ROG Maximus IX Apex Intel Z270, optane ? worth waitng for ?

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Just recieved my 7700k and need to pick up a motherboard. Seen this motehrbaord on OCUK and it has a weird dimm.2 slot that supports a riser that has x2 m.2 slots on it.Anyone know if this is designed for optane ?, i'm guessing the dimm.2 is connected directly to the cpu as it replaces x2 ram slots ? :s. Bit dissapointing that it doesn't have more m.2 slots on the motherboard itself though, Think its worth waiting for or is it just abit of a gimmick ?. Will we be seeing more motherboards with this configuration ?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...0-socket-1151-ddr4-motherboard-mb-68p-as.html
 
Yeas it will support Optane. This motherboard is aimed squarly at the overclockers and as such has some bits striped off. An incredible board for extreme OC.
 
Yep, as Nick says the Apex is a no compromise product (in terms of overclocking potential), and that means it's shed some of the other controllers found on the other SKUs.

Worth noting that for anyone looking at RAID on DIMM.2, it's still limited to 4x, so bandwidth gains will vary.
 
Silent_Scone said:
Yep, as Nick says the Apex is a no compromise product (in terms of overclocking potential), and that means it's shed some of the other controllers found on the other SKUs.

Worth noting that for anyone looking at RAID on DIMM.2, it's still limited to 4x, so bandwidth gains will vary.
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Asus website just says "The DIMM.2 module has an exclusive design that accepts two M.2 drives vertically-mounted on a DDR4 interface. This allows a DRAM fan cooler to direct air towards the M.2 drives to prevent throttling."
Is that really the only benefit of having m.2 riser in the dimm slot ?, just for better cooling :s ?
will an ssd in the dimm riser perform better than a ssd on a regular m.2 slot with good cooling?
 
elite.ire said:
Asus website just says "The DIMM.2 module has an exclusive design that accepts two M.2 drives vertically-mounted on a DDR4 interface. This allows a DRAM fan cooler to direct air towards the M.2 drives to prevent throttling."
Is that really the only benefit of having m.2 riser in the dimm slot ?, just for better cooling :s ?
will an ssd in the dimm riser perform better than a ssd on a regular m.2 slot with good cooling?
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M.2 placement for most boards is directly under the GPU, having them vertically in this way makes it easier to direct airflow. These drives can tend to throttle otherwise. They're fast enough that in reality, you probably don't notice - but this board is all about going the extra.
 
Apex is the best overclocking board in the Z270 platform.

Here is an example of what it can do.



;-)
 
Silent_Scone said:
M.2 placement for most boards is directly under the GPU, having them vertically in this way makes it easier to direct airflow. These drives can tend to throttle otherwise. They're fast enough that in reality, you probably don't notice - but this board is all about going the extra.
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Thanks for the info :).
i thought that maybe the reason for the dimm.2 slot was for performance or for Intel optane memory but apparently its just for cooling :D


also, nice work 8 pack :D
 
My one slight concern is if it will drive my Beyer DT990 Pro 250ohm headphones... perhaps sounds like a silly thing to be worried about, but I'm just being practical lol! It looks pretty stripped down in the audio department...

ROG SupremeFX 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC S1220A
- Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs
- Supports : Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking
- ESS® ES9023P

Any thoughts? I could have course use a DAC but I'd rather avoid the expense.
 
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