THE Z590 AORUS MASTER

Just like with the X570S Aorus Master the black and grey color theme makes this is a nice looking motherboard.

The 18+1 phase digital VRM with the specially designed heatsink fins should allow the Z590 Aorus Master perform well with overclocking your CPU.

Once again, we see 4 reinforced DIMM slots which support speeds of up to 5400MHz.

The multi-function indicator is located on the top right of the motherboard right next to the power button.

Angled connectors are used for all 6 SATA ports.

The single/dual BIOS switches are located on the lower left side of the motherboard.

The popular Realtek ALC1220 High Definition Audio onboard audio paired with the ESS SABRE9118 DAC is what GIGABYTE had used here.

Just 3 PCIe 4.0 slots might not be enough for many people but at least these are full length ones (x16/x8/x4).

At the rear I/O we find the q-flash and clear CMOS buttons, Wi-Fi Antenna connectors, 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports, 5 USB 3.2 Gen2 ports, DisplayPort v1.2 output, single USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C port, Aquantia 10GbE RJ45 LAN port and the audio out ports.

Most of the other side of the motherboard is covered by a metal plate thus increasing durability.

Once again for my tests I’ll be using the Intel Core i9-11900k CPU.

Under the aluminum top heatsink GIGABYTE has also placed a total of 3 M.2 slots.

Since many of you have asked what thermal paste i used for my motherboard and RAM tests the answer is simple, I’m using the NT-H2 by Noctua.

With the Intel Core i9-11900k and the Acer Predator Apollo 32GB 4GHz RAM installed (among other things) the time has come for me to start tests on the GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Master.