Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC - Intel LGA1200/Z490/ATX/2xM.2 Thermal Guard/Realtek ALC1200/SATA 6Gb/s/USB 3.2 Gen 2/Intel 802.11ac/2.5 GbE LAN/RGB Fusion Gaming Motherboard

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Intel® Z490 AORUS Motherboard with Direct 12+1 Phases Digital VRM Design, Comprehensive Thermal Solution with Enlarged Surface Heatsink, Intel® Dual Band 802.11ac WIFI, 2.5GbE LAN, RGB FUSION 2.0

    • Supports 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors and 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors*
    • Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
    • Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
    • Direct 12+1 Phases Digital VRM Solution with 50A DrMOS
    • Shielded Memory Routing for Better Memory Overclocking
    • Advanced Thermal Design with Enlarged Surface Heatsink
    • Onboard Intel® Dual Band 802.11ac WIFI & BT5 with AORUS Antenna
    • AMP-UP Audio with ALC1200 and WIMA Audio Capacitors
    • Fast 2.5GbE LAN with Bandwidth Management
    • Dual Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 with Thermal Guards
    • Pre-installed IO Shield for Easy and Quick Installation
    • RGB FUSION 2.0 with Multi-Zone Addressable LED Light Show Design, Support Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips
    • Smart Fan 5 Features Multiple Temperature Sensors , Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP
    • Q-Flash Plus Update BIOS without Installing the CPU, Memory and Graphics Card

    * Updated BIOS is required for compatibility.
Intel® Dual Band 802.11ac WIFI & BT 5
Onboard Display HDMI
Q-Flash Plus USB Port
2.5 GbE LAN
Advanced Thermal Design
  1. Enlarged Surface Heatsinks
  2. 5 W/mK LAIRD Thermal Conductivity Pad
AMP-UP Audio
  1. ALC1200 Audio
  2. Audio Noise Guard
  3. High-End Audio Capacitor
  4. Audiophile Grade WIMA Capacitors
2* M.2 Connectors with Thermal Guards
  1. NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4
RGB FUSION 2.0
  1. Addressable LED Header*2
  2. RGB LED Header*2
Supports 10th Gen. Intel Core™ Processors
Dual Channel DDR4, 4 DIMMs with Ultra Durable Memory Armor
Solid Pin Power Connectors
  1. 24 pin ATX Power Connector
  2. 8+4 pin CPU Power Connector
Direct 12+1 Phases Digital Power Design with DrMOS
  1. PCIe 4.0 Ready Mid-Loss PCB
  2. 50A DrMOS
  3. Premium Choke and Capacitor
  4. 6 layer PCB
  5. 2X Copper PCB
Front USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C™ for Connecting devices
Ultra Durable PCIe Armor
  1. Running 1 x16
Q-FLASH Onboard Button

Z490 AORUS ELITE AC (rev. 1.0)


  • 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 "CPU Support List" for more information.)
  • Chipset
    1. Intel® Z490 Express Chipset
  • Memory
    1. 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB (32 GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory
    2. Dual channel memory architecture
    3. 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
    4. Intel® Core™ i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® processors:
      Support for DDR4 2666/2400/2133 MHz
    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® 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® ALC1200 codec
    2. High Definition Audio
    3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
    4. Support for S/PDIF Out
  • LAN
    1. Realtek® 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbit/1 Gbit/100 Mbit)
  • Wireless Communication module
    Intel® Wi-Fi AC 9462:
    1. Intel® CNVi interface 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band
    2. BLUETOOTH 5
    3. Support for 1x1 11ac wireless standard and up to 433 Mbps 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 x4 (PCIEX4)
    3. 2 x PCI Express x1 slots
      (All of the PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
    Supports up to ASPM L1.2 power management protocols.
  • Multi-Graphics Technology
    1. Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies
  • Storage Interface
    1. 2 x M.2 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M_SB/M2A_SB)
    2. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
    3. Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
      * Refer to "1-7 Internal Connectors," for the installation notices for the M.2 and SATA connectors.
    4. Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
    M.2 connectors support up to ASPM L1.2 PCIe power management protocols.
  • USB
    Chipset:
    1. 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel
    2. 1 x USB Type-C™ port with USB 3.2 Gen 1 support, available through the internal USB header
    3. 6 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 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. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
    3. 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
    4. 2 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
    5. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
    6. 1 x CPU fan header
    7. 1 x water cooling CPU fan header
    8. 3 x system fan headers
    9. 2 x addressable LED strip headers
    10. 2 x RGB LED strip headers
    11. 1 x front panel header
    12. 1 x front panel audio header
    13. 1 x USB Type-C™ port, with USB 3.2 Gen 1 support
    14. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header
    15. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
    16. 1 x Trusted Platform Module header (For the GC-TPM2.0 SPI/GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0 module only)
    17. 2 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connectors
    18. 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
    19. 1 x Q-Flash Plus button
  • Back Panel Connectors
    1. 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red)
    2. 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
    3. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
    4. 2 x SMA antenna connectors (1T1R)
    5. 1 x HDMI port
    6. 1 x RJ-45 port
    7. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
    8. 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 speed control function is supported will depend on the fan you install.
  • BIOS
    1. 1 x 256 Mbit flash
    2. Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
    3. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0 Unique Features
  • 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
      ON/OFF Charge
      RGB Fusion
      Smart Backup
      System Information Viewer
    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. Realtek® 8125 Gaming LAN Bandwidth Control Utility
  • 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.

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    * 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.
    * All trademarks and logos are the properties of their respective holders.
    * 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.
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