new Apex soon?

[Hopper64]

Looks like an upated Z790 Apex board is coming. Just FYI.

https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-discontinues-rog-z790-apex-overclocking-motherboard-a-new-version-i...

[Braegnok]

Onboard M.2 drives are halfwitted, saturate motherboard with heat,.. lets have 4 please. 😃

https://youtu.be/Q_29SQ3PfLI

I don't see any new features worthwhile, to justify upgrading from my Z790 Apex, not even Wi-Fi 7,.. 

[iBruceypoo]

Wanting the Apex Encore for my 13900KS (SP121) and 8000 2x16 (8200/36 daily) mem kit for primary work rig. Will allow me to use my Apex Vanilla with parts already purchased - my "potato" 13600K i5 and 7600 2x16 mem kit along with the GTX 4070 I picked up this summer as a gaming and all-around "everything but work" build.

Can finally turn the page on Rocket Lake Z590 Apex and DDR4 memory kits - Hooray! 

Good shape for the long wait until Panther Lake or Arrow Lake Refresh.

[iBruceypoo]

Apex Encore Specs 😀

https://rog.asus.com/motherboards/rog-maximus/rog-maximus-z790-apex-encore/spec/

[Hopper64]

Might be a bit more headroom for memory OC on the encore? Not sure yet. Seeing some blurbs about that but nothing definite yet.

[Silent_Scone]

Encore validation is up 400MHz, which should be telling in itself.

[Hopper64]

Well, that's definite. When will we see the boards in the retail channel? Thanks!!

[iBruceypoo]

Improved memory tracing topology for the Encore over the Vanilla!

Maybe I can get the 8000 2x16 kit 8400 stable and cool "as a daily" with the new Apex - hoping 😀

We know the Gskill 8400 2x24 kit is launching soon, wonder if we'll ever see any higher speed 2x16 kits.

[iBruceypoo]

Not certain if it's made of plastic and only a fan bracket OR if it's heavy metal and also meant to move heat away from the onboard M.2 gen 5 SSD - ???

Kinda looks like plastic and not cast metal...

If plastic and only a fan bracket, why would the mount span the width of the board - ???

[JohnAb]

Looks to me that's just designed to blow air over the RAM etc. It does look like plastic, so I can't see how it would help to cool the Gen 5 SSD?  You'll be able to tell us when it arrives 😃

[iBruceypoo]

Can you believe it Sir John? ROG moved the PCIe slots all down one space for a fan bracket? I lost my breakfast ROG brother in disbelief. 

You'd think with all that redesign would could come a proper implementation of heat removal for the gen 5 M.2 slot. All they needed to do was attach a metal heatsink like a riser card from slot M.2_2 (2nd slot down) isolated from the VRM sink and PCH sink and make it a dual purpose combination M.2 heatsink/ddr5 fan mount - brilliant right?

Maybe not brilliant, but at least smart.

Oh goodness me, never in a million would I believe ROG went to all that trouble to mount a fan, it's baffling. 😶

Still the most beautiful Apex board ever produced even though it's form definitely does not follow it's function.