Z590 TAICHI

Supports 10th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors and 11th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors (LGA1200)
Digi Power design
14 Power Phase design
Supports Intel^® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology
Supports Intel^® K-Series unlocked CPUs
Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine III

1200

Intel Z590

Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
11th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors support DDR4 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 5000+(OC)*
10th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors support DDR4 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 4800+(OC)*
Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB**
Supports Intel^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0
15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

*11th Gen Intel^® Core™ (i9/i7/i5) support DDR4 up to 3200; Core™ (i3), Pentium^® and Celeron^® support DDR4 up to 2666.
10th Gen Intel^® Core™ (i9/i7) support DDR4 up to 2933; Core™ (i5/i3), Pentium^® and Celeron^® support DDR4 up to 2666.
**Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows^® 32-bit OS. For Windows^® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.

DDR4

3200 / 3000 / 2933 / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 MHz

4 Slots

11th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors support Intel^® Xe Graphics Architecture (Gen 12). 10th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors support Gen 9 Graphics
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, UHD/HDR Blu-ray Disc
Three graphics output options: 1 x HDMI and 2 x Intel^® Thunderbolt™ 4
Supports Triple Monitor
Supports Intel^® Thunderbolt™ 4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 60Hz
Supports HDMI 2.0 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 60Hz**
Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI 2.0 Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
Supports HDCP 2.3 with HDMI 2.0 and Intel^® Thunderbolt™ 4 Ports

*Intel^® UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.
**11th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors support HDMI 2.0. 10th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors support HDMI 1.4.

None

7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec)
Premium Blu-ray Audio support
Supports Surge Protection
WIMA Audio Capacitors (For Front Outputs)
ESS SABRE9218 DAC for Front Panel Audio (130dB SNR)
Pure Power-In
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

11th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors
- 3 x PCI Express x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE2/PCIE4: single at Gen4x16 (PCIE1); dual at Gen4x8 (PCIE1) / Gen4x8 (PCIE2); triple at Gen4x8 (PCIE1) / Gen4x8 (PCIE2) / Gen3x4 (PCIE4))*
10th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors
- 3 x PCI Express x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE2/PCIE4: single at Gen3x16 (PCIE1); dual at Gen3x8 (PCIE1) / Gen3x8 (PCIE2); triple at Gen3x8 (PCIE1) / Gen3x8 (PCIE2) / Gen3x4 (PCIE4))*

- 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slot
- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
- 1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E) with the bundled WiFi-802.11ax module (on the rear I/O)
- 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1)

*Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors*
2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061*
1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) (with 11th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors) or Gen3x4 (32 Gb/s) (with 10th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors)**
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)**

*M2_2, SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.
M2_3, SATA3_4, SATA3_5 and PCIE4 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.
**Supports Intel^® Optane™ Technology (M2_2 and M2_3 only)
Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

N/A

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 (4-pin)***
1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)****
6 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)*****
1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
2 x 8 pin 12V Power Connectors (Hi-Density Power Connector)
1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15μ Gold Audio Connector)
2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (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 Gen2x2 Header (20 Gb/s) (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

*Support in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip
**Support in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip
***The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.
****CPU_FAN2/WP_3A supports the water cooler fan of maximum 3A (36W) fan power.
*****The Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.
CPU_FAN2/WP_3A, CHA_FAN1/WP, CHA_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN3/WP, CHA_FAN4/WP, CHA_FAN5/WP and CHA_FAN6/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

2 x Antenna Ports
1 x HDMI Port
1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
2 x USB 4.0 Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C Port (40 Gb/s for USB 4.0 protocol; 40Gb/s for Thunderbolt™ protocol) (Supports ESD Protection)*
2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Ports (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD Protection)**
4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A Ports (Supports ESD Protection)**
2 x RJ-45 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)

*Supports USB PD 2.0 up to 9V@3A (27W) / 5V@3A (15W) charging
**USB3_5_6 is from Intel^® Z590; USB3_1 is from ASMedia ASM1042A; USB3_2, USB3_3 and USB3_4 are from ASMedia ASM1074 hub.
Ultra USB Power is supported on USB3_3 port.
ACPI wake-up function is not supported on USB3_3 port.

1 x 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s (Killer E3100G)
- Supports Killer LAN Software
- Supports Killer DoubleShotTM Pro
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports PXE
1 x Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s (Intel^® I219V)
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports PXE

Killer AX1675x 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E Module
Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ax
Supports Dual-Band 2x2 160MHz with extended 6GHz band support*
2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity technology
Supports Bluetooth 5.2 + High speed class II
Supports MU-MIMO
Supports Killer LAN Software
Supports Killer DoubleShot™ Pro

*Wi-Fi 6E (6GHz band) is not currently enabled by default due to the different regulation status of each country. It will be activated (for supported countries) through Windows^® Update and software update once available. The update is expected to be in the middle of 2021.

ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm
8 Layer PCB
2oz Copper PCB

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 Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, DRAM, PCH, VCCSA, VCCIO_0, VCCIO_1_2, VCCFSR_OC

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(VCCM, VPPM, VTT), VCCSFR, VCCPLL, VCCSTG, VCCSTG_OUT, PCH Voltage, VCCIO_0, VCCIO_1_2, VCCST, VCCSA, CPU Internal PLL, GT PLL, Ring PLL, System Agent PLL, Memory Controller PLL Voltage Multi-adjustment

ASRock USB 4.0
- ASRock USB 4.0 Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C Port (40 Gb/s for USB 4.0 protocol; 40Gb/s for Thunderbolt™ protocol)
ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2
- ASRock Front Panel Type-C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (20 Gb/s)
- ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s)
ASRock Super Alloy
- XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
- Premium 90A Power Choke
- 90A SPS (Smart Power Stage)
- Premium Memory Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron power choke)
- Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
- I/O Armor
- Matte Black PCB
- High Density Glass Fabric PCB
- 8 Layer PCB
- 2oz Copper PCB
Killer 2.5G LAN
Killer 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E
Killer DoubleShot Pro
ASRock Steel Slots
ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink
ASRock Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4x4)
ASRock Ultra USB Power
ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
ASRock Live Update & APP Shop

Software
- ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning)
- Killer Control Center
- 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

*These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.

Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit