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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:

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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

That NEW Apex, something John might be interested in, maybe it will be EATX 2-dimm with backplate like the rumors I've been hearing for months now.

Thing is, price is going to be way north of $699, depends how many features ROG adds on. If a true Apex/Extreme hybrid that could be $999 or above. If only an aesthetic change and slightly more feature-laden Apex maybe $799 to $899. 

Interesting times to be an enthusiast! 

 

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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

Hopper64
Level 15

Count me in. I would love a hybrid between my extreme board and this Apex. That would be most welcome. 😁

MZ790A Bios 2002, GSkill F5-8000J3848H16GX2-TZRK, 13900KS, EKWB D5 TBE 300, Seasonic Prime TX-1600 ATX 3.0, Asus Strix 4090 w/ Optimus block, Phanteks Enthoo Elite, Asus Claymore 2, Asus Gladius 3, Asus XG349C, Samsung 990, Windows 11 Pro

iBruceypoo
Level 16

Also ROG GeForce RTX 40 graphics super-card teaser. Maybe the return of Matrix or Poseidon. 😄

Computex should be very fun next week! 

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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

JohnAb
Level 17

Is there any news on a possible new Apex? Does sound interesting. I haven't found anything about it on the interweb ☹️

Z690 Hero, BIOS 3401, MEI 2345.5.3.0, ME Firmware 16.1.30.2361, 7000X Case, RM1000x PSU, i9 12900K, 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.

Nothing announced publicly John. Hoping for more info during or directly after Computex, Braegnok hearing June 2023 maybe an announcement or launch! 

...interesting times.

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In other news: we have a fruit fly infestation. awe gawd! ☹️

Setting traps for the little buggers - I'm in full combat mode. 😃

 

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

A fruit fly infestation? Interesting. When I was about 11 years old ( a long time ago) there was a ladybird explosion and we were filling up cups with them. They were everywhere and then after an hour, they had all gone again. Bizarre. That was 1976. 

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Z690 Hero, BIOS 3401, MEI 2345.5.3.0, ME Firmware 16.1.30.2361, 7000X Case, RM1000x PSU, i9 12900K, 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.

Hopper64
Level 15

EOL on the 16G 8000 Memory at GSKill. I was thinking of testing one of those kits, but looks like I’m too late.

 

https://www.gskill.com/product/165/374/1669019807/F5-8000J3848H16GX2-TZ5RK-EOL

 

MZ790A Bios 2002, GSkill F5-8000J3848H16GX2-TZRK, 13900KS, EKWB D5 TBE 300, Seasonic Prime TX-1600 ATX 3.0, Asus Strix 4090 w/ Optimus block, Phanteks Enthoo Elite, Asus Claymore 2, Asus Gladius 3, Asus XG349C, Samsung 990, Windows 11 Pro

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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

Hopper64
Level 15

You used the 32G kit Bruce, how does it compare?

MZ790A Bios 2002, GSkill F5-8000J3848H16GX2-TZRK, 13900KS, EKWB D5 TBE 300, Seasonic Prime TX-1600 ATX 3.0, Asus Strix 4090 w/ Optimus block, Phanteks Enthoo Elite, Asus Claymore 2, Asus Gladius 3, Asus XG349C, Samsung 990, Windows 11 Pro

Well with my CPU, the 8000 2x16 kit I LOVE it.

Using the older Apex 0812 bios I had to move MCv to 1.4v from XMP settings for 8200 36 48 48 121 1.5v stability.

Using Apex 0904 bios I only moved dram freq to 8200 and primary timings for 1.5v stability, no addition to MCv at all.

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Beyond that, 8200 CL34 stable is achievable with a few hours of work. MY new daily.

I'm only air-cooling ddr5, guys water-cooling are achieving much better results than mine.

Water-cooled guys are getting easy 8600 and 8800 stable with the 8000 2x16 kit. 👍

Wish I had 8400 oc info to give you but I simply have not gotten that far with the kit. 

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