MSI MEG Z590 GODLIKE Extended ATX Motherboard

PROCESSOR

Supports 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors, 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® processors 1

Processor socket LGA1200

See supported processors

CHIPSET

Intel® Z590 Chipset

MEMORY

4x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 128GB 1

Supports 1R 2133/ 2666/ 2933 MHz for 10th Gen Intel® CPU (by JEDEC & POR)

Supports 1R 2133/ 2666/ 2933/ 3200 MHz for 11th Gen Intel® CPU (by JEDEC & POR) 1

Max. overclocking frequency:

1DPC 1R Max speed up to 5600 MHz

1DPC 2R Max speed up to 4800+ MHz

2DPC 1R Max speed up to 4400+ MHz

2DPC 2R Max speed up to 4000+ MHz

Supports Dual-Channel mode

Supports non-ECC mode, un-buffered memory

Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

Please refer www.msi.com for more information on compatible memory.

See supported memory

EXPANSION SLOTS

3x PCIe x16 slots

Support x16/x0/x4, x8/x8/x4, x8/x4+x4/x4, x8+x8/x0/x4, x8+(x4+x4)/x0/x4

PCI_E1 & PCI_E2 slots (From CPU)

Support up to PCIe 4.0 for 11th Gen Intel® CPU

Support up to PCIe 3.0 for 10th Gen Intel® CPU

PCI_E3 slot (From Z590 chipset) 1

Supports up to PCIe 3.0

PCI_E3 will run at x1 speed when installing device in M2_4 slot.

MULTI-GPU

Supports 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology

Supports 3-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology

THUNDERBOLT 4

Intel® JHL8540 Thunderbolt™ 4 Controller

2x Thunderbolt™ 4 (Type-C) ports on the back panel

Support up to 40 Gbps transfer rate with Thunderbolt devices

Support up to 20 Gbps transfer rate with USB4 devices

Support up to 10Gbps transfer rate with USB 3.2 devices

Support up to 5V/3A , 15W power charging

Each port can daisy-chain up to three Thunderbolt 4 devices or five Thunderbolt 3 devices

Supports up to 8K display (need to connect the discrete graphics card to the Mini DisplayPort Input port on the back panel)

STORAGE

6x SATA 6Gb/s ports (from Z590 chipset)

4x M.2 slots (Key M)

M2_1 (from CPU)

Available only on 11th Gen Intel® CPU

Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4

Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices

M2_2 1, M2_3 2 & M2_4 slots (from Z590 chipset)

M2_2 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s, 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices

M2_3 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s, 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices

M2_4 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4, 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices 3

Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready

Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors 4

SATA2 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_2 slot.SATA5 & SATA6 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SSD in the M2_3 slot.M2_4 will run at x2 speed when installing device in PCI_E3 slot.Before using Intel® Optane™ memory modules, please ensure that you have updated the drivers and BIOS to the latest version from MSI website.

RAID

Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices

Supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5 for M.2 NVMe storage devices

USB

Intel® Z590 Chipset

3x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps ports (2 Type-A ports on the back panel and 1 Type-C internal connector)

2x USB 2.0 ports are available through the internal USB 2.0 connector

Hub GL850G

2x USB 2.0 ports are available through the internal USB 2.0 connector

Asmedia® 1074 Chipset

10x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports (6 Type-A ports on the back panel, 4 ports are available through the internal USB 3.2 Gen 1 connectors)

AUDIO

Realtek® ALC4082 Codec + ESS ES9218PQ Combo DAC/HPA

7.1-Channel High Definition Audio

Supports S/PDIF output

LAN

1x Aquantia® AQC107 10Gbps LAN controller

1x Intel® I225-V 2.5Gbps LAN controller

WIRELESS LAN & BLUETOOTH

Intel® WiFi-6E AX210

The Wireless module is pre-installed in the M.2 (Key-E) slot

Supports MU-MIMO TX/RX, 2.4GHz/ 5GHz/ 6GHz 1 (160MHz) up to 2.4Gbps

Supports 802.11a/ b/ g/ n/ ac/ ax

Supports Bluetooth® 5.2 2 , FIPS, FISMA

Wi-Fi 6E 6GHz may depend on every country’s regulations and will be ready in WIN10 21H1.Bluetooth 5.2 will be ready in WIN10 21H1.

INTERNAL CONNECTORS

1x 24-pin ATX main power connector

2x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors

1x 6-pin ATX PCIE power connector

6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

4x M.2 slots (M-Key)

1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps Type-C port

2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports)

2x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)

1x 4-pin CPU fan connector

1x 4-pin water-pump fan connector

8x 4-pin system fan connectors

1x 3-pin Water Flow connector

1x Front panel audio connector

2x System panel connectors

1x Chassis intrusion connector

2x 2-pin Thermal sensors connectors

1x TPM module connector

1x Tuning controller connector

LED FEATURE

1x 2-Digit Debug Code LED

4x EZ Debug LED

1x 4-pin RGB LED connector

2x 3-pin RAINBOW LED connectors

1x 3-pin CORSAIR LED connector

1x EZ LED Control switch

BACK PANEL PORTS

Clear CMOS Button

2.5G LAN

10G Super LAN

Thunderbolt 4 40Gbps (Type-C)

Wi-Fi / Bluetooth

HD Audio Connectors

Flash BIOS Button

USB 3.2 Gen1 5Gbps (Type-A)

USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gbps (Type-A)

Mini DisplayPort Input (for Thunderbolt passthrough)

Optical S/PDIF-Out