Z490 Taichi Features: Supports 10th Gen and future generation Intel® Core™ Processors (Socket 1200) 15 Phase Dr.MOS Power Design Supports DDR4 4666MHz+ (OC) 3 PCIe 3.0 x16, 2 PCIe 3.0 x1 Supports NVIDIA® SLI™, AMD 3Way CrossFireX™ Graphics Output Options: HDMI, DisplayPort 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec), Nahimic Audio 8 SATA3, 2 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3), 1 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4) 1 USB 3.2 Gen2x2 20Gb/s Rear TypeC 3 USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gb/s (2 Rear TypeA, 1 Front TypeC) 9 USB 3.2 Gen1 (4 Front, 5 Rear) Dragon 2.5 Gigabit LAN, Intel® Gigabit LAN Intel® WiFi 6 802.11ax (2.4Gbps) + BT 5.1 ASRock Polychrome SYNC Specifications: Unique Feature ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 ASRock Front Panel TypeC USB 3.2 Gen2 Header (10 Gb/s) ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2x2 TypeC Port (20 Gb/s) ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 TypeA Port (10 Gb/s) ASRock Super Alloy XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink Premium 60A Power Choke 50A 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 2oz Copper PCB 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 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 15 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 4666+(OC) / 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 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, CPU GT, DRAM, VPPM, VCCSFR, VCCPLL, VCCSTG, VCCSTG_OUT, PCH Voltage, VCCIO, VCCST, VCCSA, 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/HDR Bluray Disc Dual graphics output: support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.4 ports by independent display controllers Supports HDMI 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 30Hz Supports DisplayPort 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2304) @ 60Hz 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 and DisplayPort 1.4 Ports Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.4 Ports 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 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 1 x Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s (Intel® I219V) 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/PCIE3/PCIE5: single at x16 (PCIE1); dual at x8 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE3); triple at x8 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE3) / x4 (PCIE5)) 2 x PCI Express 3.0 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) 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 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 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 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 Thunderbolt™ AIC Connector (5pin) (Supports ASRock Thunderbolt™ 3 AIC R2.0 Card only) 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 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 Clear CMOS Button 1 x Dr. Debug with LED 1 x Power Button with LED 1 x Reset Button with LED Rear Panel I/O 2 x Antenna Ports 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port 1 x HDMI Port 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port 2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 TypeA Ports (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD Protection) 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 TypeC Port (20 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM3242) (Supports ESD Protection) 5 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection) 2 x RJ45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) 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 ASRock Screwdriver 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, VCCFSR_OC, VCCSFR Form Factor ATX Form Factor: 12.0in x 9.6in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm 2oz Copper PCB OS Microsoft® Windows® 10 64bit Certifications FCC, CE ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)