By Sandeep Saxena 
Colorful Technology Company Limited, a professional manufacturer of graphics cards, motherboards, all-in-one gaming and multimedia solutions, and high-performance storage, introduces the iGame Z690D5 Ultra motherboard for the 12th generation Intel Core processors. The motherboard is designed to meet the needs of gamers and content creators for building a high-performance PC with the latest technologies.
The iGame Z690D5 Ultra motherboard sports enlarged and extruded silver wave aluminum heatsinks with a matching white-colored PCB. The motherboard’s headers, DIMM slots, and ICs are in black providing an elegant contrast with the white and silver colors. The motherboard boasts two PCIe 4.0 X16 slots for high-end graphics cards and high-speed AIC NVMe SSDs. The motherboard is also fitted with three M.2 PCIe Gen4x4 slots with high-performance enlarged heatsinks for Gen4 NVMe SSDs.
Extruded Silver Wave Heatsinks
The COLORFUL iGame Z690D5 Ultra motherboard features large extruded silver wave heatsinks to keep the VRM and MOSFETs cool without the need of an active fan. The extrusions create more surface area for heat dissipation making it more efficient for cooling. Furthermore, the silver wave design provides an intricate and eye-catching detail – perfect for gamers and builders that crave for aesthetically pleasing PC builds.
High-Performance PCIe 4.0
The iGame Z690D5 Ultra does not only comes with DDR5 memory support, it also sports two PCIe 4.0 X16 (X8+X8) slots for high-performance graphics cards and three PCIe 4×4 M.2 slots for high-performance NVMe SSDs.
iGame Z690D5 Ultra Motherboard Specifications
| CPU Support | Intel® 12th Generation Core™ Processor |
| Chipset | Intel Z690 |
| Power Phase Design | 18+1 Power Phase (Dr MOS 90A) |
| Memory Support | 4x DDR5 DIMM Socket Dual-channel, Up to DDR5-6000(OC) |
| Expansion Slot | 2x PCI-E 4.0(x16, x8+x8) 1x PCI-E 3.0 x4 2x PCI-E 3.0 x1 |
| Storage | Supports 3 x M.2 and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s
M.2_A Support Type 2242/2260/2280 for SSD (PCIE Gen4 x4 SSD) M.2_B Support Type 2242/2260/2280 for SSD (PCIE Gen4 x4 SSD) M.2_C Support Type 2242/2260/2280 for SSD (PCIE Gen4 x4 SSD) |
| Internal Connectors | 1x 24-pin ATX Power Supply connector
2x 8-pin 12V Power connector 1x Front USB 3.2 Gen1 header, Support 2 Ports 2x Front USB 2.0 header, Support 4 Ports 1x Front USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C |
| I/O Ports | 1x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 20G (Type-C port);
4x USB 3.2 Gen2 10G; 2x USB 2.0; 1x HDMI port; 1x DP port; 1x CLR_CMOS 6x Audio port; 1x RJ45 port |
| LAN | Intel I225V Gbit LAN (2.5G) + Wi-Fi 6 Wireless LAN |
| Audio | 8-Channel High-Definition audio CODEC |
| Form-Factor/ Dimensions | ATX / (305mm x 244 mm) |
Pricing and Availability
The COLORFUL iGame Z690D5 Ultra motherboard will be shipping to partner resellers this May of 2022 for $289 MSRP.