woodzstack
Do they do step up for motherboards? Would there be any real difference in the end?

We have had motherboards on the Step Up program in the past, so it could happen again.

EVGATech_JaesonW
 
We have had motherboards on the Step Up program in the past, so it could happen again.

I hope, that would be sweet.  Just bought the Z690 KP over the weekend lol  (just learned my crappy day one Apex is... crappy. been fighting with mem oc issues for almost year to learn it sucks)

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EVGATech_LeeM

redteamgo
time to get PWM header control in Eleet X1

This is something we're looking into.

OMG, yes please bring this to lite Lee!  Can we also add it to x570, or perhaps some new AM5 boards peas!

bigredx86

EVGATech_LeeM

redteamgo
time to get PWM header control in Eleet X1

This is something we're looking into.

OMG, yes please bring this to lite Lee!  Can we also add it to x570, or perhaps some new AM5 boards peas!

I've been asking for this since the z390 dark, as well as supporting the z390 dark with the new eleet x1 and that's still not happened.

What I've been looking for is a board that will allow for 128GBs RAM running at 6000MT/s+
As it is, almost no one even tests 32GB sticks, let alone 4. This keeps me from jumping onto a DDR5 platform. 

irocziv
What I've been looking for is a board that will allow for 128GBs RAM running at 6000MT/s+
As it is, almost no one even tests 32GB sticks, let alone 4. This keeps me from jumping onto a DDR5 platform. 

from what i've seen it sounds like 2DPC boards will clock mem significantly higher on z790. can't say you'll get that w 32GB dimms but there are 64GB (2x32) a die kits available if you know where to look. a die is what you want.

woodzstack
damnit, just bought and recived yesterday the Z690 dark, and I bought it so I could use it with 13th gen, since I saw the bios update. Now theres the Z790  I literally waited what I thought was long enough to see if they'd release a board like this or the Z690 Dark was going to service both (because sometimes they do that).
 
Do they do step up for motherboards? Would there be any real difference in the end?

Technically yes. Realistically no.

zippytek

irocziv
What I've been looking for is a board that will allow for 128GBs RAM running at 6000MT/s+
As it is, almost no one even tests 32GB sticks, let alone 4. This keeps me from jumping onto a DDR5 platform. 

from what i've seen it sounds like 2DPC boards will clock mem significantly higher on z790. can't say you'll get that w 32GB dimms but there are 64GB (2x32) a die kits available if you know where to look. a die is what you want.

Do you mind sharing a bit more about higher memory clocks with 2DPC and z790? Do you have any links that elaborate a bit more on this as it's the first I've heard of it? Every article i've seen on z790 only references the slight upgrade in pci-e. I'm debating picking up the z690 kingpin while it is still available at a discount for a new 13th gen build and 64GB of ram is my minimum so this seems pretty important. Not that DDR5 64GB ram kits are clocked very high at the moment anyways so maybe it's a moot point?

Does anyone know if there is any truth to this article from tomshardware that raptor lake may require z790 for a 350w turbo mode? 
 
It'd be pretty disappointing to see the z690 kingpin/classified kneecapped by this?
 
*edit*
can't post links, google "Intel's Raptor Lake Reportedly Has 350W Turbo Mode, But Only on New Motherboards" for the article.