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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DanNeely - Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - link
I'm a bit surprised they went to an x8 3.0 link on the chipset instead of an x4 4.0 one, even if everything coming off of the chipset is still limited to 3.0 speed.QinX - Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - link
Might be because it makes routing the traces easier, they don't have to adhere to the PCIe 4.0 signal requirements. Downside would be that more pins are required.scottlarm - Saturday, January 23, 2021 - link
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Get out of here liarTek_Soup - Saturday, January 23, 2021 - link
Cause intel, didnt make the Z590 Chipset Pcie 4.0 not gigabytes Fault. We can buy new boards again later this year.Chaitanya - Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - link
Other being quite boring platform , there is noticeable lack of M-ATX offerings.Chaitanya - Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - link
Also it seems like even with properly finned heatsinks Gigabyte Aorus master requires a fan to cool VRMs which is not a good sign.g85222456 - Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - link
active fan on Z590? this is not X570 bro you must be joking lolhaukionkannel - Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - link
He is not joking,,,