Performance Direct 11+1 Phase Digital VRM Solution with DrMOS Cleaner and more efficient power delivery to the CPU with better thermal performance ensure stability under high CPU frequencies and heavy loading. Optimized gate charge to minimize switching losses. Lower temperature . smaller size . better thermal characteristics. Support for DDR4 XMP Up to 4600MHz and Beyond. GIGABYTE is offering a tested and proven platform that ensures proper compatibility with profiles up to 4600MHz and beyond. All users need to do to attain this performance boost is to ensure that their memory module is XMP capable and that the XMP function is activated and enabled on their AORUS motherboard. Connectivity Intel® GbE LAN with cFos Speed Internet Accelerator Networking Intel® GbE LAN features cFos Speed . a network traffic management application which helps to improve network latency and maintain low ping times to deliver better responsiveness in crowded LAN environments. Cooling Smart Fan 5 With Smart Fan 5 users can ensure that their gaming PC can maintain its performance while staying cool. Smart Fan 5 allows users to interchange their fan headers to reflect different thermal sensors at different locations on the motherboard. Not only that . with Smart Fan 5 more hybrid fan headers that support both PWM and Voltage mode fans have been introduced to make the motherboard more liquid cooling friendly. Lighting RGB FUSION 2.0 With Z490M Gaming X Motherboard . RGB Fusion 2.0 is even better with Addressable LEDs. RGB Fusion 2.0 offers users the option to control onboard RGB and external RGB / Addressable LED light strips for their PC. Already feature filled with colors and patterns . RGB Fusion 2.0 on Z490 Series Motherboards are now upgraded with Addressable LED support. With external Addressable LED strips . where each LED is digitally addressable . users can experience even more patterns . styles . and illuminations. With Z490M Gaming X Motherboard will support either 5v or 12v Addressable LED lighting strips and up to 300 LED lights. RGB Fusion 2.0 with Addressable LEDs comes with new patterns and various speed settings with more to come. Audio High-End Audio Capacitors GIGABYTE motherboards use high-end audio capacitors. These high quality capacitors help deliver high resolution and high fidelity audio to provide the most realistic sound effects for gamers. Audio Noise Guard GIGABYTE motherboards feature an audio noise guard that essentially separates the board's sensitive analog audio components from potential noise pollution at the PCB level. Ultra Durable™ PCIe Armor Industry Leading Ultra Durable™ PCIe Armor The innovative one piece stainless steel shielding design from GIGABYTE reinforces the PCIe connectors to provide the extra strength required to support heavy graphics cards. Ultra Durable™ Memory Armor GIGABYTE exclusive one piece stainless steel shielding design prevents against PCB distortion/twisting and plate bending . in addition to preventing any possible ESD interference. XSplit Game caster + Broadcaster: Cast Your Game Anytime . Anywhere Now set up your stage and share the greatest gaming moments with XSplit Game caster + Broadcaster! Fully optimized social media integration is ready for real-time chats keeping you notified yet focused in the game. It takes just one click to stream your gameplay to Twitch. Host your game like a pro! CPU Support for 10th Generation Intel® Core™ i9 processors/Intel® Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/ Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1200 package L3 cache varies with CPU (Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information.)