially in those dense area with lots of devices
• Network efficiency increase for better user experience

AORUS Antenna Supports Dual Band with Better WIFI Signal
All new antenna supported dual band 802.11ax/ac 2.4GHz & 5GHz.better signal strength compared to traditional antenna design

• AORUS Antenna with smart antenna function for the best WIFI signal transmitting
• Multiple angle tilt and magnetic base for the best signal strength direction and location

HI-FI AUDIO SYSTEM
To Elevate Your Sound Experience with ESS SABRE Audio DAC and DTS.

ESS SABRE reference DAC ES9118

• ESS SABRE reference DAC (ESS 9118)
• Hyperstream Dynamic Range (SNR 125dB)
• High-Res music (32bit, 192KHz PCM)
• Super low THD+N (THD+N -112db)

True High-Fidelity Music (Realtek ALC1220-VB)
Paired with Realtek's latest ALC1220 Codec, playback for surround sound audio and DSD enabled music are easier than ever.

Audiophile Grade Capacitors (WIMA , Nichicon Fine Gold)
To ensure a studio-quality experience, WIMA and Nichicon Fine Gold capacitors are used to provide power to the overall system.

Precision Audio Stream (TXC OSCILLATOR)
Provides precise time triggers to Digital-Analog Converters. High resistance to corrosion and oxidation.

Hi-Res Audio
Hi-Res Audio certified, meaning that the product is capable of reproducing frequencies up to 40kHz or above which ensures user with the best audio quality at all times.

DTS :X® Ultra
Recreates an authentic, spatially accurate 3D audio experience for gaming over any headphones or speakers. Supports channel-based, scene based and object-based audio. Provides out-of-the-box calibration for a range of headphones and speakers. Provides post-processing enhancements and device level tuning for DTS® codecs. DTS Sound Unbound* leverage Microsoft Spatial, enabling the the most believable, 3D audio experience for games. Immersion through DTS Headphone:X means in the sonic landscape, stationary and moving sounds can be heard from above, below or around the listener. Sounds pass around the listener with amazing externalization and accurate localization.

Definitive Aesthetics
Z490 AORUS MASTER features RGB FUSION 2.0 and offers users the option to control onboard, external light strips, and/or AORUS devices with RGB/ Addressable RGB LEDs to make their PC more unique and stylish.

Multi-Zone Light Show Design
Now offering more LED customizations than ever, users can truly adapt their PC to represent their lifestyle. With full RGB support and a redesigned RGB Fusion 2.0 application, the user has complete control over the LEDs which surround the motherboard.

RGB FUSION Software
With an integrated intuitive user interface, the RGB Fusion 2.0 provides you a better solution for customizing the lighting effects across all supported devices. From motherboards, graphics cards to the peripheral products, you can personalize your gaming rig with your own style and show off your build by sharing the profiles. In addition, the new gaming mode makes the lighting effects interactive with selected games to bring you the most immersive gaming experience.

Ultra Durable
GIGABYTE is reputable for its product durability and high quality manufacturing process. Needless to say, we use the best components we can find for the Z490 AORUS motherboard and reinforce every slot to make each of them solid and durable.

Industry Leading Ultra Durable™ PCIe Armor
The innovative one piece stainless steel shielding design from GIGABYTE reinforces the PCIe connectors to provide the extra strength required to support heavy graphics cards.

Ultra Durable™ Memory Armor
AORUS' exclusive one piece stainless steel shielding design prevents against PCB distortion/twisting and plate bending, in addition to preventing any possible ESD interference.

Solid Pin Power Connectors
Z490 AORUS motherboards feature solid plated ATX 24pin & ATX 12V 8pin + 8pin power connectors to offer a stable power supply during CPU overloading.

Solid Pin Power connector advantages

• Larger contact area for electricity
• More metal quantity to sustain higher power and generated heat
• Ultra durable and longer lifespan

Q-Flash Plus
With GIGABYTE Q-Flash Plus, you don’t need to install the CPU, memory and graphics card nor enter the BIOS menu to flash the BIOS. Just download and save a new BIOS file (rename to gigabyte.bin) on the USB flash drive, then press the dedicated Q-Flash Plus button and you’re good to go!

GIGABYTE BIOS & APP CENTER
Good software goes hand in hand with perfect hardware. Z490 AORUS MASTER bundled several useful and intuitive software to help users to control every aspect of motherboard.

New User Interface
All new EASY MODE shows important hardware information in one page including CPU clock, Memory, Storage, Fan.

My Favorites
Add constantly used items into the favorite menu for quick access.

Storage Information
Show all kinds of storage information including SATA, PCIE and M.2 interface.

Changelog
List all changes before saving and exiting bios. Quickly review overall settings modification.

Intuitive Load Line Curve
Clearly show each loadline calibration setting in an intuitive curve graph.

APP CENTER
GIGABYTE APP CENTER is a useful portal of all GIGABYTE MB utilities and drivers, you can choose any utility you want to install from APP CENTER and keep updated with the latest utilities and drivers version.

EasyTune™
GIGABYTE's EasyTune™ is a simple and easy-to-use interface that allows users to fine-tune their system settings or adjust system and memory clocks and voltages in a Windows environment. With Smart Quick Boost, one click is all it takes to automatically overclock your system, giving an added performance boost when you need it the most.

System Information Viewer
GIGABYTE System Information Viewer is a central location that gives you access to your current system status. Monitor components such as the clocks and processor, set your preferred fan speed profile, create alerts when temperatures get too high or record your system's behavior; these are the possibilities of the System Information Viewer.

Specifications:

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Specifications and features
Product Code	MB-GZ490AMW+W
CPU	1. Support for 10th Generation Intel Core i9 processors/Intel Core i7 processors/Intel Core i5 processors/Intel Core i3 processors/Intel Pentium processors/Intel Celeron processors in the LGA1200 package
	2. L3 cache varies with CPU
Chipset	1. Intel Z490 Express Chipset
Memory	1. Intel Core i9/i7 processors:
	Support for DDR4 5000(O.C.)/4933(O.C.)/4800(O.C.)/ 4700(O.C.)/ 4600(O.C.)/ 4500(O.C.)/ 4400(O.C.)/ 4300(O.C.)/4266(O.C.) / 4133(O.C.) / 4000(O.C.) / 3866(O.C.) / 3800(O.C.) / 3733(O.C.) / 3666(O.C.) / 3600(O.C.) / 3466(O.C.) / 3400(O.C.) / 3333(O.C.) / 3300(O.C.) / 3200(O.C.) / 3000(O.C.) / 2933 / 2800 / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 MHz
	2. Intel Core i5/i3/Pentium/Celeron processors:
	Support for DDR4 2666/2400/2133 MHz
	3. 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB (32 GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory
	4. Dual channel memory architecture
	5. Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
	6. Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
	7. Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
Onboard Graphics	Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel HD Graphics support:
	1. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@30 Hz
	* Support for HDMI 1.4 version and HDCP 2.3.
	Maximum shared memory of 512 MB
Audio	1. Realtek ALC1220-VB codec
	* The front panel line out jack supports DSD audio.
	2. ESS ES9118EQ DAC chip
	3. Support for DTS:X Ultra
	4. High Definition Audio
	5. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
	6. Support for S/PDIF Out
LAN	1. Intel 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbit/1 Gbit/100 Mbit)
Wireless Communication module	Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201
	1. WIFI a, b, g, n, ac with wave 2 features, ax, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band
	2. BLUETOOTH 5.1
	3. Support for 11ax 160MHz wireless standard and up to 2.4 Gbps data rate
	* Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment.
Expansion Slots	1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
	* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
	2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)
	* The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode.
	3. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
	(All of the PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
Multi-Graphics Technology	1. Support for NVIDIA Quad-GPU SLI and 2-Way NVIDIA SLI technologies
	2. Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire and 2-Way AMD CrossFire technologies
Storage Interface	1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_SB)
	2. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_CPU)
	3. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M_SB)
	4. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
	5. Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
	* Refer to "1-9 Internal Connectors, " for the installation notices for the M.2 and SATA connectors.
	6. Intel Optane Memory Ready
USB	Chipset:
	1. 2 x USB Type-C ports, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support (1 port on the back panel, 1 port available through the internal USB header)
	2. 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel
	3. 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)
	Chipset+2 USB 2.0 Hubs:
	1. 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)
Internal I/O Connectors	1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
	2. 2 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors
	3. 1 x CPU fan header
	4. 1 x water cooling CPU fan header
	5. 4 x system fan headers
	6. 2 x system fan/water cooling pump headers
	7. 2 x addressable LED strip headers
	8. 2 x RGB LED strip headers
	9. 3 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
	10. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
	11. 1 x front panel header
	12. 1 x front panel audio header
	13. 1 x USB Type-C header, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support
	14. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header
	15. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
	16. 1 x noise detection header
	17. 2 x Thunderbolt add-in card connectors
	18. 1 x Trusted Platform Module header (For the GC-TPM2.0 SPI/GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0 module only)
	19. 1 x power button
	20. 1 x reset button
	21. 2 x temperature sensor headers
	22. 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
	23. 2 x BIOS switches
Back Panel Connectors	1. 1 x Q-Flash Plus button
	2. 1 x Clear CMOS button
	3. 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)
	4. 1 x HDMI port
	5. 1 x USB Type-C port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support
	6. 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red)
	7. 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
	8. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
	9. 1 x RJ-45 port
	10. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
	11. 5 x audio jacks
I/O Controller	1. iTE I/O Controller Chip
H/W Monitoring	1. Voltage detection
	2. Temperature detection
	3. Fan speed detection
	4. Water cooling flow rate detection
	5. Overheating warning
	6. Fan fail warning
	7. Fan speed control
	* Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.
	8. Noise detection
BIOS	1. 2 x 256 Mbit flash
	2. Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
	3. Support for DualBIOS
	4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0
Unique Features	1. Support for APP Center
	* Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.
	@BIOS
	EasyTune
	Fast Boot
	Game Boost
	RGB Fusion
	Smart Backup
	System Information Viewer
	USB TurboCharger
	2. Support for Q-Flash Plus
	3. Support for Q-Flash
	4. Support for Xpress Install
Bundled Software	1. Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
	2. cFosSpeed
	3. XSplit Gamecaster + Broadcaster (12 months license)
Operating System	1. Support for Windows 10 64-bit
Form Factor	1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm
Remark	1. Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
	2. Most hardware/software vendors may no longer offer drivers to support Win9X/ME/2000/XP. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website.