MSI MEG Z590 ACE Gaming Motherboard

The MSI MEG Z590 ACE can be seen as an incremental upgrade over the older MSI MEG Z490 ACE motherboard with new  additions in the right places. The board is a bit more expensive than its predecessor and is built to cater to the needs of the PC enthusiast. We have fewer boards at launch with the Z590 platform considering that Alder Lake is just 6-8 months away. Nevertheless, this is a stop gap platform and possibly the last 14nm release before Intel moves into 10nm for the mainstream desktop. For that, this makes for a nice farewell.

CPU (Max Support) - Intel Core i9
Socket - LGA1200
Chipset - Z590
DDR4 Memory - 5600(OC)/ 5333(OC)/ 5000(OC)/ 4800(OC)/ 4600(OC)/ 4533(OC)/ 4400(OC)/ 4300(OC)/ 4266(OC)/ 4200(OC)/ 4133(OC)/ 4000(OC)/ 3866(OC)/ 3733(OC)/ 3600(OC)/ 3466(OC)/ 3400(OC)/ 3333(OC)/ 3300(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC) / 2933(JEDEC)/ 2666(JEDEC)/ 2400(JEDEC)/ 2133(JEDEC) MHz
Memory Channel - Dual
DIMM Slots - Four
Max Memory (GB) - 128 GB
PCI-E x16 - 3
PCI-E x1 - 2
SATAIII - 6
M.2 Slot - 4
RAID - 0/1/5/10
LAN - 1x Intel® I225-V 2.5G LAN
WiFi & Bluetooth - Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX210
Thunderbolt 4 - 2x USB Type-C up to 40G, Charging support up to 5V/3A, 15W, 2x Mini DisplayPort input ports
USB 3.2 ports (Front) - 1(Gen2, Type C), 2(Gen1, Type A
USB 3.2 ports (Rear) - 2(Gen2, Type A), 4(Gen1, Type A)
USB 2.0 ports (Front) - 4
USB 2.0 ports (Rear) - 2
Audio ports (Rear) - 5+ Optical S/PDIF (Realtek® ALC4082 Codec + ESS SABRE9018Q2C combo DAC)
HDMI - 1
DirectX - 12
Form Factor - ATX
SLI - 2-way
CrossFire - 3-way
Operating System - Support for Windows® 10 64-bit