ASUS Republic of Gamers Strix Z490-A Gaming LGA 1200 ATX Motherboard

Powered exclusively by 10th Generation Intel Core Pentium Gold, and Celeron processors, the Republic of Gamers Strix Z490-A Gaming LGA 1200 ATX Motherboard from ASUS features boosted power delivery and an improved cooling design, while AI enhancements and intuitive dashboards help users easily overlock and tweak various parameters. The ROG Strix Z490-A Gaming fits in ATX-sized cases, supports the LGA 1200 socket and Intel Z4900 chipset, and is compatible with Windows 10 (64-bit).

The ATX form factor of the ROG Strix Z490-AE Gaming can support up to 128GB of DDR4 RAM over four slots, or 32GB per slot, at speeds of 4600 (OC), 4500 (OC), 4400 (OC), 4266 (OC), 4133 (OC), 4000 (OC), 3866 (OC), 3733 (OC), 3600 (OC), 3466 (OC), 3333 (OC), 3200 (OC), 3000 (OC), 2933 (OC), 2800 (OC), 2666, 2400, and 2133 MHz. For storage, there are six SATA III 6 Gb/s ports and two M.2 Sockets with M key, one of which supports type 2242, 2260, 2280, and 22110 PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA SSDs, while the other supports type 2242, 2260, 2280, and 22110 PCIe 3.0 x4 SSDs.

There is also one USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port (rear panel), one USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (rear panel), four USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports (rear panel), two USB 2.0 Type-A ports (rear panel), one USB 3.2 Gen 1 connector (front panel), plus additional internal USB headers that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 and USB 2.0. For those looking to expand their system using PCIe, there are three PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (x16 or x8+x4+x4), one PCIe 3.0 x4 slot (max at x2), and one PCIe 3.0 x1 slot.

For delivering sharp, clear graphics, this motherboard has integrated HDMI 1.4b and DisplayPort 1.4 outputs, and the DisplayPort output supports a maximum resolution of 4096 x 2304 at 60 Hz. For users looking to take advantage of multi-GPUs, the ROG Strix Z490-A Gaming supports AMD 2-Way CrossFireX technology.

Using the ROG SupremeFX S1220 HD audio codec, the ROG Strix Z490-A Gaming can support audio with higher fidelity than standard controllers. This motherboard is also equipped with features such as OptiMem II, AURA Sync, SafeSlot, Q-LED, RAMCache III, UEFI BIOS, 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet, and more. This motherboard is protected by a limited 3-year warranty.