Features Supports 12th Gen Intel® Core™ Series Processors Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR5, 2 DIMMs DDR5 MEMORY Design with SMD DIMM and Shielded Memory Routing Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready Direct 10+2+1 Phases Digital VRM Solution with 105A Power Stage* Advanced Thermal Design with Fins- Array II, Thermal Guard III and Heatpipe Blazing Fast Intel® 2.5GbE LAN with cFosSpeed Intel® WIFI6 802.11ax 2T2R & BT5 with AORUS Antenna AMP-UP Audio with ALC4080 and WIMA for Rear 120dB SNRHDMI 2.0 supports Premium 4K Dual Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0* x4 M.2 with Thermal Guard RGB FUSION 2.0 with Multi-Zone Addressable LED Light Show Design, Support Addressable LED & RGB LED Strip Smart Fan 6 Features Multiple Temperature Sensors, Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP and Noise Detection Q-Flash Plus Update BIOS without Installing the CPU, Memory and Graphics Card Unparalleled Performance With technology moving so fast, GIGABYTE still keep up with the latest trends and provide our customers with advanced features and latest technology. GIGABYTE Z690 Series motherboards come with upgraded power solution, latest storage standards and outstanding connectivity to enable optimize performance for gaming. XTREME MEMORY GIGABYTE Z690 Motherboards feature the latest DDR5 architecture and XMP 3.0 capability. The new DDR5 memory technology brings 50% more bandwidth to the platform and increases the system performance drastically by implementing Unlocked Native DDR5 Voltage, Xtreme Memory Routing and reliable SMD slot. In addition to the hardware upgrades, the user friendly UI provides full functionality to overclock higher with exclusive DDR5 tuning capability. THERMAL REACTIVE ARMOR GIGABYTE Z690 Series Motherboards’ Un-throttled performance is guaranteed by innovative and optimized thermal design to ensure the best CPU, Chipset, SSD stability and low temperatures under full load application and gaming.