Compare MSI A520 vs ROG Strix TRX40 vs Gigabyte Z590 AORUS Elite
Variants
For Gamers
For Pros
TRX40-E
TRX40-XE
Connectivity
CPU Socket
AMD Socket AM4
SRTX4
LGA1200
Expansion Slot
[Storage] 4x SATA III + 1x M.2
2x Thunderbolt add-in card + 2x USB 2.0/1.1 + 1x USB 3.2 Gen1
PCI Express
1x X16 + 2x X1 Gen3
3x PCIe 4.0 (x16/x16/x16) + 1x PCIe 4.0 x4
1x PCIe x16 + 1x PCIe x16 (running @ x4) + 1x PCIe x1
Ports
[Front] 2x USB-A + 4x USB-A + 1x serial | [Rear] 1x Realtek RTL81111H Gigabit LAN + 4x USB-A + 2x USB-A + 3x HD audio + 1x DP + 1x HDMI
[Front] 2x USB 3.2 Gen2 + 1x Front panel audio | [Rear] 1x Optical S/PDIF + 5x Audio jacks + 1x Intel I211-AT 1Gbps LAN + 1x Realtek RTL8125-CG 2.5Gbps LAN + 9x USB 3.2 Gen2 (1x USB-C) + 4x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 8x USB 2.0
1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2x2 + 2x USB 3.2 Gen2 + 3x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 4x USB 2.0/1.1 + 1x RJ45 + 1x DisplayPort 1.2 + 5x Audio jacks + 1x Optical S/PDIF (TOSLINK)
Wireless Connectivity
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0
Construction
Form Factor
M-ATX
ATX motherboard
ATX motherboard
Dimensions
Size | Length
305 mm / 12 inch
305 mm
Size | Width
244 mm / 9.6 inch
244 mm
Display
Display Diagonal
1.3 inch
Display Type
OLED
Function
Audio
SupremeFX8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC S1220
Realtek ALC1220-VB codec
Chipset
AMD A520 Chipset
AMD TRX40
Intel Z590 Express
Compatibility
3rd Gen AMD Ryzen Desktop Processors and AMD Ryzen 4000 G-Series Desktop Processors
10th-gen & 11th-gen Intel Core / Pentium / Celeron processors
Graphics
[Multi-GPU] Support 2-way SLI or CrossFireX
Multi-GPU: Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire and 2-Way AMD CrossFire technologies
Misc
Realtek 2.5GbE LAN
Monitoring
Voltage detection, Temperature detection, Fan speed detection, Water cooling flow rate detection, Fan fail warning, Fan speed control
Processor
Supports AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors
RGB Lighting
Aura Sync RGB lighting
RGB Fusion 2.0, 2x LED strip + 2x RGB LED strip
Security
Trusted Platform Module header (For GC-TPM2.0 SPI / GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0 modules only)
Performance
Memory | Capacity
2 DIMMs, up to 64 GB dual channel
8x DIMM, Max 256GB
4x DIMMs (up to 128GB)
Memory | Type
DDR4 2667/ 2800 /2933 /3000 /3066 /3200 /3466 /3600/ 3733 /3866 /4000 /4133 /4266 /4400/ 4600+ MHz
Quad channel DDR4 3200MHz, overclockable to 4733MHz ECC or non-ECC
DDR4 up to 3200MHz dual channel, support for ECC memory (in non-ECC mode) and Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) modules (up to 5000MHz)
Storage
RAID 0/1/10 support
8x SATA III + 3x M.2 SATA or PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe
1x M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD, 2260/2280/22110 (11th-gen Intel processor only) + 2x M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSD, 2260/2280/22110 + 6x SATA
Storage | RAID
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
Production
Debut
2020-08-18
2021-01-12 (CES 2021)
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