8800 MHz is awesome. What makes the Apex different to other 790 boards? I know you've got to 8000. I'm seeing Extreme owners here with several issues. The Apex just seems to work for some reason, maybe because it has only 2 DIMM slots and the architecture is different somehow? Perhaps BIOS optimisation will solve all issues.
Saw your water block, that's impressive and very shiny. Should look amazing, even if you can't see that fantastic 13900KS hidden below (when it arrives) lol.
I think my upgrade path has been 80286, 80386, Pentium 4, i9-4770K, i9-9900K and currently i9-12900K. In fact, I still have a 386 now, but it hasn't been turned on for 15 years. How time flies. I still just about remember DOS and Windows 3.1/3.2.
Oh by the way, I started a thread asking for overclocking advice on my 5200 memory, but nobody has answered yet. Do you any idea how far I could push it, if at all? Only for the fun of course, my machine is fast enough for everything I do anyway.
Z690 Hero, 12900K, BIOS 4001, MEI 2433.6.3.0, ME Firmware 16.1.32.2473, 7000X Case, RM1000x PSU, ASUS TUF OC 3090TI, 2 x 16GB Corsair RAM @ 5200MHz, Windows 11 Pro 23H2, Corsair H150i Elite AIO, 4x Corsair RGB fans, 3x M.2 NVME drives, 2x SATA SSDs, 2x SATA HDs.