MEG Z590 ACE, Intel® Z590 Chipset, LGA 1200, 2x Thunderbolt 4, ATX Motherboard

• Supports 10th Gen Intel ^®  Core™ Processors, 11th Gen Intel ^®  Core™ Processors, Pentium ^®  Gold and Celeron ^®  Processors ¹
• Processor socket LGA1200

1. Please go to intel.com for compatibility information.

• 4x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 128GB ¹
• Supports 1R 2133/ 2666/ 2933 MHz for 10th Gen Intel ^®  CPU (by JEDEC & POR) ¹
• Supports 1R 2133/ 2666/ 2933/ 3200 MHz for 11th Gen Intel ^®  CPU (by JEDEC & POR) ¹
• Max overclocking frequency:
  • 1DPC 1R Max speed up to 5600 MHz
  • 1DPC 2R Max speed up to 4800+ MHz
  • 2DPC 1R Max speed up to 4400+ MHz
  • 2DPC 2R Max speed up to 4000+ MHz
• Supports Dual-Channel mode
• Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory
• Supports Intel ^®  Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

1. Please refer to www.msi.com for more information on compatible memory

• 3x PCIe x16 slots
  • Support x16/x0/x4, x8/x8/x4, x8/x4+x4/x4
  • PCI_E1 & PCI_E3 slots (From CPU)
    • Support up to PCIe 4.0 for 11th Gen Intel ^®  CPU
    • Support up to PCIe 3.0 for 10th Gen Intel ^®  CPU
  • PCI_E5 slot (From Z590 chipset)
    • Supports up to PCIe 3.0
• 2x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots (From Z590 chipset)

• Supports 2-Way NVIDIA ^®  SLI™ Technology
• Supports 3-Way AMD ^®  CrossFire™ Technology

• 1x HDMI 2.0b with HDR port, supports a maximum resolution of 4K 60Hz ¹

1. Available only on processors featuring integrated graphics.

Intel ^® JHL8540 Thunderbolt™ 4 Controller

• 2x Thunderbolt™ 4 (USB-C) ports on the back panel
  • Support up to 40Gbps transfer rate with Thunderbolt devices
  • Support up to 20Gbps transfer rate with USB4 Gen 2x2 20Gbps devices
  • Support up to 5V/3A ,15W power charging
  • Each port can daisy-chain up to 6 Thunderbolt devices
  • Support Mini DisplayPort pass-through 8K display

• 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports (from Z590 chipset)
• 4x M.2 slots (Key M)
  • M2_1 slot (from CPU)
    • Available only on 11th Gen Intel ^®  CPU
    • Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4
    • Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
  • M2_2 ¹ , M2_3 ² , M2_4 slots (from Z590 chipset)
    • M2_2 , M2_3 & M2_4 support up to PCIe 3.0 x4 ³
    • M2_2 & M2_3 support up to SATA 6Gb/s
    • M2_4 slot supports PCIe only.
    • Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices
    • Intel ^®  Optane™ Memory Ready ⁴
• Supports Intel ^®  Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors

1. SATA2 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_2 slot.
2. SATA5 & SATA6 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA/PCIe SSD in the M2_3 slot.
3. M2_4 bandwidth will switch from x4 to x2 when PCI_E5 slot is inserted.
4. Before using Intel ^®  Optane™ memory modules, please ensure that you have updated the drivers and BIOS to the latest version from MSI website.

• Supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
• Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for M.2 NVMe storage devices

• Intel ^®  Z590 Chipset
  • 3x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps ports (2 Type-A port on the back panel, 1 Type-C internal connector)
  • 6x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports (4 Type-A port on the back panel, 2 ports available through internal USB connector)
  • 2x USB 2.0 Type-A ports on the back panel
• Hub-GL850G
  • 4x USB 2.0 ports through internal USB connectors

• 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
• Supports S/PDIF output

• 1x Intel ^®  I225V 2.5Gbps LAN controller

• The Wireless module is pre-installed in the M.2 (Key-E) slot
• Supports MU-MIMO TX/RX, 2.4GHz/ 6GHz (160MHz) up to 2.4Gbps
• Supports 802.11 a/ b/ g/ n/ ac/ ax
• Supports Bluetooth® 5.2, FIPS, FISMA

• 1x 24-pin ATX main power connector
• 2x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors
• 1x 6-pin PCIE power connector
• 6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
• 4x M.2 slots (M-Key)
• 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps Type-C connector
• 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps connector (supports additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports)
• 2x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
• 1x 4-pin CPU fan connector
• 1x 4-pin water-pump fan connector
• 6x 4-pin system fan connectors
• 1x Front panel audio connector
• 2x System panel connectors
• 1x Chassis Intrusion connector
• 1x TPM module connector
• 1x Tuning Controller connector

• Clear CMOS Button
• USB 3.2 Gen1 5Gbps (Type-A)
• USB 2.0
• 2.5G LAN
• Thunderbolt 4 40Gbps (Type-C)
• Wi-Fi / Bluetooth
• HD Audio Connectors
• Flash BIOS Button
• HDMI
• USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gbps (Type-A)
• Mini DisplayPort Input (for Thunderbolt passthrough)
• Optical S/PDIF-Out

• 12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
• ATX Form Factor

9 mounting holes

• Support for Windows ^®  10 64-bit