ASRock Z490 Taichi 10th Gen Intel Motherboard

ASROCK Z490 TAICHI MOTHERBOARD SPECIFICATIONS :

•  Supports 10th Gen and future generation Intel Core Processors (Socket 1200)
• Digi Power design
• 15 Power Phase design
• Supports Intel Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology
• Supports Intel K-Series unlocked CPUs
• Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking
• Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine III

• Intel Z490
  

• Dual-Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
• 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
• Supports DDR4 4666+(OC)* / 4600 / 4500 / 4400 / 4333/4266(OC) / 4133(OC) / 4000(OC) / 3866(OC) / 3800(OC) / 3733(OC) / 3600(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933 / 2800 / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
• Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
• Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB**
• Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0
• 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

• Hardware Accelerated Codecs: AVC/H.264, HEVC/H.265 8bit, HEVC/H.265 10bit, VP8, VP9 8bit, VP9 10bit, MPEG 2, MJPEG, VC-1**
• Graphics, Media & Compute: Microsoft® DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5, Intel® Built In Visuals, Intel® Quick Sync Video, Hybrid / Switchable Graphics, OpenCL 2.1
• Display & Content Security: Rec. 2020 (Wide Color Gamut), Microsoft® PlayReady 3.0, Intel® SGX Content Protection, UHD/HDR Blu-ray Disc
• Dual graphics output: support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.4 ports by independent display controllers
• Supports HDMI 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 30Hz
• Supports DisplayPort 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2304) @ 60Hz
• Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI 1.4 Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
• Supports HDCP 2.3 with HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.4 Ports
• Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.4 Ports

• 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
• 15μ Gold Audio Connector
• Nahimic Audio

• 1 x 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s (Dragon RTL8125BG)
• Supports Dragon 2.5G LAN Software
• Smart Auto Adjust Bandwidth Control
• Visual User Friendly UI
• Visual Network Usage Statistics
• Optimized Default Setting for Game, Browser, and Streaming Modes
• User Customized Priority Control
• 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 WiFi Module
• Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ax
• Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz)
• Supports WiFi6 802.11ax (2.4Gbps)
• 2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity technology
• Supports Bluetooth 5.1 + High speed class II
• Supports MU-MIMO

• 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE3/PCIE5: single at x16 (PCIE1); dual at x8 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE3); triple at x8 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE3) / x4 (PCIE5))*
• 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots
• Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
• Supports NVIDIA® and SLI™
• Support NVIDIA® SLI™ with NVIDIA® Quadro graphics cards
• Supports NVIDIA® NVLink™ with dual NVIDIA® GeForce RTX series graphics cards**
• 1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E) with the bundled WiFi-802.11ax module (on the rear I/O)
• 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1)

• Software : 
• ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning)
• ASRock Dragon 2.5G LAN Software
• 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

• 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology 17), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
• 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
• 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)
• 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 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)

• Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar
  

• 1 x SPI TPM Header
• 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 3 AIC R2.0 Card only)
• 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Intel Z490) (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 Gen2 Header (Intel Z490) (Supports ESD Protection)
• 1 x Clear CMOS Button
• 1 x Dr. Debug with LED
• 1 x Power Button with LED
• 1 x Reset Button with LED

•  2 x Antenna Ports
• 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
• 1 x HDMI Port
• 1 x DisplayPort 1.4
• 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Ports (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD Protection)
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C Port (20 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM3242) (Supports ESD Protection)*
• 5 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)**
• 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
• 1 x BIOS Flashback Button
• HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks)

• Quick Installation Guide, Support CD
• 4 x SATA Data Cables
• 1 x ASRock SLI_HB_Bridge_2S Card
• 1 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna
• 1 x ASRock Screwdriver
• 3 x Screws for M.2 Sockets
• 2 x Standoffs for M.2 Sockets

• Temperature Sensing: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
• 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, DRAM, VPPM, PCH, VCCSA, VCCST, VCCIO, VCCFSR_OC, VCCSFR

• 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support
• ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events
• SMBIOS 2.7 Support
• CPU Core/Cache, CPU GT, DRAM, VPPM, VCCSFR, VCCPLL, VCCSTG, VCCSTG_OUT, PCH Voltage, VCCIO, VCCST, VCCSA, CPU Internal PLL, GT 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 Gen2 Header (10 Gb/s)
• ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C Port (20 Gb/s)
• ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s)
• ASRock Super Alloy
• XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
• Premium 60A Power Choke
• 50A Dr.MOS
• Premium Memory Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke)
• Combo Caps (Nichicon 12K Black Caps)
• Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
• I/O Armor
• Matte Black PCB
• High Density Glass Fabric PCB
• 2oz Copper PCB 2.5G LAN
• Intel® 802.11ax WiFi
• ASRock Steel Slots
• ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink
• ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)
• ASRock Ultra USB Power
• ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
• ASRock Live Update & APP Shop

• Support for Windows 10 64-bit
  

Form Factor

• ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm
• 2oz Copper PCB