Gigabyte Z490M GAMING X Motherboard | LGA 1200 | Z490 | 128 GB | M-ATX | Gen 3

L3 cache varies with CPU

(Please refer “CPU Support List” for more information.)

Dual channel memory architecture

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

Intel® Core™ i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® processors:
Support for DDR4 2666/2400/2133 MHz

Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)

Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules

Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

(Please refer “Memory Support List” for more information.)

1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2304@60 Hz
* Support for DisplayPort 1.4 version, HDCP 2.3, and HDR.

1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2160@30 Hz
* Support for HDMI 1.4 version and HDCP 2.3.

Maximum shared memory of 512 MB

High Definition Audio

2/4/5.1/7.1-channel

Support for S/PDIF Out

1 x PCI Express x1 slot
(All of the PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)

Supports up to ASPM L1.2 power management protocols.

6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

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.

Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
M.2 connectors support up to ASPM L1.2 PCIe power management protocols.

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

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) on the back panel

6 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)

4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB headers

1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector

1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

1 x CPU fan header

3 x system fan headers

2 x addressable LED strip headers

2 x RGB LED strip headers

6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

1 x M.2 Socket 3 connector

1 x front panel header

1 x front panel audio header

1 x S/PDIF Out header

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header

2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers

2 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connectors

1 x Trusted Platform Module header (For the GC-TPM2.0 SPI/GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0 module only)

1 x serial port header

1 x Clear CMOS jumper

1 x Q-Flash Plus button

4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

1 x DisplayPort

1 x HDMI port

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red)

1 x USB Type-C™ port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support

1 x RJ-45 port

6 x audio jacks

Temperature detection

Fan speed detection

Overheating warning

Fan fail warning

Fan speed control
* Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend on the cooler you install.

Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS

PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

Support for Q-Flash

Support for Xpress Install

cFosSpeed

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.