Z590 OC Formula

Supports 10th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors and 11th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors (LGA1200)
Digi Power design
16 Power Phase design 
Supports Intel^® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology
Supports Intel^® K-Series unlocked CPUs
Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine III

1200

Intel Z590

Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
2 x DDR4 SMD DIMM Slots
11th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors support DDR4 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 6000+(OC)*
10th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors support DDR4 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 5000+(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 3200 natively; Core™ (i3), Pentium^® and Celeron^® support DDR4 2666 natively.
10th Gen Intel^® Core™ (i9/i7) support DDR4 2933 natively; Core™ (i5/i3), Pentium^® and Celeron^® support DDR4 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.

DDR4

3200 / 2933 / 2666 / 2400 MHz

2 Slots

None

N/A

7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec)
Premium Blu-ray Audio support
Supports Surge Protection
WIMA Audio Capacitors (For Front Outputs)
ESS SABRE9218 DAC for Front Panel Audio (130dB SNR)
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 with LED
15μ Gold Audio Connector
Nahimic Audio

11th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors
- 3 x PCI Express x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE4/PCIE5: single at Gen4x16 (PCIE1); dual at Gen4x8 (PCIE1) / Gen4x8 (PCIE4); triple at Gen4x8 (PCIE1) / Gen4x8 (PCIE4) / Gen3x4 (PCIE5))*
10th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors
- 3 x PCI Express x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE4/PCIE5: single at Gen3x16 (PCIE1); dual at Gen3x8 (PCIE1) / Gen3x8 (PCIE4); triple at Gen3x8 (PCIE1) / Gen3x8 (PCIE4) / Gen3x4 (PCIE5))*

- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots
- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
- 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 NVMe SSD as boot disks

6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors*
2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061*
1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) (with 11th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors) or Gen3x4 (32 Gb/s) (with 10th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors)**
1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2260/2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**
1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_3), supports M Key type 2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**

*M2_2, SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.
M2_3, SATA3_4 and SATA3_5 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.
**Supports Intel^® Optane™ Technology
M2_1 supports Intel^® Optane™ Technology only with 10th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors
Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

N/A

1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
2 x RGB LED Headers*
2 x Addressable LED Headers**
1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)***
1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)****
6 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)*****
1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
2 x 8 pin 12V Power Connectors (Hi-Density Power Connector)
1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15μ Gold Audio Connector)
1 x Thunderbolt™ AIC Connector (5-pin) (Supports ASRock Thunderbolt™ 4 AIC Card)
2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)******
2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (ASMedia ASM1074 hub) (Supports ESD Protection)
1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (20 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection)
1 x Dr. Debug with LED
1 x Power Button with LED
1 x Reset Button with LED
1 x Retry Button
1 x Safe Boot Button
V-Probe™: 2 x 5-set of onboard voltage measurement points laid
Rapid OC Buttons: +/- buttons to adjust OC frequency
1 x PCIe ON/OFF Switch
1 x Post Status Checker (PSC)
1 x Slow Mode Switch
1 x LN2 Mode Switch
1 x NickShih's OC Profile 1 Button with LED
1 x NickShih's OC Profile 2 Button with LED
1 x NickShih's OC Profile 3 Button with LED

*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.
****CPU_FAN2/WP_3A supports the water cooler fan of maximum 3A (36W) fan power.
*****The Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.
CPU_FAN2/WP_3A, CHA_FAN1/WP, CHA_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN3/WP, CHA_FAN4/WP, CHA_FAN5/WP and CHA_FAN6/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.
******USB_1 is from ASMedia ASM1074 hub; USB_234 are Intel^® Z590.

2 x Antenna Ports
1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
3 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Ports (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD Protection)*
1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD Protection)*
4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A Ports (Supports ESD Protection)*
2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
1 x BIOS Flashback Button
1 x BIOS Selection Switch
1 x Clear CMOS Button
HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks with LED)

*USB3_1 is from Intel^® Z590; USB3_234 are from ASMedia ASM1074 hub.
Ultra USB Power is supported on USB3_234 port.
ACPI wake-up function is not supported on USB3_234 port.
**This motherboard does not support integrated graphics.

1 x 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s (Intel^® I225V)
Supports Wake-On-LAN
Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
Supports PXE 1 x Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s (Intel^® I219V)
Supports Wake-On-LAN
Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
Supports PXE

Intel^® 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E Module
Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ax
Supports Dual-Band 2x2 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

*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.

E-ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 10.5-in, 30.5 cm x 26.7 cm
12 Layer PCB
2oz Copper PCB

Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, VCCM, VPPM, VCCSA, CPU PLL, VCC PLL, STANDBY1, STANDBY2, STANDBY3, VCCIO, VCCIOMEM, VCCIN AUX Voltage
1 x Status OLED

2 x 256Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support
ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events
SMBIOS 2.7 Support
CPU Vcore, DRAM (VCCM, VPPM, VTT), VCCSA, CPU PLL, VCC PLL, STANDBY1, STANDBY2, STANDBY3, VCCIO, VCCIOMEM, PCH Voltage, CPU Internal PLL, Ring PLL, System Agent PLL, Memory Controller PLL Voltage Multi-adjustment

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 USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s)
ASRock Super Alloy
- XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
- Premium 90A Power Choke
- 90A SPS (Smart Power Stage)
- 50A Dr.MOS
- Premium Memory Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke)
- Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
- Shaped PCB Design
- Matte Black PCB
- High Density Glass Fabric PCB
- 12 Layer PCB
- 2oz Copper PCB
Server-Grade Low-Loss PCB
Intel^® 2.5G LAN
Intel^® 802.11ax WiFi 6E
ASRock Steel Slots
ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink
ASRock Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4x4)
ASRock POST Status Checker (PSC)
ASRock Ultra USB Power
ASRock Status OLED
ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
ASRock Live Update & APP Shop

Software
- ASRock Motherboard Utility (Formula Drive)
- ASRock Polychrome SYNC*
UEFI
- ASRock EZ Mode
- ASRock Full HD UEFI
- ASRock My Favorites in UEFI
- ASRock NickShih's OC Profile
- ASRock Instant Flash
- ASRock Internet Flash
- ASRock Easy RAID Installer

*These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.

Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit