Asus ROG STRIX Z590-E GAMING Series - Page 8

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ROG STRIX Z590-E GAMING Series
specifications summary
Storage
Total supports 4 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
Intel
®
11
th
& 10
th
Gen Processors*
M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110
- Only Intel
®
11
th
Core™ processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode, this slot
will be disabled for other CPUs
M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110
- Intel
®
11
th
processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode
- Intel
®
10
th
processors support PCIe 3.0 x4 mode
Intel
®
Z590 Chipset
M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110
(supports PCIe 3.0 x4 mode)
M.2_4 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280
(supports PCIe 3.0 x4 & SATA modes)*
6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
Raid function for PCIe mode SSD in Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology is
available with either 1. Intel
®
SSDs installed in both CPU-attached and
PCH-attached slots, or 2. any other 3rd party SSDs installed in PCH-
attached slots.
To enable Intel
®
Optane™ Memory (Hybrid Storage device), it must be
installed in PCH-attached slots with Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology.
* When M.2_4 is operating in SATA device, SATA6G_2 will be disabled.
Ethernet
2 x Intel
®
I225-V 2.5Gb Ethernet
ASUS LANGuard
Wireless & Bluetooth
Intel
®
Wi-Fi 6E
2x2 Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band*
Bluetooth v5.2 hardware ready**
* WiFi 6E 6GHz regulatory may vary between countries, and function will be
ready in Windows 10 build 21H1 or later.
** Bluetooth 5.2 function will be ready in Windows 10 build 21H1 or later.
USB
Rear USB (Total 10 ports)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port(s) (1 x USB Type-C
®
)
3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port (2 x Type-A, 1 x USB Type-C
®
)
4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 port(s) (4 x Type-A)
2 x USB 2.0 port(s) (2 x Type-A)
Front USB (Total 7 ports)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connector(s) (support(s) USB Type-C
®
)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header(s) support(s) additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1
ports
2 x USB 2.0 header(s) support(s) additional 4 USB 2.0 ports
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