ASRock Z590 Steel Legend

Steel Legend represents the philosophical state of rock-solid durability and irresistible aesthetics. Built around most demanding specs and features, the Steel Legend series aims at daily users and mainstream enthusiasts! Providing a strong array of materials/components to ensure a stable and reliable performance.

Form Factor

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

CPU

• Supports 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors and 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors (LGA1200) - Digi Power design - 14 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 - 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots - 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors support DDR4 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 4800+(OC)* - 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors support DDR4 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 4666+(OC)* - 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

Graphics

• 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors support Intel® Xe Graphics Architecture (Gen 12). 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors support Gen 9 Graphics - Dual graphics output: support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.4 ports by independent display controllers - Supports HDMI 2.0 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 60Hz with 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors - Supports HDMI 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 30Hz with 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors - 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 2.0 Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required) - Supports HDCP 2.2 with DisplayPort and HDMI Ports (HDCP 2.3 ready with 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors)

Expansion Slots

• 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors - 2 x PCI Express x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE3: single at Gen4x16 (PCIE1); dual at Gen4x16 (PCIE1) / Gen3x4 (PCIE3))* 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors - 2 x PCI Express x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE3: single at Gen3x16 (PCIE1); dual at Gen3x16 (PCIE1) / Gen3x4 (PCIE3))* - 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots - Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™ - 1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT PCIe WiFi module and Intel® CNVi (Integrated WiFi/BT) - 15µ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1) - *Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

Storage

• - 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors* - 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) (Socket M2_1 works with 11th Gen Intel® Core™ processors only)** - 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)** *If M2_2 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_1 will be disabled. If M2_3 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_5 will be disabled. **Supports Intel® Optane™ Technology Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks Supports ASRock U.2 Kit - 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_1 is only available with Intel® SSD installed.

LAN

• 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

Audio

• 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC897 Audio Codec) - Supports Surge Protection - Gold Audio Jacks - 15µ Gold Audio Connector - Nahimic Audio

OS Support

• Windows® 10 64-bit / 11 64-bit

Internal I/O Ports

• 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)**** - 5 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) *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. *****The Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power. CPU_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN1/WP, CHA_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN3/WP, CHA_FAN4/WP and CHA_FAN5/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

Back I/O Ports

• 2 x Antenna Mounting Points - 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port - 1 x HDMI Port - 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD Protection)* - 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD Protection)* - 2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)* - 2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection) - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks) *Ultra USB Power is supported on USB3_12 ports. ACPI wake-up function is not supported on USB3_12 ports.

H/W Monitoring

• 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: CPU Vcore, PCH, DRAM, VCCIO, VPPM, VCCSA, CPU PLL, +12V, +5V, +3.3V

Unique Features

• 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 Power Choke - 50A Dr.MOS - Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors) - I/O Armor - Shaped PCB Design - Matte Black PCB - High Density Glass Fabric PCB - 2oz Copper PCB 2.5G LAN - ASRock Steel Slot - ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink - ASRock Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4x4) - ASRock Ultra USB Power - ASRock POST Status Checker (PSC) - ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports) - ASRock Live Update & APP Shop

BIOS

• 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, VCCSA, DRAM, VCCIO, VPPM, VCCIN AUX, VCCST Voltage Multi-adjustment

Software and UEFI

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

Accessories

• Quick Installation Guide, Support CD - 2 x SATA Data Cables - 4 x Screws for M.2 Sockets - 2 x Standoffs for M.2 Sockets - 1 x Graphics Card Holder