MB-GZ490AMW+W Review

Gigabyte Z490 Aorus Master Waterforce + Wifi: all-in-one LGA 1200 (coMet lake) Motherboard - with CPU+VRM liquid cooler 360 (394x119x27mm radiator with 3x120mm ARGB fans) + thermal baseplate, 14+1 phase digital VRM, pre-mounted I/O shield with thermal armor + RGB Fusion 2.0 with on-board RGB display (multi zones), Addressable LED Strip Support, on-board buttons (power + reset + clear CMOS), 2x copper PCBs design, MoSFET heatsinks with DTH fins-array copper heatpipe, SmartFan5 with 9x temperature sensors + 8x hybrid fan headers, solid pin power connectors (ATX 24+8+8pin), memory armor with stainless steel shielding, PCIe armor with stainless steel shielding, with extra noise detection hardware monitoring, with 2x thunderbolt card connectors - Intel Z490 chipset, 4x dual channel DDR4-5000(O.C)/2933 with XMP support up to 128Gb, 6x SATA6G + triple Gen3x4 M.2/NGFF with thermal guards (PCIe or SATA or Optane mode) with raid 0/1//0+1/5/10, on-board display with HDMi output (depends on CPU) + Realtek ALC1220-VB 7.1 HD audio (with ESS SABRE ES9118 DAC + WiMA+Nichicon audio capacitors + optical s/pdif out) + Intel 2.5Gb lan with cFosSpeed Internet Accelerator, Intel Wifi-6 AX201 dual band 2.4Gbps WiFi + Bluetooth; 3x pci-e 3.0 (16x+8x+4x) for Quad-GPU SLi/CrossfireX, with 1x USB3 type-C (Gen2 10GBPs) + 3x USB3 type-A (Gen2 10GBPs) + 2x USB3 (Gen1 5GBPs) + 4x USB2.0, bundled Norton internet security - ATX