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I think with the Z690 it will be easier for you and you get a really great performance/watt.
The Z390 Hero was a good board, but the difference between bootable and really stable was big,
it was really necessary ODT/slope´s to get it stable, for the most people was really hard to drive over 4000mhz,
i have reached as daily 4x8GB@4400CL17-17 35,5ns 65,5k copy GSat stable.You don´t wont know how much hour´s and HW it has needed^^.

If you want a really 100% stable system never go to the OC limit on ram and CPU, it´s really difficult to get that stable.
I think it´s also easier to push DDR4 on Z690 stable arround 4000 as DDR5 in high frequency limit.
I definitely experienced this myself trying to push my RAM higher on my Prime Z390-A (which isn't high end at all).
I couldn't push my Micron B-die (4x16GB) kit past 4,174 MHz @ CL15 on 1.63V. I tried setting an even higher vDIMM, but it didn't do anything, so I think I hit mobo limit.

People here have told me to try fiddling around with ODT/slope, but no matter what I did, it would fail to boot if they weren't all on Auto.
I couldn't even find the manual baseline values that the mobo boots with on Auto, lol

My PC could boot once at CL14, but it quickly BSOD'd afterwards. I don't recall what I did to get that to happen, though.
I think it involved having to move RAM sticks around the different slots, and also screwing around with DLLBwEn. I didn't take a note of what allowed it to boot.
 
I definitely experienced this myself trying to push my RAM higher on my Prime Z390-A (which isn't high end at all).
I couldn't push my Micron B-die (4x16GB) kit past 4,174 MHz @ CL15 on 1.63V. I tried setting an even higher vDIMM, but it didn't do anything, so I think I hit mobo limit.

People here have told me to try fiddling around with ODT/slope, but no matter what I did, it would fail to boot if they weren't all on Auto.
I couldn't even find the manual baseline values that the mobo boots with on Auto, lol

My PC could boot once at CL14, but it quickly BSOD'd afterwards. I don't recall what I did to get that to happen, though.
I think it involved having to move RAM sticks around the different slots, and also screwing around with DLLBwEn. I didn't take a note of what allowed it to boot.
With 4x16gb is that really good, that are no 4x8gb;).
 
With 4x16gb is that really good, that are no 4x8gb;).
Yeah, based on what others have said, 64GB is already hard to drive at that frequency and CL already, so I should be content lol
I think it might just be my mid-tier board's IMC maxing out. Should I try again on a 12th Gen? Heh
 
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AMD isn't much cheaper (at least in the US) unless you're going 12900K or DDR5. I grabbed an ASUS TUF and 12700K for pretty cheap.

No guarantee 3D Cache covers the gap to ADL either, and Intel has said next year's chips will work with Z690 - so more upgrade path with Intel if you ask me.
If I decide to go ADL I will go DDR4 as there's zero reason with current pricing and availability to go DDR5 especially with a B-Die kit capable of 4400 17-17-17-38-328 with just 1.50v and tight secondaries on a bad 10900KF lol.

Also, 12700K is pretty cheap here at €449 with the 12900K being €689 however, I can import a 12900K from Denmark for like €580 with no extra cost due to the EU not having import restrictions between member states so it's just 2-3 days of delivery time and that's it. There's a Danish shop that ships to the entire EU at no extra charge and even has a Dutch customer service and everything since they know people order a lot there for the Dutch market.

All I have to decide on is a DDR4 board and a new waterblock as my old Supremacy EVO harvested out of a AIO Phoenix kit obviously doesn't qualify for S1700 mounts. Then again, I don't own the AM4 mounts either so have to get a new block either way.

Basically the only 2 DDR4 boards that are kind of interesting are the MSI Z690 Edge @ €334 or the ASUS Strix-A at €349. Both hideously expensive for such simple mid-range boards but no other choice here.

I kinda don't wanna to MSI again and wanna go ASUS but the Edge is a much better looking board visually.
 
How long is Test 1 in TM5@Absolut supposed to take? Like 2 minutes? 5 minutes?
Nobody can give you an exact time as durations of each test in TM5 depend entirely on RAM capacity and speed.
 
not exact just roughly, it took 10 minutes to finish Test 1 (simple memory test) on my last overclock on 32gb 3600 14 but I don't recall it taking that long with my 16gb kit
32 GB would take "roughly" twice as long as the 16 GB kit, give or take a few minutes based on frequency and timings
 
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@Imprezzion I have bought both MSI and Asus the last couple gens, Apex, Hero, Unify and Unify X. I am going Strix D4. Just my 2 cents. But both look good from initial feedback in 1200k OC forum. Some problems with each and for some each works great. Mixed bag as usual :p I think a lot of problems come down to user error or lack of knowing how to trouble shoot and people just say one brand is bad when they have an issue.

Every brand has it good points and drawback. Good thing it is a free world and we can all choose :)
 
@Imprezzion I have bought both MSI and Asus the last couple gens, Apex, Hero, Unify and Unify X. I am going Strix D4. Just my 2 cents. But both look good from initial feedback in 1200k OC forum. Some problems with each and for some each works great. Mixed bag as usual :p I think a lot of problems come down to user error or lack of knowing how to trouble shoot and people just say one brand is bad when they have an issue.

Every brand has it good points and drawback. Good thing it is a free world and we can all choose :)
I have always used mixed brands and do not prefer a specific brand on brand name alone but I just don't like the latest MSI boards not having certain BIOS features and then putting them in after a year saying it's all new (I'm looking at you PPD on MSI Z490). And dragon center / mystic light works great functionally but it's such a resource heavy, slow to start, badly translated, terrible UI having mess of a software... Almost on the level of Gigabyte lol. Aorus Engine is worse.. and so is their entire BIOS. I love the build quality and hardware choices Gigabyte makes. The cheap Aorus Elite D4 has better VRM then many way more expensive boards, but the BIOS and such is generally a total mess with Gigabyte. And so is RGB control. And that is where ASUS, imho, shines. By far the best BIOS, but far the best supportive software, Aura Sync and Armory Crate are way above other brands.. even if the boards are massively overpriced lol.

Oh and I would've gone TUF but the TUF does not have a headphone amp built-in and I need that for my DT770 Pro 80ohms..
 
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I have always used mixed brands and do not prefer a specific brand on brand name alone but I just don't like the latest MSI boards not having certain BIOS features and then putting them in after a year saying it's all new (I'm looking at you PPD on MSI Z490). And dragon center / mystic light works great functionally but it's such a resource heavy, slow to start, badly translated, terrible UI having mess of a software... Almost on the level of Gigabyte lol. Aorus Engine is worse.. and so is their entire BIOS. I love the build quality and hardware choices Gigabyte makes. The cheap Aorus Elite D4 has better VRM then many way more expensive boards, but the BIOS and such is generally a total mess with Gigabyte. And so is RGB control. And that is where ASUS, imho, shines. By far the best BIOS, but far the best supportive software, Aura Sync and Armory Crate are way above other brands.. even if the boards are massively overpriced lol.

Oh and I would've gone TUF but the TUF does not have a headphone amp built-in and I need that for my DT770 Pro 80ohms..
I've honestly noticed this myself. It feels like every company has their pros and cons, but ASUS is by far the most consistent of the bunch, with MSI and EVGA following closely afterwards.
ASRock has always been a weird one because of their unorthodox BIOS (which some swear by, so...), and Gigabyte tries to make up for a dodgy product by slapping on tons of high quality parts.

IMO, and I'm not one to show bias, but after I first bit the price premium bullet and shifted to ASUS from a mixture of the others, I swore never to swap back.
Their BIOS is by far the easiest to navigate and cleanest designed overall. Is it still clunky? In some places, yes, but it is at least clear and simple to use, with a great search function.
 
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I've honestly noticed this myself. It feels like every company has their pros and cons, but ASUS is by far the most consistent of the bunch, with MSI and EVGA following closely afterwards.
ASRock has always been a weird one because of their unorthodox BIOS (which some swear by, so...), and Gigabyte tries to make up for a dodgy product by slapping on tons of high quality parts.

IMO, and I'm not one to show bias, but after I first bit the price premium bullet and shifted to ASUS from a mixture of the others, I swore never to swap back.
Their BIOS is by far the easiest to navigate and cleanest designed overall. Is it still clunky? In some places, yes, but it is at least clear and simple to use, with a great search function.
Ya after working on my second desktop board ever, I can definitely see how each brand has their pros and cons.

I started with gigabyte on z390 which I enjoyed a fair bit. I shifted to an asus apex xii for z490. REALLY enjoying the apex board. Great bios. Couple small things they could improve on if they haven't already, when an item is left on auto in the bios, show the user what the value is set to while left on auto. This can help users have a baseline for settings. For example, ODTs, on auto, I don't know what they are because the bios doesn't tell me. Aside from that, I think it's a great product so far.
 
when an item is left on auto in the bios, show the user what the value is set to while left on auto. This can help users have a baseline for settings. For example, ODTs, on auto, I don't know what they are because the bios doesn't tell me.
100% this. I've been bothered by this for the longest time, since I have no idea how to find the baseline values of many Auto settings since they don't have a box showing them.
It's also part of the reason why I've had trouble working with ODTs and slopes. I can't even find the manual baseline values to start with...
 
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Attempted to do 15-18-18-XX on my kit last night, which was previously stable at 15-19-19-36. Was able to boot, but not POST, with tRAS at 39 or 40 (all other values fail). Any ideas? Voltage tweaking, perhaps? I tried fiddling around a little with VDIMM, Vcore and VCCIO (and to a lesser extent VCCSA), but nothing seemed to work.
 
Attempted to do 15-18-18-XX on my kit last night, which was previously stable at 15-19-19-36. Was able to boot, but not POST, with tRAS at 39 or 40 (all other values fail). Any ideas? Voltage tweaking, perhaps? I tried fiddling around a little with VDIMM, Vcore and VCCIO (and to a lesser extent VCCSA), but nothing seemed to work.
Increasing VCCIO is pointless for tighting tRCD/tRP/tRC with the same frequency. I would tweak VDIMM. Also tighter tRCD is more stressful for IMC... you need to increase VCCSA too, but that won't be a 5 mV increase...
 
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