Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X LGA 1151 ATX Motherboard

Intel Z390 GAMING Motherboard with 10+2 Digital PWM Design, 2-Way CrossFire™ Multi-Graphics, USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A, M.2 Thermal Guard, Intel GbE LAN with cFosSpeed, Smart Fan 5, Dual M.2, Dual Armor with Ultra Durable™ Technology, DualBIOS, CEC 2019

• Supports 9th and 8th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors
• Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4
• New 10+2 Phases Digital PWM Design
• Dual Ultra-Fast M.2 with PCIe Gen3 X4 (1 with Thermal Guard) & SATA interface
• 2-Way CrossFire™ Multi-Graphics Support with PCIe Armor and Ultra Durable™ Design
• Intel® Native USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A
• Intel® GbE LAN with cFosSpeed Internet Accelerator Software
• Ultra Durable™ 25KV ESD and 15KV Surge LAN Protection
• High Quality Audio Capacitors and Audio Noise Guard with LED Trace Path Lighting
• Support RGB Lighting Effect in Full Colors
• CEC 2019 Ready, Save Power With a Simple Click
• Smart Fan 5 features Multiple Temperature Sensors and Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP
• Lightning-Fast Intel® Thunderbolt™ 3 AIC Support
• Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready

• CPU
  1. Support for Intel 9000 Processors and 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1151 package
  2. L3 cache varies with CPU

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

• Chipset
  1. Intel® Z390 Express Chipset
• Memory
  1. 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory
  2. Dual channel memory architecture
  3. Support for DDR4 2666/2400/2133 MHz memory modules
  4. Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
  5. Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
  6. Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

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

• Onboard Graphics
  Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel® HD Graphics support:

  1. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2160@30 Hz
     * Support for HDMI 1.4 version and HDCP 2.2.

  Maximum shared memory of 1 GB

• Audio
  1. Realtek® ALC892 codec
  2. High Definition Audio
  3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
  4. Support for S/PDIF Out
• LAN
  1. Intel® GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
• Expansion Slots
  1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
     * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
  2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
  3. 4 x PCI Express x1 slots
     (All of the PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
• Storage Interface
  Chipset:

  1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A)
  2. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support, prepared for Intel® Hybrid SSD) (M2M)
  3. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  4. 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

• Multi-Graphics Technology
  1. Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies
• USB
  Chipset:

  1. 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) on the back panel
  2. 7 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports (5 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)
  3. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)
• Internal I/O Connectors
  1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
  2. 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
  3. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
  4. 1 x CPU fan header
  5. 3 x system fan headers
  6. 1 x RGB LED strip header
  7. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  8. 2 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
  9. 1 x front panel header
  10. 1 x front panel audio header
  11. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
  12. 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 header
  13. 1 x USB 2.0/1.1 header
  14. 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header (2×6 pin, for the GC-TPM2.0_S module only)
  15. 1 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connector
  16. 1 x serial port header
  17. 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
• Back Panel Connectors
  1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
  2. 1 x HDMI port
  3. 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A port (red)
  4. 5 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports
  5. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  6. 1 x RJ-45 port
  7. 6 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. Overheating warning
  5. Fan fail warning
  6. Fan speed control
     * Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend on the cooler you install.
• 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.
     3D OSD
     @BIOS
     Ambient LED
     AutoGreen
     Cloud Station
     EasyTune
     Easy RAID
     Fast Boot
     Game Boost
     ON/OFF Charge
     Platform Power Management
     Smart Backup
     Smart Keyboard
     Smart TimeLock
     Smart HUD
     Smart Survey
     System Information Viewer
     USB Blocker
     V-Tuner
  2. Support for Q-Flash
  3. Support for Xpress Install
• Bundle Software
  1. Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)
  2. cFosSpeed
• Operating System
  1. Support for Windows 10 64-bit
• Form Factor
  1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 22.5cm
• 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.