Super interesting review, thank you! The bios has been updated since the version you used here, with presumably some performance improvements. Where you able to redo a few tests (like RAM OC) with the new BIOS? Also, did you hear any coil whine on this board?
Idk if my ram sticks are faulty, but this mobo with 14900k and Gskill trident Z 48gb 7200 can't maintain the advertised XMP speeds. Blue screens and post loops at any frequency above 6400.
Z790 Dark Hero, Gskill 48gb running at 7800mhz, (still working on 8000, throws memory errors), 14900k, T700 crucial 2TB, RTX 4090 strix OC 41k cinibench r23 stock but had to use ASUS bios setting to limit cpu to 90c. Even with H170i 6 140mm fans with no limits chip instantly hits 107 c in cinibench. Have a contact frame to try and see if it will bring temps down. If it works I can see it hitting 42 or 43k cinibench stock on this board. 0220 bios, still no update. Hoping an update will stabilize 8000 ram.
Yeah sounds mighty powerful, I'm at 41K at most with the 13900K. The 14900K I have, is just not producing the results. That said, 8000 should be more than doable on that board without any of the errors you speak of. It would be mighty disappointing if it couldn't stabilize 8G. Keep me posted and on the Contact frame as well. I wonder how much difference it would make. If indeed it takes you to 42K I'll get one as well.
@@TheOverclockerMagazine Update Gskill 48GB kit 8000 running at 7800 started throwing errors. Returned and received a replacement 8000 48GB kit. Installed set xmp instantly started throwing errors in memtest. Returned. Ordered a set not on QVL list. T-Force 8200 48GB Awaiting new kit to arrive So far unable to achieve advertised speeds with a gskill kit listed on ASUS QVL for Dark Hero. Oh I plan on setting xmp on the T-Force but manually setting frequency to 8000. Will see what happens
Then they need to stop falsely advertising XMP ready on the box. To clarify, I set to XMP to get the timings set, then to tweaked. Then I play with the frequency up or down from there. Other than that, for the price of these kits, and the fact they are advertised as XMP ready, right on the box & Listed right on the Motherboard Manufacturer Supported Memory List this is all that should have to be done. Period. @@revio000
Hey I am in a similar situation except I went extreme overkill on the ram without knowing about the dim limitations. I now have four dims 48 GB each running at around 4800 or 5000mhz. If I take two sticks out I can run at 6400. I am doing a lot of 8K video work and it eats up a lot of RAM. At the moment I am testing the four sticks and I am replacing my graphics card right now. I removed the m.2 5.0 from the top slot and put it on the second slot on the motherboard. I am trying to get 16 lanes for my GPUs. Currently thinking about stuffing two graphics cards in there. Anyways I would love to know how you are making out with temps. I reseated and added extra thermal paste last week and my temps dropped quite a bit. I'm still getting about 90C package temps. Definitely not even pushing this to its limits yet. Very curious to hear how you've made out.
Hi, I am going to be installing a Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 in my Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z790 DARK HERO ATX LGA1700 Motherboard. It will be the only drive, for now. Which slot should I install it in? I'm confused on how it cuts the lanes of the PCIe slot down to x8 if I install it to the'Top slot' ? Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks
It'll be fine in the top slot or primary M.2 socket. The drive is Gen4 so it will not interfere with your Gen5 connectivity. The board has the x4 PCIe Gen4 lanes from the CPU directly wired to this slot, the X16 lanes for VGA are separate provided it's also Gen4
@@TheOverclockerMagazine Thanks for the reply, my build is i9-14900k,Dark hero, 4080 super & 48gb memory. Keep up the great content and look forward to more videos !
I am having an issue that the Microphone has a loud pop both using the front panel and the rear mic-in input. Is anyone else having the same issue with this board?
Who knows, but the DRAM being sensitive to temp is expected as that among other things can cause signalling issues which are not a problem with dealing with the lower speeds of previous DRAM generations. With DDR5, we are running 4,000MHz at DDR5 8000 and higher, stands to reason that at such frequencies things a little more complex and tolerances a little less.
