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ASRock Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4 Motherboard Review

by Winston02379

Features and Specifications

Features

  • Supports 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors and 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors
  • Supports DDR4 4266MHz (OC)
  • 1 PCIe 4.0 x16
  • Graphics Output Options: HDMI, DisplayPort, Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4
  • 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec), Nahimic Audio
  • 3 SATA3, 1 Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4 x4)
    1 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)
  • 1 Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C
  • 5 USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gb/s (Rear)
  • 2 Front USB 3.2 Gen1 5Gb/s, 1 Front USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C 20Gb/s
  • Killer E3100G 2.5G LAN, Intel® Gigabit LAN
  • Killer AX1675x 802.11ax(WiFi 6E) + BT 5.2

Specifications

  • Unique Feature
    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
    – Premium 90A Power Choke
    – 90A Dr.MOS
    – Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
    – I/O Armor
    – Matte Black PCB
    – High Density Glass Fabric PCB
    – 10 Layer PCB
    Killer 2.5G LAN
    Killer 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E
    Killer DoubleShot™ Pro
    ASRock Steel Slot
    ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink
    ASRock Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4x4)
    ASRock POST Status Checker (PSC)
    ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
    ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
  • CPU
    – Supports 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors and 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors (LGA1200)
    – Digi Power design
    – 10 Power Phase design
    – Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology
    – Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs
  • Chipset
    – Intel® Z590
  • Memory
    – Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
    – 2 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
    – 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors support DDR4 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 4266+(OC)*
    – 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors support DDR4 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 4266+(OC)*
    – Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
    – Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB**
    – 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 natively.
    10th Gen Intel® Core™ (i9/i7) support DDR4 up to 2933; Core™ (i5/i3), Pentium® and Celeron® support DDR4 up to 2666 natively.**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.
  • BIOS
    – 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support
    – ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events
    – SMBIOS 2.7 Support
    – CPU Core/Cache, DRAM, VPPM, VTTDDR, CPU PLL, VCC PLL, PCH Voltage, VCCIO, VCCIO_Memory, VCCSA, CPU Standby 1, CPU Internal PLL, GT PLL, Ring PLL, System Agent PLL, Memory Controller PLL Voltage Multi-adjustment
  • Graphics
    – 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors support Intel® Xe Graphics Architecture (Gen 12). 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors support Gen 9 Graphics
    – Three graphics output options: HDMI, DisplayPort 1.4 and Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 ports
    – Supports Triple Monitor
    – Supports Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 with max. resolution up to 5K (5210×2880) @ 60Hz
    – Supports HDMI 2.0 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 60Hz**
    – Supports DisplayPort 1.4 with max. resolution up to 5K (5210×2880) @ 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, DisplayPort 1.4 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.

  • Audio
    – 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec)
    – Premium Blu-ray Audio support
    – Supports Surge Protection
    – 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
  • LAN
    – 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s
    – Killer E3100G
    – Supports Killer LAN Software
    – Supports Killer DoubleShot™ Pro
    – Supports Wake-On-LAN
    – Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
    – Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
    – Supports PXE
  • Wireless LAN
    – Killer AX1675x 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E Module
    – Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ax
    – Supports Dual-Band 2×2 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.
  • Slots
    11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors
    – 1 x PCI Express 4.0 x16 Slot*
    10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors
    – 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot*– 1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E) with the bundled WiFi-802.11ax PCIe WiFi module (on the rear I/O)
    – 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1)

    *Supports PCIe riser cards to extend one x16 slot to two x8 slots
    Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
  • Storage
    – 3 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors
    – 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) (Socket M2_2 works with 11th Gen Intel® Core™ processors only)*
    – 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)*

    *Supports Intel® Optane™ Technology
    Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
  • RAID
    – Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
    – Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for M.2 NVMe storage devices*

    *RAID function for PCIe mode SSD in M2_2 is only available with Intel® SSD installed.
  • Connector
    – 1 x Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header
    – 1 x RGB LED Header*
    – 1 x Addressable LED Header**
    – 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)***
    – 1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)****
    – 1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin)*****
    – 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
    – 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
    – 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15μ Gold Audio Connector)
    – 1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
    – 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
    – 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (20 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection)

    *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.

    ****The CPU/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.
    CPU_OPT/W_PUMP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

    *****The Chassis Fan Connector supports the chassis fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.

  • Rear Panel I/O
    – 2 x Antenna Ports
    – 1 x HDMI Port
    – 1 x DisplayPort 1.4
    – 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
    – 5 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Ports (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection)
    – 1 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)*
    – 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
    – 1 x Clear CMOS 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
  • Software and UEFI
    Software
    – ASRock Motherboard Utility (Phantom Gaming 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.
  • Support CD
    – Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar
  • Accessories
    – Quick Installation Guide, Support CD
    – 2 x SATA Data Cables
    – 2 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5/6 GHz Antennas
    – 2 x Screws for M.2 Sockets
  • Hardware Monitor
    – Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU_OPT/Water Pump, Chassis Fans
    – Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU_OPT/Water Pump
    – Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU_OPT/Water Pump, Chassis Fans
    – CASE OPEN detection
    – Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, DRAM, PCH, VCCSA, VCCIO, VCCIO_Memory
  • Form Factor
    – Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm
    – 10 Layer PCB

For more information, please visit ASRock’s website.

 

Winston has over 25 years of experience in the I.T. Industry. He launched Funky Kit with the aim to capture a wider audience worldwide. His knowledge in PC hardware is very distinguished, not only publishing enjoyable reviews but also writing great articles.

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