The Intel Z590 Motherboard Overview: 50+ Motherboards Detailed
by Gavin Bonshor on January 19, 2021 10:15 AM ESTZ590 Power Delivery
As we do with all of our chipset overviews, we reached out to all of the motherboard vendors about what power deliveries each board features prior to launch. Many more users, compared to previous years factor in the power delivery and its thermal capabilities into their buying decisions. While the power delivery is fundamentally designed to run its relevant processors at default settings without issue, the idea of including a better specification power delivery allows for users to push processors beyond the default settings, as more voltage through the CPU means more voltage and power is handled by the power delivery.
Over the years, we have reported on manufacturers embellishing claims of its power delivery and marketing them to do things it just cannot operate effectively and efficiently. We have compiled as much information as we are privy to, which we are trusting vendors to provide accurate details of. A question mark (?) denotes something we haven't been informed of, as we don't want to speculate and guess, as motherboard vendors haven't provided us with the necessary details.
As more information filters into us from vendors, as well as in our Z590 reviews, we will endeavor to keep the below table updated as frequently as possible. Note that all the information below has come directly from the manufacturer of each model, or through the physical analysis of the componentry.
| Z590 CPU Power Delivery Comparison | |||||
| Motherboard | Controller | H-Side | L-Side | Chokes | Doubler |
| Biostar Z590 Valkyrie | ISL69269 (10+1) |
ISL99390B (20) |
? | ISL6617A (10) |
|
| Biostar Z590I Valkyrie | ISL69269 (8+1) |
ISL99390 (8) |
? | - | |
| Biostar Racing Z590GTA | ISL69269 (6+1) |
FDMF5062 (12) |
? | ISL6617A (6) |
|
| GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Xtreme WaterForce | ISL69269 (10+1) |
SiC840 (20) |
? | ISL6617A (10) |
|
| GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Xtreme | ISL69269 (10+1) |
SiC840 (20) |
? | ISL6617A (10) |
|
| GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Tachyon | ISL69269 (12+1) |
SiC840 (12) |
? | - | |
| GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Master | ISL69269 (18+1) |
ISL99390B (18) |
? | ISL6617A (9) |
|
| GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Ultra | ISL69269 (8+1) |
ISL99390B (16) |
? | ISL6617A (8) |
|
| GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Pro AX | ISL69269 (12+1) |
ISL99390 (12) |
? | - | |
| GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Elite | ISL69269 (12+1) |
SiC649 (12) |
? | - | |
| GIGABYTE Z590I Aorus Ultra | ISL69269 (10+1) |
ISL99390 (10) |
? | - | |
| MSI MEG Z590 Godlike | RAA229828 (20+0) |
ISL99390 (20) |
? | - | |
| MSI MEG Z590 Ace | ISL69269 (16+2) |
ISL99390B (16) |
? | ISL6617A (8) |
|
| MSI MEG Z590 Unify | ISL69269 (16+2) |
ISL99390B (16) |
? | ISL6617A (8) |
|
| MSI MEG Z590 Unify-X | ISL69269 (16+2) |
ISL99390B (16) |
? | ISL6617A (8) |
|
| MSI MEG Z590I Unify | ISL69269 (8+1) |
ISL99390 (8) |
? | - | |
| MSI MPG Z590 Gaming Carbon WIFI | ISL69269 (16+1) |
RAA220075 (16) |
? | - | |
| MSI MPG Z590 Gaming Carbon EK X | ISL69269 (16+1) |
RAA220075 (16) |
? | - | |
| MSI MPG Z590 Gaming Force | ISL69269 (16+1) |
RAA220075 (16) |
? | - | |
| MSI MPG Z590 Gaming Edge WIFI | ISL69269 (14+1) |
RAA220075 (14) |
? | - | |
| MSI MPG Z590M Gaming Edge WIFI | ISL69269 (12+1) |
RAA220075 (12) |
? | - | |
| MSI MPG Z590 Gaming Plus | ISL69269 (14+1) |
RAA220075 (14) |
? | - | |
| MSI MAG Z590 Tomahawk WIFI | ISL69269 (14+2) |
AOZ5312UQI (14) |
? | - | |
| MSI MAG Z590 Torpedo | ISL69269 (14+2) |
NCP252160 (14) |
? | - | |
| MSI Z590 Pro WIFI | RT3609BE (12+2) |
AOZ5516QI (12) |
? | - | |
| MSI Z590-A Pro | RT3609BE (12+2) |
AOZ5516QI (12) |
? | - | |
As we get more and more Z590 boards in for review, we can go deeper into the analysis in each individual review over the upcoming months.
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James5mith - Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - link
Awesome, Multi-GbE this generation! Remind me again which company sells Multi-GbE switches for less than $20/port?Tilmitt - Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - link
We live in joyful hope.dtexo - Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - link
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/compar...AX210 doesn’t seem to be CNVi, but PCIe+USB
dtexo - Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - link
Same with Killer Wi-Fi card(s)https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/produc...
Oxford Guy - Thursday, January 21, 2021 - link
So Intel can marry its "Killer" ethernet port to its skull-bearing SSDs for maximum performance in Edge.Harry Lloyd - Thursday, January 21, 2021 - link
The price of the PRIME Z590-A cannot be right. That has always been the fully-featured variant of an entry-level Z-chipset model. The Z490-A costs just over 200 $ now. Is this because of the VRM setup? Who needs 16 phases on a board like this? You will not buy this for extreme overclocking anyway.All these ASUS prices seem ridiculous.
Targon - Thursday, January 21, 2021 - link
And I thought the X570 chipset boards were a bit crazy when it comes to prices, these are off the rails on the crazy train! I am all for having a POST code display, but OLED screens to see on the motherboard what this or that is also seems like a waste of money. If you can get the machine to POST in the first place, going to the BIOS to get data about what is going on with this or that is enough. A waterblock for those who plan to use liquid cooling will also add to the price, no question, and it isn't a bad idea, but some of these other things that just add to the price without adding functionality is what I have a problem with.PaulHoule - Friday, January 22, 2021 - link
Ugh.I've never found motherboard reviews that helpful and the last article I read on this site makes me feel worse about it because now I know the performance of a system I build might depend more on the turbo behavior of the motherboard than on the CPU.
I've often found that getting a motherboard is a crap shoot and frequently you find that a particular motherboard has limitations on what you can do with the PCI lanes, or a component that had 35 db of noise for the reviewer has 50 db of noise for me and so forth. I see that $1800 motherboard and I ask myself, "do they make enough of these that they really know that the analog audio path is clean?" and such.
Last time I built a system I had to replace about half of the components at least once to get something I was happy with.
These days I'm inclined to go to a system builder just to have somebody to RMA it to, but if reviews were useful I might go back to building a system myself.
Ghostline91 - Tuesday, January 26, 2021 - link
How's the Biostar Z590 board? It looks like they're going back to more high-end specs and this one might be a good one to try out. When will we see reviews?vinicici22 - Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - link
do you guys know if the z590-a rog strix out yet? or it's just already sold out on every sites?