Gigabyte prepares its z390 'designare' motherboard for professionals

GIGABYTE is preparing another motherboard from its Designare series, this time with the latest Intel Z390 chipset and support for the latest i9 processors.

GIGABYTE Designare sits atop Z390 motherboards

The Designare is at the top of the professional motherboard pyramid, and it has the right specs, with its 12 + 1 power delivery phases and 2-layer copper PCB. The motherboard has 4 common DIMM slots with 4, 266 MHz memory support, with metal reinforcement in all slots (including PCIe x16). There are 2 M.2 PCIe 3.0 ports and 4 slots, with the GIGABYTE M.2 Thermal Guard heatsink.

A very interesting feature of this motherboard, although a bit specialized, is the inclusion of a DisplayPort-in port, which allows users to connect an external graphics card to the motherboard, probably using the iGPU as a pass-through device for the signal. image to the monitor. This could be especially interesting for professionals who carry an eGPU card with them.

Other notable features include 2 Thunderbolt 3 ports, which allows the use of two 4K displays simultaneously at 60 frames per second or a single 5K display. There are a pair of Gigabit Ethernet ports and a WiFi 802.11ac Wave 2 and Bluetooth 5 combo, while Realtek's ALC1220-VB codec takes care of the sound.

GIGABYTE declined to disclose the price of this Designare motherboard, not even an availability date. We will keep you informed.

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