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Z790 APEX Availability Overclocking and Playtime Thread : )

iBruceypoo
Level 16
Newegg listing November 2nd and 3rd:

96062

Newegg listing November 4th, today:

96063

Did Newegg sell out their known incoming quantity of boards as Pre-Orders in 48hours? OR did they simply change the purchasing status?

Who knows right?

Did anyone grab a pre-order?
Z790 Epiphenomenal Raptor Bench

ROG Z790 Apex / Intel 13900KS SP111 P121 E93 MC83
Gskill 8000 kit - TM5 stable at 8200MT/s 38 48 48 121 VDD and VDDQ 1.5v
WD_Black SN850X 1TB 7300MB/s Reads 6300MB/s Writes
LG 32in 4K IPS 32UP83A-W
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iBruceypoo wrote:
Congratulations new ROG brother, when you get the Apex, come back and we'll help you overclock your 7200 kit - it's not hard at all with the Apex. 🙂


I saw it includes a fan for the ddr5! so cool ahaha! thanks for the offer i will need help xD

GiulianoTakasu wrote:
I saw it includes a fan for the ddr5! so cool ahaha! thanks for the offer i will need help xD


Yes the DDR5 fan mounting bracket included with the Z790 Apex says 40mm 50mm and 60mm.

I measured and believe I can mount a Noctua all-black 80mm fan since the fan mounting holes are 71.5mm x 71.5mm and the Z790 Apex fan bracket slots are 72mm wide. Might be a tight fit, but a rat-tail file will fix all that. lol

Noctua 80mm fan arriving today for the Z790 Apex DDR5, plan on running it off the Aquaero 6LT fan controller at very low rpm, just a nice slow breeze of cold air over the memory modules.

https://noctua.at/en/products/fan/nf-a8-pwm-chromax-black-swap
Z790 Epiphenomenal Raptor Bench

ROG Z790 Apex / Intel 13900KS SP111 P121 E93 MC83
Gskill 8000 kit - TM5 stable at 8200MT/s 38 48 48 121 VDD and VDDQ 1.5v
WD_Black SN850X 1TB 7300MB/s Reads 6300MB/s Writes
LG 32in 4K IPS 32UP83A-W

Braegnok
Level 14
This is what the i9-13900KS chip is going to do to you!,.. https://youtu.be/aKUf6T2AOOk

Braegnok wrote:
This is what the i9-13900KS chip is going to do to you!,.. https://youtu.be/aKUf6T2AOOk


Is that Danny DeVito on the horn? 😛

LOL super-brother.

Can't wait - tomorrow is the day, will install and test immediately, hope I have good stock idle thermals like your 12900KS.

Did you get your Z790 board yet? Are you waiting for the Z790 Dark? 🙂

Here's 6.7GHz 13900KS and Z790 Apex:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZvRDblEi7w&ab_channel=SkatterBencher
Z790 Epiphenomenal Raptor Bench

ROG Z790 Apex / Intel 13900KS SP111 P121 E93 MC83
Gskill 8000 kit - TM5 stable at 8200MT/s 38 48 48 121 VDD and VDDQ 1.5v
WD_Black SN850X 1TB 7300MB/s Reads 6300MB/s Writes
LG 32in 4K IPS 32UP83A-W

Carlyle2020
Level 10
Oh it will fit.
Just not with screws. The spacing is good enough for vhb tape or cable ties only.

Carlyle2020 wrote:
Oh it will fit.
Just not with screws. The spacing is good enough for vhb tape or cable ties only.


That looks amazing Carlyle, thank you brother. 😛

The 80mm Noctua has not arrived yet almost 5pm Amazon is late. lol

I think (2) 40mm may look cooler - low profile, than the single 80mm black Noctua arriving today. I'll post pics at OCN when it gets here with mm ruler photo dimensions. :cool:
Z790 Epiphenomenal Raptor Bench

ROG Z790 Apex / Intel 13900KS SP111 P121 E93 MC83
Gskill 8000 kit - TM5 stable at 8200MT/s 38 48 48 121 VDD and VDDQ 1.5v
WD_Black SN850X 1TB 7300MB/s Reads 6300MB/s Writes
LG 32in 4K IPS 32UP83A-W

Carlyle2020 wrote:
Oh it will fit.
Just not with screws. The spacing is good enough for vhb tape or cable ties only.


80mm Noctua fan and Apex Z790 DDR5 fan mount work perfectly together with soft silicon grommets.

Check my pics at OCN. 🙂 Simply make certain you mount the 80mm fan outside the L-bracket, not inside. 🙂
Z790 Epiphenomenal Raptor Bench

ROG Z790 Apex / Intel 13900KS SP111 P121 E93 MC83
Gskill 8000 kit - TM5 stable at 8200MT/s 38 48 48 121 VDD and VDDQ 1.5v
WD_Black SN850X 1TB 7300MB/s Reads 6300MB/s Writes
LG 32in 4K IPS 32UP83A-W

iBruceypoo
Level 16
Newegg just shipped the 13900KS superchip UPS - delivery tomorrow! woohoo 😛
Z790 Epiphenomenal Raptor Bench

ROG Z790 Apex / Intel 13900KS SP111 P121 E93 MC83
Gskill 8000 kit - TM5 stable at 8200MT/s 38 48 48 121 VDD and VDDQ 1.5v
WD_Black SN850X 1TB 7300MB/s Reads 6300MB/s Writes
LG 32in 4K IPS 32UP83A-W

iBruceypoo
Level 16
LIVE 13900KS Intel Event overclocking with Z790 Apex

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA28Nkn5jyM&ab_channel=SkatterBencher
Z790 Epiphenomenal Raptor Bench

ROG Z790 Apex / Intel 13900KS SP111 P121 E93 MC83
Gskill 8000 kit - TM5 stable at 8200MT/s 38 48 48 121 VDD and VDDQ 1.5v
WD_Black SN850X 1TB 7300MB/s Reads 6300MB/s Writes
LG 32in 4K IPS 32UP83A-W

JohnAb
Level 17
Have you ordered your liquid nitrogen yet Bruce? lol
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