Well in a debate, I already have a Rog Strix Z790-E motherboard got it for the memory lead layout and the Maximus Extreme z790 was sold out and silently EOLed by ASUS. Well I have a Hyperion case now, would be nice to have the USB C front port on the case able to do its 65W fast charging for my phone and Ally with the right motherboard. The other nice plus having an m.2 expansion pcb board will take the m.2 off the pcie lanes for my 4090, that should net me a few fps on my 1% lows and cut a few ms off my frame time. Just not sure if I want to spend 650 on an Asus Rog Maximus z790 Apex to do it, the Dark Hero still has the same issue as the Maximus Hero so if you want to run 7200mhz cl34 or higher it may not work on the Dark Hero depending on the board and the IMC. Apex Encore like the last Apex and the Rog Strix z790-E it should just work hitting xmp without any issues.