RAM | DDR4 |
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Memory Speed | 4400 MHz |
Wireless Type | 802.11abg, 802.11a/b/g/n, 802.11a/g/n/ac, 802.11ab, 801.11ac |
GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Xtreme WATERFORCE (Intel LGA1151/Z390/E-ATX/All-In-One Monoblock/3xM.2 Thermal Guard/Onboard Intel CNVI 802.11ac 2x2 Wave 2 Wi-Fi/ESS Sabre DAC/Motherboard)
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Brand | GIGABYTE |
CPU Socket | LGA 1151 |
Compatible Devices | Personal Computer |
RAM Memory Technology | DDR4 |
Compatible Processors | 8th Generation Intel Core |
Chipset Type | Intel Z390 |
Memory Clock Speed | 4400 MHz |
Platform | Windows 8.1, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 7, Windows 10 |
Memory Storage Capacity | 10000 TB |
Graphics Card Interface | PCI Express |
About this item
- Supports 9th and 8th Gen Intel Core processors
- Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
- Intel Optane Memory Ready
- 16 Phase IR digital VRM solution with powirstage
- Cutting-edge AORUS all-in-one monoblock for both CPU and PCH area.
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For gaming | — | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
Stability | — | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
Tech Support | — | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
Value for money | — | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
Easy to install | — | 3.7 | 3.9 | — | 3.6 | 4.5 |
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platform | windows 10, windows 7, windows 8 1, windows 8 pro | windows | xbox | windows | windows | windows 11 |
cpu socket | LGA 1151 | LGA 1700 | LGA 1700 | LGA 1700 | LGA 1700 | LGA 1700 |
memory slots | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
memory capacity | 10000 TB | 128 GB | 128 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB |
compatible processors | 8th Generation Intel Core | 12th Gen Intel Core | 12th Generation Intel Core | Intel Core™ 14th & 13th Gen | — | intel Celeron |
card interface | pci e, pci e | pci e | pci e | pci e, pci | pci e | pci e |
Product Description
Supports 9th and 8th Gen Intel Core Processors Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs Intel Optane Memory Ready 16 Phase IR Digital VRM Solution with PowIRstage Cutting-edge AORUS All-In-One Monoblock for both CPU and PCH area. Onboard Intel CNVI 802. 11ac 2x2 Wave 2 Wi-Fi with All new AORUS Antenna 127dB SNR AMP-UP Audio with High-End ESS SABRE 9018K2M DAC, LME 49720 and OPA1622 OP-AMP, WIMA audio capacitors AQUANTIA 10GbE BASE-T LAN and Intel Gigabit LAN with cFosSpeed Intel Thunderbolt 3 onboard Exclusive RGB FAN COMMANDER and OC Touch for professional casemodders and over clockers USB TurboCharger for mobile device fast charge support RGB FUSION 2. 0 with Multi-Zone Addressable LED Light Show design, support Addressable LED And RGB LED strips Smart Fan 5 features Multiple Temperature Sensors and Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP Front USB 3. 1 Gen 2 Type-C Header Triple Ultra-Fast M. 2 with PCIe Gen3 x4 interface with Triple Thermal Guards
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GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Xtreme WATERFORCE
aipei, Taiwan, November 29th, 2019 – GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd, a manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards. The Ultra-Durable flagship motherboard impressed the judging panel with its groundbreaking, cutting-edge design. GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE based off the Intel Z390 chipset features an AIO monoblock with cooling coverage for the processor, VRM, and even the chipset. The state-of-the-art thermal design enables all cores 5.1GHz performance from the Intel Core I9-9900K processors.
The board’s exclusive leakage detection ensures that the protective mechanism is immediately activated if the system detects any liquid coolants on the monoblock. Customizable digital LED lighting with different lighting modes and Smart Fan control gives the user full customizability. The flagship motherboard delivers the most impressive performance, Ultra Durable components, and ultra cool aesthetics, making it the perfect motherboard for watercooling enthusiasts. For users who don’t prefer to build a system with open-loop water cooling, the feature-rich X570 AORUS XTREME boasts the power design, thermal design, and Ultra Durable components on an AMD platform motherboard. X570 AORUS XTREME offers the best balance between noise and thermals with its low noise, ultra-effective cooling, which earned a Taiwan Excellence Award.
“Rising core counts and increasing performance potential are the norm for multi-core CPUs nowadays so the need for robust power designs and effective thermals has never been more important for power users. Many modders and watercooling enthusiasts are building systems with AORUS motherboards so we’ve put a lot of focus on the case modding and enthusiast segment. Z390 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE enables users to adequately cool the processor, chipset, and VRM with an AIO monoblock, allowing for impressive overclocking. X570 AORUS XTREME features an incredible power design and passive cooling, making it perfect for those who don’t need to build an open loop watercooling system. Both boards come with RGB lighting which adds the gaming aesthetic and is fully customizable so that the user has full control over his/her motherboard’s style.”
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Technical Details
Brand | GIGABYTE |
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Item model number | Z390 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE |
Item Weight | 15.4 pounds |
Product Dimensions | 15.35 x 8 x 13.19 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 15.35 x 8 x 13.19 inches |
Computer Memory Type | DDR4 SDRAM |
Manufacturer | GIGABYTE |
ASIN | B07NDNMD8B |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | February 11, 2019 |
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3.6 out of 5 stars |
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Best Sellers Rank | #3,573 in Computer Motherboards |
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Customers have mixed opinions about the weight and software of the motherboard. They mention that the software is extremely buggy and sometimes stops working. Customers also have different opinions on appearance.
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Customers are mixed about the appearance of the motherboard. Some mention that it looks amazing when it's in proper condition, while others say that the Gigabyte software is poorly designed and has quirks. The Gigbyte App Center is also terrible and some customers have experienced issues with Gigatbyte's RGB software.
"...Installation is a bit tedious but it looks amazing when it's in proper.The temperatures of the board are nice...." Read more
"...it looks awesome...." Read more
"...the price, but this one has the water monoblock which is very, very cool looking...." Read more
"...I did experience issues with Gigabyte's RGB software (which controls all of the the on-board LEDs) ...." Read more
Customers dislike the weight of the motherboard. They mention that the software is buggy and sometimes stops working. Overall, some like the board and the Gigabyte software.
"...The software was buggy even when it worked and at one point wouldn't recognize the LEDs on their own memory modules)...." Read more
"...I have a i9900k with the aorus waterforce 2080ti and the software is so buggy, the gpu RGBs work only some of the time...." Read more
"...The software was just too spotty, and I was tired of my fans running at 100% speed sometimes because the software stopped working...." Read more
"The lighting software (RGB Fusion) is extremely buggy...." Read more
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Installation is a bit tedious but it looks amazing when it's in proper.
The temperatures of the board are nice. If using aith a i9-9900k, know that CPU runs hotter than others so OverClocking will take testing
I appreciated the amount of cables, extras, packaging, and the premium feel of the whole experience. It was very enjoyable to unpackage and build onto this motherboard.
Now for the quirks -
Either they don't work or are mislabeled in the manual, but BOTH of my RGB headers on the board itself didn't work. There are two sets of RGB headers, 1x aRGB and 1x 4-pin RGB per section, with a jumper available to select the appropriate voltage (so 2 aRGB headers, 2 4-pin rgb headers, and 2 jumper switches). I set the aRGB active on the top, and that aRGB device didn't work, and I set the 4-pin RGB active on the bottom, and that didn't work on that device either. For both of these RGB devices, I had to use the included fan controller. One theory I have is that the board can only support one type of RGB at once, so you cannot mix and match.
The lighting on the board is standard RGB (non-addressable). This was pretty disappointing. The product images show a beautiful gradient on the lighting of the board. You can't actually light it that way! On the PCB RGB, you have about 12" of an LED strip that can only be one color at a time. I feel like this is a big opportunity that they missed.
The lighting for the mobo RGB headers can only be set in pairs. You can control both the RGB (or aRGB) headers with the same color simultaneously, but they cannot be set independently. Again, this kinda sucks.
Small issue, but one of the cables for the fan controller had a wire pulled out from the connector. I was able to get around this, but you'd think it would have been caught in quality control. The fan controller itself is pretty cool. Unlike most competitor offerings, it supports 8x aRGB, 8x 4-pin RGB, and 8x fan control all at the same time and independently. It will be difficult to cleanly route 8 of the ribbon-wire connections, I ended up daisy chaining RGB devices and consolidating to 5 ports on the controller.
One major problem I had to overcome was that the USB connection cable between the fan controller and the mobo is very short, I think just 15cm or so. It severely limits where you'll be able to mount the fan controller. This is impactful, because if you're utilizing the controller then you have up to 8 fan/rgb leads, plus two temp leads, plus usb input, and it's hard to manage that much cabling if you can't optimally choose where you want to mount it.
Onto the software. It's not good. RGB Fusion is a buggy mess. Smart Fan doesn't control your system fans, only the controller fans. Oddly, "System Information Viewer" is the program you need to use to change system fan curves. You cannot access the controller fans within System Information Viewer. You control system fans within SIV in a section called.... Smart Fan. It's confusing, and frankly Gigabyte needs to spend the time and money to get it right like ASUS has. It's a bad experience when someone is configuring their PC for the first time to have to endure the sheer terrible design and bugginess that is RGB Fusion. To reiterate, you cannot control all of your fans in one place. You need to control your system fans (i.e. mobo fan headers) in one program, and your fan controller fans in a different program. They're both Gigabyte programs, and for a strange reason one is called Information Viewer.
If any of your fans are non-PWM, you can voltage control them. But you can only do that in BIOS. It was frustrating to attempt this through SIV, because it doesn't work there. Only within BIOS can you change the fan control scheme.
I have the fancy Gskill RGB trident royal RAM in gold. RGB fusion thinks this is a non-addressable RGB element, and will only do static color things. You can disable the control in the software, but that will override any lighting configuration you do in the Gskill lighting software. The solution is to go into the RGB Fusion software folders, and delete the .dll's that reference "DDR". This will trick RGB Fusion into not attempting to control the RAM.
Lastly, the Gigabyte App Center is also terrible. Updates fail multiple times in a row, and when updating system software, it automatically attempts to download (and install!!!) a google toolbar for IE and Norton antivirus. Really bad bundling, Gigabyte.
Overall I like the board. It has quirks, and the Gigabyte software suite is poor quality, no nice way to put it. With those things in mind, this is the best mobo for the z390 out there. That was worth it to me. I would never consider a low end Gigabyte now, knowing how bad their software is.
EDIT: I originally had this at 4 stars, but now I'm making it 3. The 10gb/s ethernet jack stopped working when I swapped out my router (??). The other port on the board works fine. The Gigabyte software is too poorly designed to actually update this driver - every time it searches for new driver, the Aquantia 10gb ethernet driver shows up, attempts to installs, pretends like it does, but doesn't actually install the new driver.
EDIT2: I need to drop another star. Another issue - even though it says this nowhere in the manual, only one of the two temp sensors on the motherboard can be used by the fan curve BIOS functionality. Also note, I had to put ALL of my fans on the motherboard headers and stop using the included fan controller. The software was just too spotty, and I was tired of my fans running at 100% speed sometimes because the software stopped working. I really just need to reiterate, and hope that GIGABYTE listens - GIGABYTE, your software is absolutely terrible. Please feel free to contact me directly if you need examples, screenshots, steps to reproduce, etc. I like the hardware you guys make, but you need help with your software.
I might eventually record some videos of the sheer badness that is Gigabyte's software.