*Official Benchmark Thread* - Post it here or it didn't happen :D

[Mr. Fox]

3 minutes ago, Papusan said:

 

Me.... Love all black. Everyday the same. Even my house is is painted in black🙂

 

[jaybee83]

54 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

 

 

holy crap one of the most iconic songs of all time, blasting it through my headphones right now yessssss 😄 

 

ladies are asleep, finally some alone time for daddy to continue tinkering 😄 

[Reciever]

On 10/7/2025 at 11:07 PM, Mr. Fox said:

Did you receive it yet? Share some photos. Even if the GPU was DOA it would have been worth grabbing it for the Morpheus 2. 

I did! 

 

Just finished cleaning it up. 

 

It's about 5 slots now, these fans are loud but they push a lot of air when pushing 100%. Either way it's ready for benching this winter. 

 

Also cleaned up 2x 650ti Boost 2GB cards 

[Mr. Fox]

12 hours ago, Reciever said:

I did! 

 

Just finished cleaning it up. 

 

It's about 5 slots now, these fans are loud but they push a lot of air when pushing 100%. Either way it's ready for benching this winter. 

 

Also cleaned up 2x 650ti Boost 2GB cards 

Awesome. Looks great. Thank you.

[jaybee83]

aight boiiiiz, new setup is done, pretty happy with how it turned out 🙂 

 

[Papusan]

51 minutes ago, jaybee83 said:

aight boiiiiz, new setup is done, pretty happy with how it turned out 🙂 

 

 

Dang. One set of dark sunglasses ain't enough looking on all that RGB😁 

[jaybee83]

Just now, Papusan said:

 

Dang. One set of dark sunglasses ain't enough looking on all that RGB😁 

 

i KNEW you would love it 😄 

[Papusan]

Just now, jaybee83 said:

 

i KNEW you would love it 😄 

 

Sure😀

 

[Mr. Fox]

So, I ordered another X870E Apex and thought I would give it a second chance. BAD idea. Horrible product and worse than the first one. I submitted my RMA this morning. Fought it for 3 days. It's a piece of garbage just like the first one that I returned. The AORUS Master and Strix both overclock better than the Apex. It cannot even run 8000 C34 stable and for some reason using a Gen 5 NVMe in the top slot causes constant corruption of Windows that cannot be repaired (even using JEDEC/SPD defaults). I tried two of them and both have issues in the Apex, but not in the Master or Strix. Super disappointing that two of what is allegedly the best overclocking AM5 motherboards are rubbish and inferior to less expensive options. I spend about 36 hours moving parts back and forth between motherboards and all work flawllessly except when installed in the Apex, then everything turns to crap. I considered the idea of exchanging it, but it's not worth it. Lost two days of my life on this piece of dung and considering it is the second turd Apex... how 'bout no. Two known good CPUs, two known good memory kits and two known good Gen 5 NVMe malfunction when installed in the Apex.  I'm a two-time Apex silicon lottery winner. Ain't nobody got time fo dat.

[jaybee83]

On 10/2/2025 at 2:30 PM, Mr. Fox said:

Yes, that is Red Fox. He is a smart boy, but has a sassy mouth.

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@electrosoft, @Raiderman and @jaybee83 there is a new version of ZenTimings available that shows all of the sensors for voltage now. I will test to confirm that is true on the Strix as well, but it shows all sensors on the Master. It also shows tPHYRDL is matched whereas the last beta showed them mismatched (even though it was not). Also shows the Nitro settings in the lower right corner.

 

btw where did u find this version? on the official download page 1.35 is still the newest. thanks for providiing a link! gonna continue my RAM tuning and install this while im at it 🙂