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ROG STRIX Z590-A GAMING Series
specifications summary
Wi-Fi support is only available on Wi-Fi models.
CPU
Intel
®
Socket LGA1200 for 11
th
Gen Intel
®
Core™ processors & 10
th
Gen
Intel
®
Core™, Pentium
®
Gold and Celeron
®
Processors*
Supports Intel
®
14 nm CPU
Supports Intel
®
Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel
®
Turbo Boost Max
Technology 3.0**
* Refer to www.asus.com for CPU support list.
** Intel
®
Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 support depends on the CPU types.
Chipset
Intel
®
Z590 Chipset
Memory
4 x DIMM, Max. 128GB, DDR4 5133(OC) / 5000(OC) / 4800(OC) /
4700(OC) / 4600(OC) / 4500(OC) / 4400(OC) / 4266(OC) / 4133(OC) /
4000(OC) / 3866(OC) / 3733(OC) / 3600(OC) / 3466(OC) / 3400(OC) /
3333(OC) / 3200 / 3000 / 2933 / 2800 / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 MHz Non-
ECC, Un-buffered Memory*
Dual Channel Memory Architecture
Supports Intel
®
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
OptiMem II
* 10
th
Gen Intel
®
Core™ i7/i9 processors support 2933 / 2800 / 2666 / 2400 / 2133
natively, others will run at the maximum transfer rate of DDR4 2666MHz.
* 11
th
Gen Intel
®
Core™ processors support 3200 / 2933 / 2800 / 2666 / 2400 /
2133 natively.
* Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists), and
memory frequency support depends on the CPU types.
Graphics
1 x DisplayPort 1.4**
1 x HDMI™ 2.0***
* Graphics specifications may vary between CPU types.
** Only Intel
®
11
th
Core™ processors support DisplayPort 1.4 with max.
resolution of 5120 x 2880 @60Hz, others will only support DisplayPort 1.4
with max. resolution of 4096 x 2304 @60Hz. Please refer to www.intel.com
for any updates
*** Only Intel
®
11
th
Core™ processors support HDMI™ 2.0 with max. resolution
of 4K@60Hz, others will only support HDMI™ 1.4 with max. resolution of
4K@30Hz. Please refer to www.intel.com for any updates.
Expansion Slots
Intel
®
11
th
& 10
th
Gen Processors
3 x PCIe 4.0/3.0 x16 slot(s)*
- Intel
®
11
th
Core™ processors support PCIe 4.0 x16 or x8/x4/x4 mode(s)
- Intel
®
10
th
processors support PCIe 3.0 x16 or x8/x4/x4 mode(s)
Intel
®
Z590 Chipset
1 x PCIe 3.0 x4 slot
* Support PCIe bandwidth bifurcation for RAID on CPU function.
Storage
Total supports 3 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
Intel
®
11
th
Gen Processors
M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110
- Only Intel
®
11
th
Core™ processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode, this slot
will be disabled for other CPUs
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