Gigabyte Z490I Aorus Ultra Review – Z490 Mini-ITX!

Rating: 8.0.

Gigabyte has pushed the limits with the Mini-ITX Z490I Aorus Ultra as they are powering the LGA1200 socket with no less than eight VRM phases that are each rated at 90A. That is a mighty level of power and in addition they have constructed the output filters from an array of Surface Mounted Tantalum Polymer Capacitors. Is this the ultimate Mini-ITX Z490 motherboard?

Key features

• Form factor: Mini-ITX
• Chipset: Intel Z490
• Socket: LGA1200 (for 10th Gen. Comet Lake-S)
• RAM: 4 DIMMs up to 64GB DDR4-3200MHz in dual channel.
• Graphics slot: PCIe 3.0 x16.
• Expansions slots: None.
• Storage: 2× M.2, 4× SATA 6Gb/sec
• Rear USB:
  • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C
  • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
  • 4x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
  • 2x USB 2.0
• Front USB:
  • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C ports
  • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports
  • 4x USB 2.0 ports
• Graphics outputs: HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort 1.4,
• LAN: Intel I225-V 2.5Gb/sec Ethernet
• WiFi/Bluetooth: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 + BT 5.1

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