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Windows 10 Pro and Asus Apex X BIOS 0901. Monitor is 4 days old and when playing Anno 2025 or Doom, every 3 to 5 minutes the entire picture or screen flashes on and off repeatidly. I tried to run the games in compatibility mode but I still get the on and off blank screen flashes. It's very...

I need to talk to owners of the Asus Apex X who have installed (2) m.2 drives on this board.

Looking to talk to owners of the z270 or z370 APEX Motherboard. Need to ask questions. Please contact me or private message me.

Do I need to install the CPU to do a post test on a motherboard with memory installed or can I keep the CPU uninstalled? I can't remember but I think I saw Tom do a post test on a motherboard without the CPU a while ago.

Can't decide which will benefit me more and/or if I will need to tweek the 3466 compared to just XMP'ing the 3200. Intel i7-8700k on the ASUS APEX X board for mainly gaming at an over clock of 5 ghz. But will do some light video/photo editing with Adobe Photoshop Elements & Premiere. Also, any...

"I'm Puzzled"! I don't understand why in many of Tom's graphs, he test at 1080p and 4k. Why not include 1440p in all of the tests as well? Many past videos he mentions that 1440p is the new sweetspot; but lately, I don't see any recent graphs at the 1440p level. I'm now wondering if I should go...

The computer I'm running right now is a z97 platform. I'm in the process of building a new system whether it be a z270 or z370. So I was wondering since I already have Win 10 64 already loaded on a SSD; when I build a new system which will use an M.2 drive, will I be able to clone my win 10 from...

Can you install Windows 10 Pro on a M.2 drive straight from the installation DVD disk or will I have to create a USB drive to do this.

I'm going to be purchasing an Asus z270 WS mobo and when using the M.2 in the M.2_2 slot it says, "The M.2_2 socket shares bandwidth with U.2_2 connector and SATA6G_1 port". I'll be using the Samsung 960 EVO 250mb version as an OS drive that will be partitioned. SATA Port 1 will be used for my...

x16 vs x8 in a single or dual SLI or crossfire configuration. Is there much difference in performance and will I be able to see the differences?

Does anyone out there in OC3D land own the ASUS z270 WS Motherboard that I can talk to. I need some info before purchasing this board.

I noticed that many motherboard manufacturers state in their support area a QVL list of compatible RAM used for a particular motherboard you may be interested in. My question is, do I have to choose one of those memory that is on the list to work with my motherboard or can any other RAM that's...

I need some advice from PC builders. I'm a little confused. Intel's support sucks. What a bunch of idiots, after two support techs and 1.5 hours of wasted time, they seem to not know their butts from a hole in the wall. And it seems no one builds computers that work at Intel. "GO FIGURE"...

I have a 1929x1200 monitor at 1080p, 60hz and was looking at getting a 1080 TI GPU. I know that this card will be way overkill for this monitor. But until my monitor of 6+ years dies on me and replaced with a 4k monitor, my question is, if I get a 1080 TI, max everything out including...

Looking to talk to those who own or have experience with the APEX or HERO or both motherboards. I need some help as well as advice. I'm looking to purchase one of these for my next build. I'd really appreciate it if anyone could help me with these questions. My questions are as follows for...