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Yes sir, will do.

A lot going on next few days,.. I'm moving my Apex Z690 onto a new Praxis Wetbench, configuring a dual loop MO-RA3 420 pro system.

Will have a 420 rad on the TEC block, and...

I'm testing the EK-Quantum Delta2 TEC block today with 12700K: https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-quantum-delta2-tec-d-rgb-full-nickel

Pre-Ordered it a few weeks ago, was on the porch yesterday. ;)
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The new Z790 APEX,.. is standard ATX form factor just like the Z690.

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Yes sir, I will be upgrading to Z790 Apex when it is released.

Here is the order site for the A2000 water block : https://bartxstore.com/shop/rtx-a2000-waterblock/

It's on back order now, I...

Bartxstore completed, tested shunt mod & waterblock for RTX A2000 card, adding the 5mohm resistor in parallel to the existing one bumps up card to 1170/5900, or 50,23 MH/s.

Shunt Mod on ebay:...

You don't want to turn-off Windows updates, if your objective is to block only unwanted Windows updates, which may be known to be causing trouble.

In such instances, it is better to use Windows...

I'm running 1701 beta from 07/29/22,.. everything is solid,.. no forced BIOS updates.

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I haven't installed 1601 on any of my systems, 1503 was the newest version I have installed. I...

Try these settings for G.SKILL 6400 kit,.. except keep your command rate at 2T for now.

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I think this same kit your using.

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Hello Hopper64,

Are you running one 2x16GB memory kit, total of 32GB system memory.

If so,.. than these settings might help.

Perhaps you need to adjust/loosen a few timings,.. mainly...

Just simply pull the second drive.

Only have one drive installed "primary", after you install Windows on your primary drive,.. than add in your storage drives.

Z690-APEX 1503u15.CAP: https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AM2lT%2DCp39ooDAM&cid=30BFB56C0BC3A457&id=30BFB56C0BC3A457%21340309&parId=30BFB56C0BC3A457%21339415&o=OneUp

I have tested over a dozen...

I've been running the modified BIOS 1503 with AVX-512 the past few months,.. system is stable running XMP.

G.SKILL 6400:
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Corsair 6600:
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Personally I feel with DDR5 and Z690...

I'm running Seagate FireCuda 530,.. no bending with the Z690-I Strix stacked heatsink, if using correct spacers & pads.

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Hello,

I'm running single 4TB M.2 with the A4-H20 chassis, my drive temps average 28c.

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Hello PegasusRideR,

I'm using M.2_2 socket for my primary drive,.. and my GPU runs @ x16.

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I needed to remove M.2_1 heatsink for clearance, due to active backplate on GPU.

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Hello mini-itx,
No, absolutely never apply excessive pressure to the top of the PCB in order to seat it onto the main board.

You want to carefully align the top FPC connector with the BTOB socket...

Hello Dunkelstar,
I currently have three Asus Z690 motherboards running large format NVMe M.2 primary drives,.. haven't had any issues installing Windows.

Seems like others I have also had a few...

If your planning a build log for a system to run 4-GPU SLI,.. Z590 platform is not an option I would consider.

Intel Z590 Chipset only supports 24 PCI Express Lanes....

A-Tech Memory released a DDR5 128GB Kit (4 x 32 GB Modules) back on June 6, 2022....

I'm running iCue ver. 4.24.193 with current Nvidia Game Ready Driver ver. 516.40,.. no issues.

I do not use Armoury Crate. I disable "Download Armoury Crate" in BIOS, and perform clean Windows 11...

Personally I would keep: One is - Part No.- 90MB1810- M0UAY0; Manufacture date of 2021-11 Purchased from Newegg; from a Australia Company.

The part # 90MB1810-MOUAYO is not listed on any...

I started loading profiles into a new 2022 Apex board yesterday, as I type profile name the Chinese Characters appear to the right.

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I thought it was vary strange, does not seem to effect...

1503 with AVX-512. :cool:

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If you need AVX-512 use beta BIOS 1503 with modified MCU 15.

Otherwise if you do not need AVX-512 than latest official BIOS 1505 with MCU 18 from Asus support site is my recommendation.

Beta...

+1,.. the G.SKILL 2x 32GB 5600 kit is not listed in Apex QVL, you may need to tune manually.

I have tested two of the 2x 32GB kits listed in Apex QVL, they both run in XMP 1 just fine on my Apex...