Asus ROG Maximus XIII Extreme Glacial Z590 LGA 1200 offers native PCIe 4.0 support from the CPU, which means the PCIe and M.2 slots powered off the CPU will offer PCIe 4.0 connectivity when an 11th Gen CPU is installed. The PCIe and M.2 slots controlled by the Z590 chipset are still PCI 3.0.
While many high-end Z490 motherboards advertised this capability, it was not a standard feature for the platform. In addition to PCIe 4.0 support, Z590 offers USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 from the chipset. The USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 standard offers speeds of up to 20 Gb/s.
Finally, Z590 boasts native support for 3200 MHz DDR4 memory. With these upgrades, Intel’s Z series platform has feature parity with AMD’s B550. On paper, Intel is catching up to AMD, but only testing will tell if these new Z590 motherboards are up to the challenge.
Quality Components
Dual eight-pin ProCool II power connectors-pin
18+2 Power Phases
- MicroFine coils with special alloy
- 10K metal capacitors made in Japan
Cooling Radiators
- VRM Cooling Radiator with aluminium E/S interface
- Extra Large VRM Radiator
- Aluminium Protection for Radiator
- Rear Plates M.2
Johndog –
It isn’t lost on me, how crazy pricey this item is, and I feel lucky to have the ability to splurge on this item for my latest PC refresh. I cannot possibly put all of this thing to work, but just WOW @ how insane the feature set is, how great the build quality, and that I’m so excited to start obsessing over the cooling loop design.I have a solid month to focus and complete my parts gathering for the project, so I think I’ll be almost done by the time my wife is ready to speak to me again.
av –
Very Annoying fact is that you need special water cooling in order to turn this thing on…so not only that it’s 1500 USD, you’ll need between 500-1500 more for water cooler solution to connect to the water block it came with, also too little USB ports and no USB-C on back, also, if u use all nv.2 ssd slots you cannot use the whole board as supposed to…I think to just get the hero version get same same features for third the price…
Eran Barak –
Nice to have but get expensive.