Test: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS XTREME bundkort

Specifikationer

Gigabyte har virkelig fået designet en voldsom VRM til dette bundkort. Det har fået hele 16 strømfaser og tantalum kondensatorer der er meget bedre end de efterhånden traditionelle solid state kondensatorer vi ser alle steder efterhånden. Gigabyte har brugt disse tantalum kondensatorer rigtig mange steder, og ikke kun til CPU's vcore men også til RAM VRM.

VRM heatsink er også blevet godt designet med en heatpipe der røre direkte ved Power Stage, og selve heatpipe er en stor 8mm.

For at få en bedre kabelføring har alle stik på bundkortet fået en 90 graders rotering.

Bundkortet har fået et ekstra PCB lag for at kunne afskærme RAM delen fra resten af bundkortet. Dette hjælper med højere RAM hastigheder.

Med Z490 chipsettet er der understøttelse for PCIe 4.0, men CPU'erne understøtter ikke denne funktion endnu. Det betyder at disse bundkort er klar til den næste generation af CPU'er der vil understøtte PCIe 4.0. Derudover har bundkortet her fået en PCIe clock generator, således at PCIe bussen kan overclockes.

Gigabyte har inkluderet en 10GbE Aquantia LAN chip, hvilket betyder 10 gange så hurtig LAN, hvis din switch eller router understøtter dette.

Bundkortet har også fået en Thunderbolt 3 port der understøtter op til 40Gb/s båndbredde.

Integreret i bundkortet får man også den nye WiFi 6 standard med medfølgende solide WiFi antenner.

På bundkortet får man to RGB LED og addreserbar RGB stik der kan synkroniseres med resten af bundkortets RGB LED.

Bundkortet har fået 2 8-pin CPU strømstik, hvor der er brugt solide pins der gør at stikket nu kan holde til lidt over 400W istedet for de normale 384W.

• 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

  (Please refer to "CPU Support List" for more information.)
• 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

  (Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.)
• Onboard Graphics
  Integrated Graphics Processor+Intel^® Thunderbolt™ 3 Controller:

  1. 2 x Intel^® Thunderbolt™ 3 connectors (USB Type-C™ ports), supporting DisplayPort and Thunderbolt™ video outputs and a maximum resolution of 5120 x 2880@60 Hz with 24 bpp
     * Because of the limited I/O resources of the PC architecture, the number of Thunderbolt™ devices that can be used is dependent on the number of the PCI Express devices being installed. (Refer to Chapter 1-7, "Back Panel Connectors," for more information.)
     * Support for DisplayPort 1.4 version, HDCP 2.3, and HDR.

  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+ESS ES9218P DAC (front panel audio)
  2. Realtek^® ALC1220-VB codec+ESS ES9018K2M DAC+TI OPA1622 operational amplifier (rear panel audio)
  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. 1 x Aquantia 10GbE LAN chip (10 Gbit/5 Gbit/2.5 Gbit/1 Gbit/100 Mbit) (LAN1)
  2. 1 x Intel^® 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbit/1 Gbit/100 Mbit) (LAN2)
• 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)
     * The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the M2P_PCH connector. The PCIEX4 slot operates at up to x2 mode when an M.2 SSD is installed in the M2P_PCH connector.

  (All of the PCI Express x16 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 2242/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support)(M2A_CPU)
  2. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support)(M2M_PCH)
  3. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_PCH)
  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 PCIEX4, M.2, and SATA connectors.

  Intel^® Optane™ Memory Ready
• USB
  Chipset+Intel^® Thunderbolt™ 3 Controller:

  1. 2 x USB Type-C™ ports on the back panel, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support

  Chipset:

  1. 1 x USB Type-C™ port with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support, available through the internal USB header
  2. 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel

  Chipset+USB 3.2 Gen 1 Hub:

  1. 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. 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers with the included front USB header extension cable)
• 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. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  10. 3 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
  11. 1 x noise detection header
  12. 1 x front panel header
  13. 1 x front panel audio header
  14. 1 x USB Type-C™ header, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support
  15. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header
  16. 1 x USB 2.0/1.1 header
  17. 2 x temperature sensor headers
  18. 1 x power button
  19. 1 x reset button
  20. 1 x OC button
  21. 2 x BIOS switches
  22. Voltage Measurement Points
• Back Panel Connectors
  1. 1 x Q-Flash Plus button
  2. 1 x Clear CMOS button
  3. 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)
  4. 2 x Thunderbolt™ 3 connectors (USB Type-C™ ports, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support)
  5. 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red)
  6. 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
  7. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  8. 1 x HDMI port
  9. 2 x RJ-45 ports
  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. E-ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 27.1cm
• 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.