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Z790 APEX Availability Overclocking and Playtime Thread : )

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

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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
Level 16

Calling out Mr. Braegnock, calling Sir Braegnok - I need some help tuning my mem kit. 😃

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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

These 8400 timings are benched, stress tested,.. your going to need adjust your voltages for your IMC.

Sorry for the image quality they are old screenshot images.

Good luck bro!

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Working on Gene tonight. 😉

I have the memory dialed-in, installing copper heat shields & water block right now.

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Brosephio, my MCv it 1.385v and SAV 1.313v.

Do I need to increase MC voltage? 😐

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

Oh the Glory of the Hardware Gods 

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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

Just wanted to share a few pics of my system and get you guys thoughts and comments.

So I have only updated to the latest drivers across the system. I haven't OC anything yet. I wanted to place an in line filter but couldn't get it to look right with bulky QDC. I managed 3x 360 Rads and 1 140 Rad. Temps under heavy gaming 4K Ultra settings are usually CPU 70C and GPU 65C while playing BF2042 or COD games.

Ok any suggestions to OC my 13900KS & G.SKill DDR5 8000? I would love to help out you guys and see what my Rig can do. Thanks

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Here are my specs:

Corsair 7000X Case
13900KS CPU
Thermalright CPU Contact Frame Anti-Bending Buckle
EK Velocity 2 CPU EKWB
Gigabyte RTX 4090 Gaming OC with EKWB
Asus z790 APEX
G.Skill DDR5 8000 32GB
2x Corsair Hydro X Series XR5 360mm Rads (side and top)
1x Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 360mm Rad (front)
1x Alphacool NexXxos ST30 X-Flow Radiator 140mm (rear)
2x Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB
9x Razer Kunai Hydraulic 120MM aRGB Fans PWM
1x Razer Kunai Hydraulic 140MM aRGB Fan PWM
Razer PWM PC Fan Controller
1x Razer Chroma Addressable RBG Controller
EK Quantum Convection D5 Pump cover (Silver)
EK Quantum Kinetic FLT 240 D5 RES/PUMP Combo
Asus THOR 1200W PSU
EPDM tubing
EK & Barrow fittings
OC Cool Flowmeter

 

 

That's a lot of rads ROG brother. For comparison - as a baseline or whatever I'm only using one 60mm x 280mm rad and my 13900KS can achieve 6.2Ghz all 8Pcores TVB boost. I can help you with the Thermal Velocity Boost overclock, yet I'm not (nor plan on) running an all-core or a per-core with the 13900KS, mine is only an office pc, and the TVB boost is ideal for extreme responsiveness, while maintaining virtually stock thermals - so KUDOS to highly-binned processors. 😃 

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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

Thanks Bud, yeah what's a good start doing Thermal Velocity Boost overclock? I'll look into that too. I would really like to to use my two P cores that boost up to 6.2 GHz. 

JohnAb
Level 17

Bruce will tell you - he told me to try it and it worked perfectly - I have to get to bed now...

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.