X299

[Smiki007]

Look, the Rampage vi Apex is one High end board, and you want to use a mid end Kaby lake CPU (7740x), the limitation of processor are that it does not have Turbo Boost Max 3.0, AVX-512 support and also it has only 16 PCIe lanes support, saying this it means that if you have 8 ram slot board you'll be able to use only four, so as ApEX have 4 RAM slots you will have no problem but you'll gonna have some limitation, so if you have some spare $ (50-60) i suggest you to go with 6 core i7 7800x. With it you'll have no issue with the RAM, and only limitation will be its 28 PCIe lanes support, it means if you have 2 GPUs one will be PCIE 3.0 x16 and Second GPU will be PCIE 3.0 x8, and you'll have additional PCIE 3.0 x4 free for PCIE NVME SSD. The Decision is yours. I can strongly suggest you (obviously if you have that amopunt of $$$), to go with i7 7900x CPU with the APEX board, in that case you'll have no issue at all (you'll have the all 44 PCIE lanes Support which means you can use 2x SLI GPU PCIE3.0 x16 and still have 12 PCIE lanes free for 3x PCIE NVME SSD or 1 PCIE NVME SSD + 3rd GPU PCIE 3.0 x8).
So I think you have now enough info to make your decision.


PS. If you'll use your PC only for gaming and some light works I can also suggest you to go with cheaper option of 8700K + Z370 Board:
1. https://www.amazon.com/Intel-BX80684...keywords=8700k
2. https://www.amazon.com/PRIME-LGA1151...ords=z370+asus
the PSU, RAM, SSD and GPU stays the same as for APEX + 7740x

[Federico_therebe]

Look, the Rampage vi Apex is one High end board, and you want to use a mid end Kaby lake CPU (7740x), the limitation of processor are that it does not have Turbo Boost Max 3.0, AVX-512 support and also it has only 16 PCIe lanes support, saying this it means that if you have 8 ram slot board you'll be able to use only four, so as ApEX have 4 RAM slots you will have no problem but you'll gonna have some limitation, so if you have some spare $ (50-60) i suggest you to go with 6 core i7 7800x. With it you'll have no issue with the RAM, and only limitation will be its 28 PCIe lanes support, it means if you have 2 GPUs one will be PCIE 3.0 x16 and Second GPU will be PCIE 3.0 x8, and you'll have additional PCIE 3.0 x4 free for PCIE NVME SSD. The Decision is yours. I can strongly suggest you (obviously if you have that amopunt of $$$), to go with i7 7900x CPU with the APEX board, in that case you'll have no issue at all (you'll have the all 44 PCIE lanes Support which means you can use 2x SLI GPU PCIE3.0 x16 and still have 12 PCIE lanes free for 3x PCIE NVME SSD or 1 PCIE NVME SSD + 3rd GPU PCIE 3.0 x8).
So I think you have now enough info to make your decision.


PS. If you'll use your PC only for gaming and some light works I can also suggest you to go with cheaper option of 8700K + Z370 Board:
1. https://www.amazon.com/Intel-BX80684...keywords=8700k
2. https://www.amazon.com/PRIME-LGA1151...ords=z370+asus
the PSU, RAM, SSD and GPU stays the same as for APEX + 7740x

@Smiki007 ok thanxs for the clarification i use the pc gaming oc (soft/medium) editing video and photo my choice will be msi x299 xpower gaming ac or asus rog strix x299-xe with a VRM revision or asrock x299 oc formula is a good choice?And for the memory i take this https://www.newegg.com/global/it/Pro...82E16820232496 that i think is egual for gaming overclock and enthusiast?So how you can see my choice is only the motherboard and the PSU the battle is cooler master v850 gold and evga g3 850 gold!!!

[Federico_therebe]

ok x299 will be msi x299 xpower gaming ac or asus rog strix x299-xe with a VRM revision or asrock x299 oc formula i hope is a good choice @Smiki007!!!

[ninchen]

yes asus strix x299 xe ist the best

[Federico_therebe]

yes asus strix x299 xe ist the best

Ok but if i want change the heatsinc is possible?
I go for VI apex X299-a/deluxe or aorus gaming 7 and for the PSU i go for seasonic focus plus or prime 750/850!!!

[Federico_therebe]

ok i go-to asus x299 tuf mark 1 or mark 2 or prime x299-a or x299 deluxe the cpu will be 7740x or 7800x/7820x and when cascade lake x is out my next CPU will be this!!!