Gigabyte GA-X299XAORUS-MASTER X299X Aorus Master E-ATX LGA2066 Motherboard

Intel® X299 AORUS Motherboard with 12 Phases IR Digital VRM, Advanced Thermal Solution with Triple Fins-Array and Heatpipes, Intel® WiFi 6 802.11ax, ESS SABRE HiFi 9218 DAC, AQUANTIA 5GbE LAN, Q-Flash for Easier BIOS Update

• Supports Intel® Core™ X-series Processor Family
• Quad Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 8 DIMMs
• Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
• 12 Phases IR Digital VRM Solution with 70A Power Stage
• Onboard Intel® WiFi 6 802.11ax 2T2R & BT 5 with AORUS Antenna
• 130dB SNR AMP-UP Audio with High-End ESS SABRE 9218 DAC, ALC1220 and WIMA Audio Capacitors
• Onboard AQUANTIA 5GbE BASE-T LAN and Intel® Gigabit LAN with cFosSpeed
• Triple Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 with Triple Thermal Guards
• USB TurboCharger for Mobile Device Fast Charge Support
• RGB FUSION 2.0 supported with Multi-Zone Addressable LED Light Show Design, support Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips
• Smart Fan 5 features Multiple Temperature Sensors, Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP and Noise Detection
• Front USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C™ Header
• Q-Flash Plus update BIOS without installing CPU, Memory and Graphics card
• Supports 4 Way Dual Wide PCIe Slots

• CPU
  1. Support for Intel® Core™ i7-7800X and above X series processors/Intel® Core™ i9 X series processors in the LGA2066 package
  2. L3 cache varies with CPU

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

• Chipset
  1. Intel®X299 Express Chipset
• Memory
  Intel® Core™ X series 48-lane processors:

  1. 8 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 256 GB (32 GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory
  2. Support for DDR4 4333(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.) / 2933/2666/2400/2133 MHz memory modules

  Intel® Core™ X series 44-lane/28-lane processors:

  1. 8 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB (16 GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory
  2. Support for DDR4 4200(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.) / 2666/2400/2133 MHz memory modules

  4 channel memory architecture
  Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM memory modules
  Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
  (Please refer “Memory Support List” for more information.)

• Audio
  1. Realtek® ALC1220-VB codec
     * The front panel line out jack supports DSD audio.
  2. ESS SABRE9218 DAC chip
  3. High Definition Audio
  4. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
  5. Support for S/PDIF Out
• LAN
  1. 1 x Aquantia 5GbE LAN chip (5 Gbit/2.5 Gbit/1000 Mbit/100 Mbit) (LAN1)
  2. 1 x Intel® GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) (LAN2)
• Wireless Communication module
  1. Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band
  2. BLUETOOTH 5.0
  3. Support for 11ax 160MHz wireless standard and up to 2.4 Gbps data rate
     * Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment.
• Expansion Slots
  Intel® Core™ X series 48-lane processors:

  1. 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2)
  2. 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1, PCIEX8_2)
     * The PCIEX16_2 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX8_1 slot. When the PCIEX8_1 slot is populated, the PCIEX16_2 slot operates at up to x8 mode.

  Intel® Core™ X series 44-lane processors:

  1. 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2)
  2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1)
  3. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX8_2)
     * The PCIEX16_2 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX8_1 slot. When the PCIEX8_1 slot is populated, the PCIEX16_2 slot operates at up to x8 mode.

  Intel® Core™ X series 28-lane processors:

  1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1)
  2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX16_2)
  3. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX8_2)
     * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16_1 slot.

  (All of the PCI Express x16 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)

• Multi-Graphics Technology
  1. Support for NVIDIA® Quad-GPU SLI™ and 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ technologies
  2. Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies
• Storage Interface
  CPU:

  1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M)
  2. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2Q)
     * The M2M and M2Q connectors become unavailable when an Intel® Core™ X series 28-lane processor is used.

  Chipset:

  1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P)

  8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

  Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10

  1. The M2M and M2Q connectors must work with an Intel® VROC Upgrade Key to support RAID configuration. If you want to use VROC, refer to Chapter 3-4, “Configuring Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC),” for setup instructions.
  2. * Refer to “1-9 Internal Connectors,” for the installation notices for the M.2 and SATA connectors.

  Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready

  1. * Only Intel® Core™ X series 48-lane processors support Intel® Optane™ Memory.

  Intel® VROC Ready

• USB
  Chipset+2 ASMedia® USB 3.2 Gen 2 Controllers:

  1. 1 x USB Type-C™ port with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support, available through the internal USB header
  2. 1 x USB Type-C™ port on the back panel, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support
  3. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) on the back panel

  Chipset+Realtek® USB 3.2 Gen 1 Hub:

  1. 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports on the back panel
  2. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports on the back panel

  Chipset+USB 2.0 Hub:

  1. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB headers

  Chipset:

  1. 8 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)
  2. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB header
• Internal I/O Connectors
  1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
  2. 2 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors
  3. 1 x CPU fan header
  4. 1 x water cooling CPU fan header
  5. 4 x system fan headers
  6. 2 x system fan/water cooling pump headers
  7. 2 x addressable LED strip headers
  8. 2 x RGB LED strip headers
  9. 3 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
  10. 8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  11. 1 x Intel® VROC Upgrade Key header
  12. 1 x front panel header
  13. 1 x front panel audio header
  14. 1 x USB Type-C™ port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support
  15. 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers
  16. 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
  17. 1 x noise detection header
  18. 1 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connector
  19. 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header (2×6 pin, for the GC-TPM2.0_S module only)
  20. 1 x power button
  21. 1 x reset button
  22. 2 x temperature sensor headers
  23. 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
  24. 2 x BIOS switches
• Back Panel Connectors
  1. 1 x Q-Flash Plus button
  2. 1 x Clear CMOS button
  3. 1 x USB Type-C™ port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support
  4. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red)
  5. 6 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
  6. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  7. 2 x RJ-45 ports
  8. 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)
  9. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
  10. 5 x audio jacks
• I/O Controller
  1. iTE® I/O Controller Chip
• H/W Monitoring
  1. Voltage detection
  2. Temperature detection
  3. Fan speed detection
  4. Water cooling flow rate detection
  5. Overheating warning
  6. Fan fail warning
  7. Fan speed control
     * Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.
  8. Noise Detection
• BIOS
  1. 2 x 128 Mbit flash
  2. Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
  3. Support for DualBIOS™
  4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0
• Unique Features
  1. Support for APP Center
     * Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.
     @BIOS
     AutoGreen
     Cloud Station
     EasyTune
     Easy RAID
     Fast Boot
     Game Boost
     Platform Power Management
     RGB Fusion
     Smart Backup
     Smart Keyboard
     Smart Survey
     System Information Viewer
     USB Blocker
     USB TurboCharger
  2. Support for Q-Flash Plus
  3. Support for Q-Flash
  4. Support for Xpress Install
• Bundled Software
  1. Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)
  2. cFosSpeed
  3. XSplit Gamecaster + Broadcaster (12 months license)
• Operating System
  1. Support for Windows 10 64-bit
• Form Factor
  1. E-ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 26.9cm
• Remark
  1. Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors’ website or 3rd party website.
  2. 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.