The ROG RAMPAGE VI APEX/EXTREME Owners Thread

Would like to join this little club - please see pic below. It is only on my test bench temporarily whilst waiting for my new case to arrive.
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Looking forward to having a play with this.:)

Mark
Sorry about pic size - can someone recommend an easy sharing site to post pics in here? Photobucket is awful.
 
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Thread seems a little out of date as far as ROH concerned. Still makes no odds really. We can all get on with enjoying our goodies.
Apparently there are reboot issues with Intel patches - not sure if they are in the bios update mentioned above, but holding off on mine for now.

Mark
 
tipes said:
Thread seems a little out of date as far as ROH concerned. Still makes no odds really. We can all get on with enjoying our goodies.
Apparently there are reboot issues with Intel patches - not sure if they are in the bios update mentioned above, but holding off on mine for now.

Mark
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Apparently so. I'd recommend waiting for the revised microcode.
 
tipes said:
Hi Cosimo,
Thought that Asus bios 1102 had the fixed ime engine in it, but perhaps I have it wrong. Either way I am holding off updating at this point.

Mark
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The ME version number in the bios remains unchanged so they haven't updated it.
 
Updated the ME myself, new gone from 11.10.0.1287 to 11.11.50.1436 and reporting tool says all clear for this vulnerability.
 
ASUS have finally put up the ME update:

Version 11.7.0.1057 2018/02/083.71 MBytes

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ME Update tool
Intel has identified security issue that could potentially place impacted platform at risk. Use ME Update tool to update your ME.
*We suggest you update ME Driver to the latest Version 11.7.0.1057 simultaneously.
MD5:2baaeae460facd90451906fdeede6977
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Don't forget the new ME driver.
 
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Guys,

Other than for water cooling options (which I'm not going to do) and having a greater RAM capacity, is there any significant reason to go for the Extreme over the Apex?
 
naefeart said:
Guys,

Other than for water cooling options (which I'm not going to do) and having a greater RAM capacity, is there any significant reason to go for the Extreme over the Apex?
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Not massively, The Extreme does have 10G, Wireless AD, slightly diffrent I/O and of course all the bling, OLED panel, RGB, Addressable header 2 way effect being the large difference. Extreme also does not support Kabylake-X.
 
Thanks Radox.

I was worried there might be some other restriction(s). The 10G, wireless and bling are nice to haves, but I reckon I can put the funds saved by choosing the Apex over the Extreme, into other components.
 
Bios 1301 are now up for both motherboards with the latest/revised Intel Microcode. (Skylake 0x2000043)
 
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