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Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (90MB12Y0-M0EAY0)

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Stylish overclocker motherboard of the year with LGA 1200 processor socket and 2020 top chipset Intel Z490, which provides compatibility with 10th generation Intel Core i9/i7/i5/i3/PentiumGold/Celeron processors (Comet Lake microarchitecture). It belongs to the products of the upper price category from the Asus Republic Of Gamers family, whose models are famous for their increased reliability and excellent overclocking potential. Asus ROG STRIX differs from other similar boards in the Asus series by its original exterior design (a spectacular combination of a dark base and silver / white elements), which will delight fans of modding and cases with a transparent side cover. The Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING motherboard is equipped with a reliable 14-phase Digi+ processor power subsystem, whi...ch is quite capable of ensuring long and stable operation of heavily overclocked processors. Supports four DDR4 RAM modules with an impressive total capacity of up to 128GB. Two full-speed (up to 32Gb/s) M.2 ports are provided for connecting high-speed Intel Optane modules or NVMe SSDs. To handle large volumes of traffic, it is equipped with a high-speed network LAN controller Intel I225-V (up to 2.5 Gbps).
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Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING
Towards:gaming
Form Factor:ATX
Socket:LGA 1200
Chipset:Intel Z490
BIOS:Ami
RAM slots:DDR4 4 sl
RAM form factor:DIMM
RAM clock:4600 MHz
Sound (channels):7.1
Connectors:HDMI, M.2
Additional connectors:DisplayPort
Power connector:24-pin
Processor power:8+4-pin

Stylish overclocker motherboard of the year with LGA 1200 processor socket and 2020 top chipset Intel Z490, which provides compatibility with 10th generation Intel Core i9/i7/i5/i3/PentiumGold/Celeron processors (Comet Lake microarchitecture). It belongs to the products of the upper price category from the Asus Republic Of Gamers family, whose models are famous for their increased reliability and excellent overclocking potential.

Asus ROG STRIX differs from other similar boards in the Asus series by its original exterior design (a spectacular combination of a dark base and silver / white elements), which will delight fans of modding and cases with a transparent side cover. The Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING motherboard is equipped with a reliable 14-phase Digi+ processor power subsystem, which is quite capable of ensuring long and stable operation of heavily overclocked processors. Supports four DDR4 RAM modules with an impressive total capacity of up to 128GB. Two full-speed (up to 32Gb/s) M.2 ports are provided for connecting high-speed Intel Optane modules or NVMe SSDs. To handle large volumes of traffic, it is equipped with a high-speed network LAN controller Intel I225-V (up to 2.5 Gbps).

All specifications
Specifications ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING
Main
Featuresgaming for overclocking
SocketLGA 1200
Form factorATX
Power phases14
VRM heatsink
LED lighting
Lighting syncAsus Aura Sync
Size (HxW)305x244 mm
Chipset
ChipsetIntel Z490
BIOSAmi
UEFI BIOS
RAM
DDR44 slot(s)
Memory moduleDIMM
Operation mode2 channel
Max. clock frequency4600 MHz
Max. memory128 GB
XMP
Drive interface
SATA 3 (6Gbps)6
M.2 connector2
M.21xSATA/PCIe 4x, 1xPCIe 4x
M.2 SSD cooling
Integrated RAID controller / Raid 0, 1, 5, 10 /
Expansion slots
1x PCIe slots1 pcs
PCIe 4x slots1 pcs / max at x2 mode /
PCIe 16x slots3 pcs
PCIe modes16x/4x/4x
PCIe support3.0
CrossFire (AMD)
Steel PCIe connectors
Internal connections
USB-A 2.02 pcs
USB-A 5Gbps1 pcs
USB-C 5Gbps1 pcs
Video outputs
HDMI output
HDMI versionv1.4b
DisplayPort
DisplayPort versionv.1.4
Integrated audio
AudiochipSupremeFX / CODEC S1220A /
Sound (channels)7.1
Optical S/PDIF
Network interfaces
LAN (RJ-45)2.5 Gbps
LAN ports1
LAN controllerIntel I225-V
External connections
USB-A 2.02 pcs / USB BIOS FlashBack /
USB-A 5Gbps4 pcs
USB-A 10Gbps1 pcs
USB-C 10Gbps1 pcs
BIOS FlashBack
Power connectors
Main power socket24-pin
CPU power8+4-pin
Fan power connectors4
Official Websiteasus.com
Added to E-CatalogMay 2020
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