TheF34RChannel
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As above, just not the death part just yet
I'm not sure what you mean, not being a native English speaker and all?
Intel Core i7-5820K or i7-6700K?
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I'm not sure what you mean, not being a native English speaker and all?
TheF34RChannel
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I'd missed that comment, by the guvnor himself no less! Now yours makes more sense to me
LOL will do! Ta for all great vids and reviews that formed a great basis of information for my search
I will OC the CPU for a bit when I can and have the new PSU in. And if I kill it somehow (doubtful) I actually found a nice compromise on a CPU and motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Formula (€ 349,90 plus 50,- cash back) (or some other black+red board) and an Intel Core i7-4790K (€ 354,89 plus 73,- cash back).
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TheF34RChannel
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Hope this doesn't count as a double post? I assume it's not since it's not a copy of a previous one.
Got the GTX 970 Strix in, very nice and aggressive looking card! It's sagging though, from midway up to the front. 1) Is that harmful? 2) Any way to resolve that, if even for looks?
I've watched TTL's 980 Strix review and his wasn't sagging, he said
Got the GTX 970 Strix in, very nice and aggressive looking card! It's sagging though, from midway up to the front. 1) Is that harmful? 2) Any way to resolve that, if even for looks?
I've watched TTL's 980 Strix review and his wasn't sagging, he said
NeverBackDown
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Hope this doesn't count as a double post? I assume it's not since it's not a copy of a previous one.
Got the GTX 970 Strix in, very nice and aggressive looking card! It's sagging though, from midway up to the front. 1) Is that harmful? 2) Any way to resolve that, if even for looks?
I've watched TTL's 980 Strix review and his wasn't sagging, he said
It does count as a Double Post.. you posted twice in a row lol
If it is a slight bend then it shouldn't be a problem. If you try to bend it back at all and it seems pretty fragile or weak, then I would worry. But it's most likely a non issue. My 3 year old 7950 didn't sag at the beginning but after about 2 years i noticed it a little more. It's just gravity working over time.
TheF34RChannel
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It does count as a Double Post.. you posted twice in a row lol
If it is a slight bend then it shouldn't be a problem. If you try to bend it back at all and it seems pretty fragile or weak, then I would worry. But it's most likely a non issue. My 3 year old 7950 didn't sag at the beginning but after about 2 years i noticed it a little more. It's just gravity working over time.
Oh sorry about that lads!
It's a 'non-issue' that most Strix owners seem to have, I found online, and there are some that creatively resolved it (zip ties, fishing line and what not). It's a slight sag. I wonder if TTL has got some really good looking solution to this?
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TheF34RChannel
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Been thinking about that too. As soon as the sleeved cables come in I'm putting the new PSU in. That's one heavy unit (PSU); I like it
Been trying some GTA 5 with Strix tonight, increased some settings too; it's way smoother! I'm going to marry that card!!Well the 970 can be close to almost twice the performance of the 770 when OC'd. Have a play around with that as well. Either way enjoy your new card, hopefully Nvidia does release some sort of fix for the memory. Obviously won't be able to use the whole 4gb at full speed, just want them to reserve that slow ram for something like Windows or something and not give games access to it.
TheF34RChannel
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I definitely will! It came with a factory oc out of the box already too with plenty power left. Yeah the ram issue could do with your idea. Doesn't hurt me in games with my resolution, like I said, I had a full 4GB card and it was slower. The whole Maxwell package is amazing!
Did you have anything in mind? As to how to route them, I mean? For now I have used zip ties which works great. Attached to the vent at the front of the card.
I've also ordered some red and black Corsair vengeance pro cl9, goes better with the theme.
Edit: but instead went with the TridentX because they offer the same speed at CL8. Still waiting for the red sleeved PSU cables, very hard to come by in the Netherlands it seems, but found a different webshop but at a premium price, screw it lol ordered them. Meanwhile I solved the GPU sagging with zip ties,betyer on the eyes this way.
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