DESIGN CONCEPT
In the dark, starless night, the falcon strikes fear into the heart of its prey. Even with minimal visibility, the falcon pinpoints its prey and patiently anticipates the perfect moment to swoop in for the kill. The falcon with its laser sharp gaze dominates the darkness of night in the same manner that AORUS Core Lighting illuminates the vast AORUS ecosystem.
12 Phase Digital Power Design
- 40A IR 3553 for each vCore Phase
- High current capacity MOSFET
- Lower temperature
- Server level reliability
Z390 AORUS MASTER G2 Edition motherboard uses an all IR digital CPU power design which includes both digital PWM Controller and PowlRstage MOSFET, and is capable of providing at least 40A of power from each phase, for a total of 480A. These 100% digital controller and additional 8+8 Solid-pin CPU Power Connectors offer incredible precision in delivering power to the motherboard's most power-hungry and energy-sensitive components, allowing enthusiasts to get the absolute maximum performance from the new 8-core 9th Gen Intel Core processors.
2x Copper PCB
GIGABYTE's exclusive 2X Copper PCBs design provides sufficient power trace paths between components to handle greater than normal power loads and to remove heat from the critical CPU power delivery area. This is essential to ensure the motherboard is able to handle the increased power loading that is necessary when overclocking.
Advanced Thermal Design
Z390 AORUS MASTER G2 Edition reaches a perfect balance between style and performance by combining the media acclaimed Fins-Array heatsink, a heatpipe, and a thermal baseplate, to provide 30% lower MOSFET temperatures for enthusiasts, overclockers and professional gamers.
Fins-Array Heatsink with Direct Touch Heatpipe and High Thermal Conductivity Pad
Z390 AORUS MASTER G2 Edition uses Fins-Array Heatsink which increases the heat dissipation area by 300% compared to traditional heatsinks of the same size. Direct Touch Heatpipe helps transfer heat from MOS to heatsink and fins.By using LAIRD 1.5mm thick, 5W/mK high thermal conductivity pads, it can transfer 2.7x more heat compared to traditional thermal pads in the same time period.
Base plate + I/O Shield Armor
- With an integrated base plate, GIGABYTE Motherboards give users a strong foundation to build their Gaming PCs.
- With an integrated I/O shield, building a GIGABYTE Ultra Durable PC is even easier.
- Integrated Power/Reset/Clear CMOS buttons on the I/O shield enable users easier debugging and operation.
Triple PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2
AORUS Gaming Motherboards are focused on delivering M.2 technology to enthusiasts who want to maximize their system's potential.
Extreme Performance with Gen3 x4 NVMe PCIe SSDs
Z390 AORUS motherboards offer the industry’s best compatibility in terms of NVMe storage for users who demand high capacity and seek the best performance. AORUS' unique design can be configured in RAID for record speeds of up to 3551 MB/s (Sequential Read), making AORUS the obvious choice for the ultimate PC.
GIGABYTE Ultra-Efficient M.2 Thermal Guard
With durability in mind, GIGABYTE provides a thermal solution for M.2 SSD devices. The M.2 Thermal Guard prevents throttling and bottlenecks from high speed M.2 SSDs as it helps to dissipate heat before it becomes an issue.
Support for DDR4 to 4400MHz and Beyond
AORUS is offering a tested and proven platform that ensures proper compatibility to 4400MHz and beyond.
All New Realtek High-End HD Audio Codec
ALC1220 120dB(A) SNR HD Audio with Smart Headphone Amp automatically detects impedance of your head-worn audio device, preventing issues such as low volume and distortion. With the new VB series audio controller, stream your voice to the world vibrantly with both front/rear microphone SNR up to 110/114dB(A)
Integrated Intel 802.11ac Wave2 CNVi WIFI + Bluetooth 5
Intel Next-Gen Wireless solution supports 802.11ac Wave 2 function, enables gigabit wireless performance, provides smooth video streaming, better gaming experience, few dropped connections and speeds up to 1.73Gbps. Double the speed compared to the previous generation. Moreover, Bluetooth 5 provides 4x range over BT4.2 and with faster transmission.
USB TurboCharger
GIGABYTE patent pending USB TurboCharger technology allows users to recharge their mobile devices with stunning speed, up to 50% in less than 30 minutes*. By connecting the Front USB 3.0 Type-A chassis cable to our motherboard, users can utilize the USB TurboCharger to recharge both Android devices with QC 3.0 and Apple devices with Apple Fast-Charge function.
RGB Fusion 2.0
With AORUS Motherboards, RGB Fusion 2.0 is even better with Addressable LEDs.* RGB Fusion 2.0 offers users the option to control onboard RGB and external RGB / Addressable LED light strips for their PC. Already feature filled with colors and patterns, RGB Fusion 2.0 on Z390 Series AORUS Motherboards are now upgraded with Addressable LED support. With external Addressable LED strips*, where each LED is digitally addressable, users can experience even more patterns, styles, and illuminations.
AORUS Motherboards will support either 5v or 12v Addressable LED lighting strips and up to 300 LED lights. RGB Fusion 2.0 with Addressable LEDs comes with new patterns and various speed settings with more to come.
Multi-Zone Light Show Design
Now offering more LED customizations than ever, users can truly adapt their PC to represent their lifestyle. With full RGB support and a redesigned RGB Fusion 2.0 application, the user has complete control over the LEDs which surround the motherboard.
Smart Fan 5
With Smart Fan 5 users can ensure that their gaming PC can maintain its performance while staying cool. Smart Fan 5 allows users to interchange their fan headers to reflect different thermal sensors at different locations on the motherboard. Not only that, with Smart Fan 5 more hybrid fan headers that support both PWM and Voltage mode fans have been introduced to make the motherboard more liquid cooling friendly.
FAN STOP
Achieve fan silence. With Fan Stop, map any fan to stop completely when temperatures drop below a specified threshold. Which fan stops, based on readings from which sensor, and at what temperature—all of it can be customized to your liking.
Solid Pin Power Connectors
Z390 AORUS motherboards feature solid plated ATX 24pin & ATX 12V 8pin + 8pin power connectors to offer a stable power supply during CPU overloading.
Industry Leading Ultra Durable PCIe Armor
The innovative one piece stainless steel shielding design from GIGABYTE reinforces the PCIe connectors to provide the extra strength required to support heavy graphics cards.
Ultra Durable Memory Armor
AORUS' exclusive one piece stainless steel shielding design prevents against PCB distortion/twisting and plate bending, in addition to preventing any possible ESD interference
CPU
- Support for 9th and 8th Generation Intel Core i9 processors/ Intel Core i7 processors/ Intel Core i5 processors/ Intel Core i3 processors/ Intel Pentium processors/ Intel Celeron processors in the LGA1151 package, L3 cache varies with CPU
Memory
- 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 128GB (32GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory, Please note that the support for system total memory size depends on the CPU installed.Dual channel memory architecture, Support for DDR4 4400(O.C.) / 4333(O.C.) / 4266(O.C.) / 4133(O.C.) / 4000(O.C.) / 3866(O.C.) / 3800(O.C.) / 3733(O.C.) / 3666(O.C.) / 3600(O.C.) / 3466(O.C.) / 3400(O.C.) / 3333(O.C.) / 3300(O.C.) / 3200(O.C.) / 3000(O.C.) / 2800(O.C.) / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 MHz memory modules
- Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode), Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules, Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
Onboard Graphics
- Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel HD Graphics support : 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 30 Hz, Support for HDMI 1.4 version and HDCP 2.2 , Maximum shared memory of 1 GB, Actual support may vary by CPU
Audio
- Realtek ALC1220-VB codec, The front panel line out jack supports DSD audio, ESS SABRE 9118 DAC, High Definition Audio, 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel, Support for S/PDIF Out
Wireless Communication module
- Intel CNVi interface 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band, BLUETOOTH 5, Support for 11ac 160 MHz wireless standard and up to 1.73 Gbps data rate, Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment.
Expansion Slots
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) : For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot, 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8) : The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode, 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4) : The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the M2P connector. The PCIEX4 slot operates at up to x2 mode when a PCIe SSD is installed in the M2P connector, 3 x PCI Express x1 slots, (All of the PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.), 1 x M.2 Socket 1 connector for an Intel CNVi wireless module (CNVI)
Multi-Graphics Technology
- Support for NVIDIA Quad-GPU SLI and 2-Way NVIDIA SLI technologies, Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire and 3-Way/2-Way AMD CrossFire technologies
Storage Interface
- Chipset : 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M), 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A), 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P)6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors, Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10, Refer to "1-9 Internal Connectors," for the installation notices for the PCIEX4, M.2 and SATA connectors.
USB
- Chipset : 1 x USB Type-C port with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support, available through the internal USB header, 1 x USB Type-C port on the back panel, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support, 3 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel, 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header), Chipset+USB 2.0 Hub : 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)
Internal I/O Connectors
- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector, 2 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors, 1 x CPU fan header, 1 x water cooling CPU fan header, 4 x system fan headers, 2 x system fan/water cooling pump headers, 2 x Addressable LED strip headers, 2 x Addressable LED strip power select jumpers, 2 x RGB LED strip headers, 3 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors, 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors, 1 x front panel header, 1 x front panel audio header, 1 x S/PDIF Out header, 1 x USB Type-C port, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support, 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 header, 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers, 1 x Thunderbolt add-in card connector, 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header (2x6 pin, for the GC-TPM2.0_S module only), 1 x OC button, 1 x reset button, 2 x temperature sensor headers, 2 x BIOS switches, 1 x Clear CMOS jumper, Voltage Measurement Points
Back Panel Connectors
- 1 x Power/Reset button, 1 x Clear CMOS button, 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)1 x HDMI port, 1 x USB Type-C port, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support, 3 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red),, 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports, 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports, 1 x RJ-45 port, 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector, 5 x audio jacks
H/W Monitoring
- Voltage detection, Temperature detection, Fan speed detection, Water cooling flow rate detection, Overheating warning, Fan fail warning, Fan speed control, Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.
BIOS
- 2 x 128 Mbit flash, Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS, Support for DualBIOS, PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0