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Gigabyte Z490 GAMING X

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Gigabyte's most affordable high-end motherboard model based on the 2020 flagship Intel Z490 chipset. With this chipset and LGA 1200 processor socket, it is fully compatible with any 10th generation Intel Core i9/i7/i5/i3/Pentium/Celeron processors with Comet Lake microarchitecture. It is positioned as a top-of-the-mid-range product designed to create high-performance gaming configurations at a reasonable cost. It will interest economical enthusiasts who are used to getting maximum performance through the use of fine manual tuning and overclocking modes of operation of key system components. The Gigabyte Z490 GAMING X motherboard is equipped with a powerful 12-phase CPU VRM digital power subsystem with large aluminium heatsinks for flawlessly stable operation under heavy gaming or multi-thr...eaded computing workloads. Supports up to four fast DDR4 RAM modules with a total capacity of up to 128 GB, which is more than enough for any current / future games and professional applications. Can drive two high-speed M.2 SSDs (one with heat spreader).
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Gigabyte Z490 GAMING X
Towards:gaming
Form Factor:ATX
Socket:Intel 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
Power connector:24 pin
Processor power:8+4 pin

Gigabyte's most affordable high-end motherboard model based on the 2020 flagship Intel Z490 chipset. With this chipset and LGA 1200 processor socket, it is fully compatible with any 10th generation Intel Core i9/i7/i5/i3/Pentium/Celeron processors with Comet Lake microarchitecture. It is positioned as a top-of-the-mid-range product designed to create high-performance gaming configurations at a reasonable cost.

It will interest economical enthusiasts who are used to getting maximum performance through the use of fine manual tuning and overclocking modes of operation of key system components. The Gigabyte Z490 GAMING X motherboard is equipped with a powerful 12-phase CPU VRM digital power subsystem with large aluminium heatsinks for flawlessly stable operation under heavy gaming or multi-threaded computing workloads. Supports up to four fast DDR4 RAM modules with a total capacity of up to 128 GB, which is more than enough for any current / future games and professional applications. Can drive two high-speed M.2 SSDs (one with heat spreader).

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Specifications Z490 GAMING X
Main
Featuresgaming for overclocking
SocketIntel LGA 1200
Form factorATX
Power phases12
VRM heatsink
Size (HxW)305x230 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/PCI-E 4x, 1xPCI-E 4x
M.2 SSD cooling
Integrated RAID controller / RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 /
Expansion slots
1x PCI-E slots3
PCI-E 16x slots2
PCI Modes16x/4x
PCI Express3.0
CrossFire (AMD)
Steel PCI-E connectors
Internal connections
TPM connector
USB 2.01
USB 3.2 gen11
Thunderbolt AIC connectorv3 2 pcs
ARGB LED strip2
RGB LED strip2
More featuresQ-Flash Plus button, Clear CMOS jumper
Video outputs
HDMI output
HDMI versionv.1.4
Integrated audio
AudiochipRealtek ALC1200
Sound (channels)7.1
Network interfaces
LAN (RJ-45)1 Gbps
LAN ports1
LAN controllerIntel GbE
External connections
USB 2.02
USB 3.2 gen15
USB 3.2 gen21
PS/21
BIOS FlashBack
Power connectors
Main power socket24 pin
CPU power8+4 pin
Fan power connectors5
CPU Fan 4-pin1
Chassis/Water Pump Fan 4-pin4
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Added to E-Catalogmay 2020
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