AORUS are the flagship enthusiast division of Gigabyte, offering the best the brand has to offer in terms of features and performance. That being said, they’re also the more expensive, and if previous generations are anything to go by, they’ll be some of the best (and most expensive) options out there. However, for the must-have enthusiast, it’s hard not to fall in love with them.
Their flagship is the Z590 AORUS XTREME Motherboard, which will satisfy the overclocking enthusiasts with 20+1 Phases Digital VRM, Fins-Array II Heatsink, Direct-Touch Heatpipe II, and their custom NanoCarbon Baseplate. Of course, you get all the other luxurious, such as Intel® Thunderbolt 4, ESSential USB DAC, AORUS PRO Gen4 AIC Adaptor, Intel® WiFi 6E 802.11ax, AQUANTIA® 10GbE LAN. Basically, this board has the best-of-the-best, and it’s all armoured, powered, and cooled to the XTREME!
The boards that are likely more attainable in terms of cost and requirements still come with some very impressive VRM configurations. All of these boards should be able to get the best out of the latest Intel CPUs. However, the XTREME is likely the most dialled in for enthusiast liquid cooling and LN2.
Connectivity, cooling, and design look strong throughout the entire range! However, as we’ve seen with other brands, no mATX options here and only a single mini-ITX. The Z590I AORUS Ultra may be smaller but still comes with a Direct 10+1 Phases Digital VRM Design, Advanced Thermal Solution, Intel® WiFi 6 802.11ax, Intel® 2.5GbE LAN, HDMI 2.0, RGB FUSION 2.0.
Check out the AORUS Z590 official product page here.
Z590 AORUS XTREME
Features
Supports 11th and 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Series Processors
Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
20+1 Phases Digital VRM Solution with 100A Smart Power Stage and Tantalum Polymer Capacitors Array
XTREME MEMORY with SMT DIMM and Shielded Memory Routing
Thermal Reactive Armor with Fins-Array II Heatsink, Direct Touch Heatpipe II and NanoCarbon Baseplate
Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 Onboard
Onboard Intel® WiFi 6E 802.11ax 2T2R & BT 5 with 2X AORUS Antenna
Exclusively bundled ESSential USB DAC
127dB SNR AMP-UP Audio with High-End ESS SABRE 9018K2M DAC, LME 49720, OPA1622 and WIMA Audio Capacitors
AQUANTIA® 10GbE BASE-T LAN and Intel® 2.5GbE LAN with cFosSpeed
Exclusively bundled AORUS PRO Gen4 AIC Adaptor
Triple Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0*/3.0 x4 M.2 with Thermal Guards II
RGB FUSION 2.0 with Multi-Zone Addressable LED Light Show Design, Support Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips
Smart Fan 6 Features Multiple Temperature Sensors, Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP and Noise Detection
Q-Flash Plus Update BIOS without Installing the CPU, Memory and Graphics Card
Z590 AORUS MASTER
Supports 11th and 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Series Processors
Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
18+1 Phases Digital VRM Solution with 90A Smart Power Stage and Tantalum Polymer Capacitors Array
Shielded Memory Routing to Avoid Interference
Advanced Thermal Solution with Fins-Array II, Direct Touch Heatpipe II and NanoCarbon Baseplate
Onboard Intel® WiFi 6E 802.11ax 2T2R & BT 5 with AORUS Antenna
125dB SNR AMP-UP Audio with High-End ESS SABRE 9118 DAC, ALC1220 and WIMA Audio Capacitors
AQUANTIA® 10GbE BASE-T LAN with cFosSpeed
Triple Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0*/3.0 x4 M.2 with Thermal Guards II
RGB FUSION 2.0 with Multi-Zone Addressable LED Light Show Design, Support Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips
Smart Fan 6 Features Multiple Temperature Sensors, Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP and Noise Detection
Q-Flash Plus Update BIOS without Installing the CPU, Memory and Graphics Card
Z590 AORUS ULTRA
Features
Supports 11th and 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors
Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
Direct 16+1 Phases Digital VRM Solution with 90A Smart Power Stage
Shielded Memory Routing for Better Memory Overclocking
NanoCarbon Fins-Array II Heatsink and Direct Touch Heatpipe II
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