Z490 AQUA Features: Supports 10th Gen and future generation Intel® Core™ Processors (Socket 1200) Supports DDR4 4800MHz+ (OC) 1 PCIe 3.0 x16, 2 PCIe 2.0 x1 NVIDIA® Quad SLI™, AMD 3Way CrossFireX™ Graphics Output Options: HDMI, Intel® Thunderbolt™ 3 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec) ESS SABRE 9218 DAC (130dB SNR) + WIMA Audio Caps 8 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4), 2 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3) 1 Intel® Thunderbolt™ 3 TypeC 5 USB 3.1 Gen2 10Gb/s (Front : 1 TypeC, Rear : 1 TypeC, 3 TypeA) 8 USB 3.1 Gen1 (4 Front, 4 Rear) AQUANTIA® 10 Gigabit LAN + WiFi 6 802.11ax (2.4Gbps) + Dragon 2.5 Gigabit LAN Status OLED + Polychrome SYNC Specifications: Unique Feature ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 ASRock Front Panel USB 3.2 Gen2 TypeC Header (10 Gb/s) ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 TypeA Port (10 Gb/s) ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 TypeC Port (10 Gb/s) ASRock Super Alloy XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink Premium 90A Power Choke 90A Dr.MOS Premium Memory Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke) Combo Caps (Nichicon 12K Black Caps) Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors) I/O Armor Matte Black PCB High Density Glass Fabric PCB 8 Layer PCB 2oz Copper PCB AQUA Cooling Armor ServerGrade LowLoss PCB AQUANTIA® 10G LAN 2.5G LAN Intel® 802.11ax WiFi ASRock Steel Slots ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3) ASRock Ultra USB Power ASRock Status OLED ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports) ASRock Live Update & APP Shop CPU Supports 10th Gen and future generation Intel® Core™ Processors (Socket 1200) Digi Power design 16 Power Phase design Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology Supports Intel® KSeries unlocked CPUs Supports ASRock BCLK Fullrange Overclocking Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine III Chipset Intel® Z490 Memory Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots Supports DDR4 4700+(OC) / 4666 / 4600 / 4500 / 4400 / 4333/4266(OC) / 4133(OC) / 4000(OC) / 3866(OC) / 3800(OC) / 3733(OC) / 3600(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933 / 2800 / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 nonECC, unbuffered memory nonECC, unbuffered memory Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in nonECC mode) Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots BIOS 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events SMBIOS 2.7 Support CPU Core/Cache, GT, DRAM, VPPM,VTTDDR, VCCSFR, VCCPLL_OC, PCH Voltage, VCCIO, VCCST, VCCSA, VPERGCOMP, CPU Internal PLL, GT PLL, Ring PLL, System Agent PLL, Memory Controller PLL Voltage Multiadjustment Graphics Hardware Accelerated Codecs: AVC/H.264, HEVC/H.265 8bit, HEVC/H.265 10bit, VP8, VP9 8bit, VP9 10bit, MPEG 2, MJPEG, VC1 Graphics, Media & Compute: Microsoft® DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5, Intel® Built In Visuals, Intel® Quick Sync Video, Hybrid / Switchable Graphics, OpenCL 2.1 Display & Content Security: Rec. 2020 (Wide Color Gamut), Microsoft® PlayReady 3.0, Intel® SGX Content Protection, UHD Bluray Disc Supports HDMI 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 30Hz Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI 1.4 Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required) Supports HDCP 2.3 with HDMI 1.4 Port Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI 1.4 Port Audio 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec) Premium Bluray Audio support Supports Surge Protection WIMA Audio Capacitors (For Front Outputs) ESS SABRE9218 DAC for Front Panel Audio (130dB SNR) Pure PowerIn Direct Drive Technology PCB Isolate Shielding Impedance Sensing on Rear Out port Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel Gold Audio Jacks 15μ Gold Audio Connector Nahimic Audio LAN 1 x 10 Gigabit LAN 100/1000/2500/5000/10000 Mb/s (AQUANTIA® AQC107): Supports WakeOnLAN Supports Lightning/ESD Protection Supports PXE 1 x 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s (Dragon RTL8125BG) Supports Dragon 2.5G LAN Software Smart Auto Adjust Bandwidth Control Visual User Friendly UI Visual Network Usage Statistics Optimized Default Setting for Game, Browser, and Streaming Modes User Customized Priority Control Supports WakeOnLAN Supports Lightning/ESD Protection Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az Supports PXE Wireless LAN Intel® 802.11ax WiFi Module Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ax Supports DualBand (2.4/5 GHz) Supports WiFi6 802.11ax (2.4Gbps) 2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity technology Supports Bluetooth 5.1 + High speed class II Supports MUMIMO Slots 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE4/PCIE5: single at x16 (PCIE1); dual at x8 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE4); triple at x8 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE4) / x4 (PCIE5)) 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™ Supports NVIDIA® and SLI™ Support NVIDIA® SLI™ with NVIDIA® Quadro graphics cards Supports NVIDIA® NVLink™ with dual NVIDIA® GeForce RTX series graphics cards 1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E) with the bundled WiFi802.11ax module (on the rear I/O) 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1 and PCIE4) Storage 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 17), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s) 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2260/2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s) 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_3), supports M Key type 2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s) Connector 1 x SPI TPM Header 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header 2 x RGB LED Headers 2 x Addressable LED Headers 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4pin) 1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control) 6 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control) 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (HiDensity Power Connector) 2 x 8 pin 12V Power Connectors (HiDensity Power Connector) 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15μ Gold Audio Connector) 1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Intel® Z490) (Supports ESD Protection) 2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (ASMedia ASM1074 hub) (Supports ESD Protection) 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2 Header (Intel® Z490) (Supports ESD Protection) 1 x Dr. Debug with LED 1 x Power Button with LED 1 x Reset Button with LED 1 x Retry Button 1 x Safe Boot Button Rear Panel I/O 2 x Antenna Ports 1 x HDMI Port 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port 2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Thunderbolt™ 3 TypeC Ports (40Gb/s for Thunderbolt™ protocol; 10 Gb/s for USB3.2 protocol) (Supports ESD Protection) 2 x Mini DisplayPort Input Ports 3 x USB 3.2 Gen2 TypeA Ports (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD Protection) 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 TypeC Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection) 4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (Intel® Z490) (Supports ESD Protection) 2 x RJ45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) 1 x Clear CMOS Button 1 x BIOS Flashback Button HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks) Software and UEFI Software ASRock Motherboard Utility (ATuning) ASRock Dragon 2.5G LAN Software ASRock Polychrome SYNC UEFI ASRock EZ Mode ASRock Full HD UEFI ASRock My Favorites in UEFI ASRock Instant Flash ASRock Internet Flash ASRock Easy RAID Installer Support CD Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar Accessories Quick Installation Guide, Support CD 4 x SATA Data Cables 1 x ASRock SLI_HB_Bridge_2S Card 1 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna 1 x Thermal Compound 5 x Spare Thermal Pads 4 x Spare Screws for MOS and Chokes 4 x Spare Screws for CPU Sockets 6 x Spare Screws for M.2 Heatsinks 2 x 90° Tubing Elbow Fittings 6 x G1/4" to 14mm Tube Fittings 2 x G1/4" Plugs 2 x G1/4" to 14mm 90° Rotary Fittings 1 x Ball Valve 8 x Rubber Cushions for CPU Socket (2 sets) 3 x Screws for M.2 Sockets 2 x Standoffs for M.2 Sockets Hardware Monitor Temperature Sensing: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans Fan MultiSpeed Control: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, DRAM, VPPM, PCH, VCCSA, VCCST, VCCIO, VCCPLL_OC, VCCSFR, VCCSRF_OC 1 x Status OLED Form Factor EATX Form Factor: 12.0in x 10.5in, 30.5 cm x 26.7 cm 8 Layer PCB 2oz Copper PCB OS Microsoft® Windows® 10 64bit Certifications FCC, CE ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)