MSI MEG Z590 GODLIKE User Manual page 18

Thunderbolt 4
Storage
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Specifications
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Intel® JHL8540 Thunderbolt™ 4 Controller
∙ 2x Thunderbolt™ 4 (Type-C) ports on the back panel
▪ Support up to 40 Gbps transfer rate with Thunderbolt
devices
▪ Support up to 20 Gbps transfer rate with USB4 devices
▪ Support up to 10Gbps transfer rate with USB 3.2
devices
▪ Support up to 5V/3A , 15W power charging
▪ Each port can daisy-chain up to three Thunderbolt 4
devices or five Thunderbolt 3 devices
▪ Supports up to 8K display (need to connect the
DisplayPort of the motherboard or discrete graphics card
to the Mini DisplayPort Input port on the back panel)
∙ 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports (from Z590 chipset)
∙ 4x M.2 slots (Key M)
▪ M2_1 (from CPU)
▫ Available only on 11th Gen Intel® CPU
▫ Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4
▫ Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
▪ M2_2*, M2_3** & M2_4 slots (from Z590 chipset)
▫ M2_2 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s,
2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices
▫ M2_3 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s,
2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
▫ M2_4 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4, 2242/ 2260/ 2280
storage devices***
▫ Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready****
∙ Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel
Core™ processors
* SATA2 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_2 slot.
** SATA5 & SATA6 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SSD in the M2_3 slot.
*** M2_4 will run at x2 speed when installing device in PCI_E3 slot.
**** Before using Intel® Optane™ memory modules, please ensure that you have
updated the drivers and BIOS to the latest version from MSI website.
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