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The Z490 Aorus Master is priced at an MSRP of $389 and that's just over 400 EUR in the EU. We deem that to be a lot of money, but for a premium board like this, it seems okay as you are getting the 3x PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2, 2.5 G Ethernet, and heaps of USB options. You also have an upgrade options with PCIe 4.0 support once Rocket Lake processors are out. The board has dual PCIe 3.0 x16 slots + 1 x PCIe 3.0 x4 which can be arranged in these slot configurations:
- 1-way mode - x16 / x0
- 2-way mode - x8 / x8 / x4
The motherboard comes with a duo 8-pin connectors. You'll get four DIMM slots that can be used for dual-channel memory. Up-to 4800 MHz supported in OC mode. Please do check compatible memory and thus the QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists). The Z490 motherboard will get you six SATA 6 Gb/s storage ports. Combined in here is three M.2 PCI Express slots using x4 PCIe lanes, thus 32 GB/sec of performance.
