Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Intel Z390 AORUS Motherboard with 12+1 Phases Digital VRM, Direct Touch Heatpipe, RGB Fusion, 802.11ac Wireless, Triple M.2 with Thermal Guards, Intel® GbE LAN with cFosSpeed, Front & Rear USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C

• Supports 9th and 8th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors

• Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs

• Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready

• 12+1 Phases Digital VRM Solution with DrMOS

• Advanced Thermal Design with Direct Touch Heatpipe

• Onboard Intel® CNVi 802.11ac 2x2 Wave 2 Wi-Fi

• ALC1220-VB Enhance 114dB(Rear)/ 110dB(Front) SNR in Microphone with WIMA Audio Capacitors

• Intel® Gigabit LAN with cFosSpeed

• RGB FUSION with Multi-Zone LED Light Show Design, Supports Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips

• Smart Fan 5 features Multiple Temperature Sensors and Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP

• Front USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C™ Header

• Triple Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 with Triple Thermal Guards

• USB DAC-UP 2 with Adjustable Voltage

• CEC 2019 Ready, Save Power With a Simple Click

• Multi-Way Graphics Support with Dual Armor and Ultra Durable™ Design

SPECIFICATIONS

• CPU
  (Please refer to "CPU Support List" for more information.)
1. Support for 9th and 8th 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 LGA1151 package
2. L3 cache varies with CPU
• Chipset
1. Intel® Z390 Express Chipset
• Memory
  (Please refer to "Memory Support List" for more information.)
1. 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR4 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.) / 2800(O.C.) / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 MHz memory modules
4. Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
5. Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
6. Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
• Onboard Graphics
  Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel® HD Graphics support:Maximum shared memory of 1 GB
1. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@30 Hz
   * Support for HDMI 1.4 version and HDCP 2.2.
• Audio
1. Realtek® ALC1220-VB codec
   * The back panel line out jack supports DSD audio.
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
4. Support for S/PDIF Out
• LAN
1. Intel® GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
• Wireless Communication module
1. Intel® CNVi interface Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band
2. BLUETOOTH 5
3. Support for 11ac 160 MHz wireless standard and up to 1.73 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)
   * The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the M2P connector. The PCIEX4 slot operates at up to x2 mode when a PCIe SSD is installed in the M2P connector.
4. 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
   (All of the PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
5. 1 x M.2 Socket 1 connector for an Intel® CNVi wireless module only (CNVI)
• Storage Interface
  Chipset:Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support, prepared for Intel® Hybrid SSD) (M2M)
2. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A)
3. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P)
4. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
5. Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
   * Refer to "1-8 Internal Connectors," for the installation notices for the PCIEX4, M.2, and SATA connectors.
• Multi-Graphics Technology
1. Support for NVIDIA® Quad-GPU SLI™ and 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ technologies
2. Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 3-Way/2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies
• USB
  Chipset: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)
1. 1 x USB Type-C™ port with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support, available through the internal USB header
2. 1 x USB Type-C™ port on the back panel, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support
3. 3 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel
4. 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)
• Internal I/O Connectors
1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
3. 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
4. 1 x CPU fan header
5. 1 x water cooling CPU fan header
6. 4 x system fan headers
7. 2 x system fan/water cooling pump headers
8. 2 x digital LED strip headers
9. 2 x digital LED strip power select jumpers
10. 2 x RGB LED strip headers
11. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
12. 3 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
13. 1 x front panel header
14. 1 x front panel audio header
15. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
16. 1 x USB Type-C™ port, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support
17. 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 header
18. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
19. 1 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connector
20. 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header (2x6 pin, for the GC-TPM2.0_S module only)
21. 1 x serial port header
22. 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
23. 2 x temperature sensor headers
• Back Panel Connectors
1. 1 x HDMI port
2. 1 x USB Type-C™ port, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support
3. 3 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red)
4. 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports
5. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
6. 1 x RJ-45 port
7. 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)
8. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
9. 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.
• BIOS
1. 2 x 128 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.
   3D OSD
   @BIOS
   AutoGreen
   Cloud Station
   EasyTune
   Easy RAID
   Fast Boot
   Game Boost
   ON/OFF Charge
   Platform Power Management
   RGB Fusion
   Smart Backup
   Smart Keyboard
   Smart TimeLock
   Smart HUD
   Smart Survey
   System Information Viewer
   USB Blocker
   USB DAC-UP 2
2. Support for Q-Flash
3. Support for Xpress Install
• Bundle Software
1. Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)
2. cFosSpeed
• 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.

* The entire materials provided herein are for reference only. GIGABYTE reserves the right to modify or revise the content at anytime without prior notice.

* Advertised performance is based on maximum theoretical interface values from respective Chipset vendors or organization who defined the interface specification. Actual performance may vary by system configuration.

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* Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount.