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Thanks.

I bought the RTX 2070 instead of the 2080. I play at 1080/60 (40" LED). If someone ever makes a 40"+ 120hz+ gsync monitor i'll be first in line. I want a large screen with low DPI. I know even the 2070 is overkill. I could have saved $100 on a new GTX 1080 but YOLO- I was already way under...

Realized I never posted the final build. Went with the RTX 2070 instead of 2080. Probably not getting an external sound card- onboard is working OK so far.

Is that a known problem? Mine takes a long time to POST, maybe 10 seconds before the display shows any signs of life. I thought it was a quirk of this board.

What's a normal idle temp for 2600X on stock cooler? Room temp is probably high 60s F. It's idling around 40 C at stock settings + 3200mhz XMP.

Thanks, that's great news. THe upgraded audio is the main reason I went with this model/tier board, hoping i wouldn't need a pcie sound card anymore. The Sound Blaster software/EQ and I/O panel were most of the reason I kept buying them, but my case intentionally doesn't have an external bay for...

My headphones are just a $100 or $150 polk gaming headset so AMP not needed, but I do have a z5500 5.1 system. Can external DACs do 5.1? If i plug my headset in will most driver software automatically switch the speaker output to headphones, then switch back to 5.1 when I unplug them? i really...

the 2080 is a parametric filter place holder. Waiting for 2070 and BFV ray tracing reviews before making a decision between 2070 and 1080 or holding out for future 2060. I game at 1080p because low dpi = EZMOAD first person shooters. Currently using a low latency Vizio TV because my ideal...

Might as well post the whole build: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Somnambulator/saved/ZjvdXL Sound card depends on the onboard sound. Giving the "premium" onboard a shot, first. Haven't used onboard in 15 years. GFX card depends on RTX 2070 performance and pricing and BFV. Hoping ray tracing...

rest of the parts arrive next week. Will use stock cooler and evaluate. went this this ram: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232182 G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Intel Z170 Platform Desktop Memory Model...

Hello- just bought a 2600X + Asus Strix x470-f and have 2 questions. Is it worth upgrading the cooler to an AiO? what's a good 16GB memory kit for the price? (preferably without RGB) Will a better cooler noticeably improve gaming performance (via XFR)? I've been worried about underperforming...

I understand now... I thought the Ti cards were OC'ed x80's, not cut down Titans. This makes so much more sense.

Thanks for the great explanation. 352-bit seemed completely random. Why didn't they go for 384?

How does it have 11GB VRAM? That number doesn't make any sense at all to me. Is it 12GB but with 1GB not traditionally addressable a la GTX970 's .5 GB?

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