Apart from the performance per watt, which is rather disappointing, it is reported by several benchmarks that RX480 is tapping into the power from the motherboard excessively, failing to meet the PCI-E specifications. https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4qfwd4/rx480_fails_pcie_specification/ I'm a...

Another review of Palit GTX 1070 GameRock Premium Edition from HEXUS.net: http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/93821-palit-geforce-gtx-1070-gamerock-premium-edition/ THE quietest ever GTX 1070/1080 GPU. In full load, the GPU temperature is 70 Celsius with the fan speed "under" 1000 rpm . The total...

Palit GTX 1070 GameRock Premium Edition seems to be a masterpiece in acoustic terms. ComputerBase Review: http://www.computerbase.de/2016-06/palit-geforce-gtx-1070-gamerock-test/ It's heavily overclocked GTX 1070 with boost clock frequency of 2076 MHz (Can it ever be overclocked further than this?)....

No, no pun/irony intended. I also personally think it is slightly risky to change a motherboard. As an anecdote, I once broke a capacitor on an Asrock motherboard in the course of motherboard change, which was catastrophic. All computer components are best left untouched apart from dust cleaning. I'...

I'm sorry for my mistake. You don't have any reason whatsoever to change your existing, wonderfully working motherboard. Period. There is no way I will change my MB now. PLus I have no reason doing so, as Asrock MB works just well. The seemingly technologically savvy term "underclokcing" might sound...

I have been playing games with Asus GTX 970 Strix OC, which consumes up to 170W on full load, on SilverStone ST30SF (300W SFX PSU), without a single problem. Modern PSUs especially by the respectable brands such as Seasonic, SilverStone, Corsair, and Be Quiet, are all capable of even over-provisioni...

I take it that Youtube review video does not count but the Gainward GTX 1080 is quite impressive:

Hardware Unboxed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weLUc1ac1-U

(Watch from 6:30)

68 Celsius at 1050 rpm is something unprecedented for the likes of GTX 1080.

You are absolutely right in understanding that, the bigger the cooler, the better the cooling/acoustic performance is. I haven't investigated RVZ01 ever but there are very few options that can fit into the height of 83mm. I have used both Scythe Big Shuriken Rev. 2 and Noctua NH-L12 (which does not ...

Two lesser-known brands, Palit and Gainward GTX 1080, "sound" amazing according to the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0lj0nmKHYw&index=2&list=FLbgVR32d0KzmHVba2WUn5Mg (Watch from 14:00 for the Palit card) The fan rpms are around 900-1000 rpms, which are incredibly low figures. The...

I must say that you are absolutely reasonable in targeting 40 fps for the witcher 3 on high details. Most rpg games are very playable from 40 fps although there are some discernible differences up until 50 fps. In light of your monitor resolution, even GTX 950 will deliver. However, in light of long...

Although we have yet to see more reviews, I'm leaning towards Asus Strix GTX 1070 rather than MSI Gaming GTX 1070. While it appears that MSI version has a bit more proper cooler covering all VRAM and VRM chips and Asus seems to cover only VRM chips in its entirety, MSI version consumes way too much ...

While I don't find it reasonable to buy K-series CPU for its higher resellability, I think that it actually makes sense to go for a top-end CPU which will not bottleneck the performance of GTX 1080. There are just a couple of triple-A games highly reliant on CPU. Also, the overall CPU technology has...

Under the capitalistic regimes, early adopters are doing great service to the society by spending money. It's sort of a sacrifice and indirect altruism, as a matter of fact. I'll be probably awaiting the release of GTX 1060 by the likes of ASUS and MSI though I'm unsure of my patience, which I suppo...

While most people are excited about the release of GTX 1080 and confirmed specifications of GTX 1070, I'm much more curious as to whether GTX 1060 would rely on additional PCI-E power or not. Not to mention such a graphics card will make cable management easier, as far as my experience goes, any gra...

I'm a long-time ardent customer of Asrock motherboards and, as far as I recall, I have used two Asus motherboards so far including a relatively recent one, Asus H97M-E, which is a part of my main rig. It's really hard to compare them objectively because I'm neither a professional tester nor benchmar...

I have been using "Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B" in two of my computers for a couple of years. The CPUs are i3-4130 and i5-3450. They are reasonably quiet if not completely up to 900-1000 rpms. To the best of my knowledge, it is "the" best available option at the moment for HTPCs. I think that it is...

Corsair has finally made the right move, which they allegedly hesitated for a long time due to less profitability. I wonder whether Corsair SF450 is quieter than SilverStone ST30SF. That is, the fan profile of Corsair SF450 suggests that the fan is idle up to 90W-135W and it does not show exactly wh...

That's quite strange. I haven't had any issue whatsoever regarding Firefox, except that they have disabled Logitech add-on recently. I'm currently using Firefox 44. I have used Firefox for so long a time that I can't even recall when I started to use it (or my memory is deteriorating).

Above the normal office work you described I use translation memory software, scroll through big PDF files with graphics, quite often I have to deal with construction drawings and calculation sheets. Because of permanent multitasking I wanted to choose i5 with bigger cache. I was once convinced eno...

Hi nagi, I'm glad to hear that it's working now anyway. 1. I also experienced the turbo hack of Asrock's Haswell motherboard (B85M Pro4). It didn't matter to me, and actually increased the overall CPU performance of i5-4430 which has the lowest clock among all i5 Haswell CPUs. It's good to hear that...

1. I think Noctua coolers (e.g., NH-U12S) are relatively competitively priced in Scandinavia, partly due to their high availability. Another no-brainer? 2. A few recent AAA game titles indeed started using more than 8GB memory though it's more associated with loading time, which could be a periphera...

Well, I think you have qualifications as an SPCR enthusiast. The list looks brilliant and you might just give it a go. If you allow me to chime in: CPU: Core i5 I5-6600K 3.5 GHz Universally recommended so seems a nobrainer. Yes, it's a no-brainer and I suggest that you go for a Skylake build due to ...

Since I have NH-U12S on my main rig, I just did some tests with Prime 95. I chose the "maximum heat" test to maximize CPU temperature and ran the tests for 5 minutes (it looks quite stable after 5 minutes). My chassis is very poorly ventilated because the front and rear fans are rotatating at 330-35...

3. I've ordered the NOCTUA NH-U9B SE2, and I will experiment with high-tech airflow guides (cardboard). Hi nagi. I'm not as knowledgeable about aftermaket CPU coolers as other people in this forum but I think Scythe Fuma is a decent cooler apart from its clicking noise in low rpm states. Noctua NH-...

It's an astounding revelation that we have been talking about "performance per watt" rather than "absolute power consumption". I give up here. You win! Wow, you are utterly misinformed here. Hyperthreading does affect power consumption. That's actually the very culprit why i7 is harder to cool than ...

If I were the OP, I would simply disable "hyperthreading" in Asrock BIOS ...and in what way will this help cooling? There is some misinformation around about this, TDP is not influenced by hyperthreading. For software development hyperthreading can be beneficial so don't assume that the OP does not...

Maybe we can agree to disagree. We are not really helping the OP as there is no discrete graphics card there. We seem to have had enough about peripheral issues. Please don't let me know your degree or CV. I don't want to know. My experience however dictates the contrary. The existence of GPUs makes...

Well, I did plough through your reply a few times and it didn't come to my mind that GTX 950 might make such a big difference. I also fiddled with many GPUs and CPUs. My experience however dictates the contrary. The existence of GPUs makes only cosmetic differences because hot parts of those GPUs ar...

Don't ever buy fans smaller than 120mm. The same applies for CPU coolers. OK, a strong view there. Bear in mind that if you can't fit a larger size then you don't have a choice. In this instance there are other options involving big tower coolers for 120mm fans but be careful about blanket statemen...

Random thoughts: 1. Don't ever buy fans smaller than 120mm. The same applies for CPU coolers. They produce unbearably high frequency noise. You can understand this fact easily if you studied physics properly. 2. I tinkered with Asrock Haswell & Ivy Bridge (Sandy Bridge) motherboards for a long time ...