With a small B550 break out of the way, I did still have another Z490 motherboard come in after the Z490 launch that I wanted to check out. That board is from EVGA and unlike all of the other board manufacturers, EVGA doesn’t have 15 or 20 different options. They always like to keep things a little simpler. They have two Z490 motherboards and only one available just yet, the Z490 FTW WiFi. I’m excited to see what EVGA has going on for this generation so let’s dive in and take a closer look then put it through its paces.
Product Name: EVGA Z490 FTW WIFI
Review Sample Provided by: EVGA
Written by: Wes Compton
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Specifications |
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Chipset |
Intel Z490 |
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SLI |
NVIDIA SLI Ready |
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SATA |
4 Native SATA 6.0Gbps Ports / 2 ASMedia SATA 6.0Gbps Ports |
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RAID |
0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD |
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USB |
5x USB 2.0 (1 SPI to USB port, 4 from Internal Headers) |
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Memory Support |
4 DIMM Dual-Channel DDR4 4400MHz+ (up to 128GB) |
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Capacitors |
100% Solid State |
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Ethernet |
Intel i219V Gigabit NIC |
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Audio |
Realtek ALC1220 7.1 Channel HD Audio + SV3H615 |
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Display Outputs |
DP 1.2, HDMI 1.4 |
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Fan Headers |
8 (2 CPU PWM, 6 PWM/DC) |
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PCB |
6 Layers |
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PCI-E Slot Arrangement |
2x16, 1x1 |
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NVMe Support |
Yes (PCIe + SATA) |
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Form Factor |
ATX Form Factor Length: 12in - 305mm Width: 9.6in - 244mm |
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Features |
100% Solid State Capacitors 150% Increased Socket Gold Content 3 Year Warranty EVGA ELEET X1 Software Support HDMI 1.4 and DP 1.2 Highly-Efficient 14 Phase Digital VRM Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready Onboard Clear CMOS, Power and Reset Buttons Onboard Temperature and Voltage Monitoring Realtek 7.1 Channel HD Audio + EVGA NU Audio Reinforced PCIe slots RGB LED Heatsink Synchronizes with Onboard ARGB and RGB Headers SafeBoot button resets the motherboard and goes into the BIOS with last known good settings without clearing CMOS SPI flashing via USB allows you to flash your BIOS without a CPU Switchable Dual BIOS |
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Operating System Support |
Windows 10 32/64bit Windows 8 32/64bit* Windows 7 32/64bit*
*Intel Kaby Lake-S CPUs only support Windows 10.
Intel Skylake CPUs support: Windows 10 Windows 8 Windows 7 |
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Warranty |
3 year |
