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a. Two 970's in sli are perfect for most games at 1440p. The only issue you may run into is vram given that 1440p may require more. b. No, the cards do not have to be identical. Just the same model (ie 970 and 970. 960 and 960)

I remember seeing your post about soldering back the pins and I was like "pfft good luck dude". But damn you were actually able to do it! Nice job! Do you have pictures of your CPU after it was fixed? I'm pretty curious to how you were able to just solder it and get it working again.

Ah I guess that makes sense

Does my Asus 780ti directcu ii have shitty vrm heatsinks or something because it gets to 84ish degrees.... How does the 980 ti matrix keep its vrms so cool?

The main issue with my case is that it can't fit a rad larger than a 120mm. I guess I'll just wait til I do a full upgrade before I watercool. Thanks for the advice

hm... Would it be worth it to watercool my 3570k though? I'd probably need to change my case too if I'm going to watercool my CPU since my current case can't fit rads in the top or the front.

WUT.... 63???? Dayum

Mine hit 84ish at stock.... :huh: I cranked the fan speeds up when i overclock but it creeps up no matter what :angry:

sigh, i guess that's the sad truth....

Yeah. I would also need a pump, res, and rad... Though since I'm only cooling the gpu, I wouldn't need anything too expensive right? so maybe 200 total?

Ah yeah, I was considering on replacing the heatsinks with better ones. I just have no clue which are good. I might... Only issue is that it probably would probably be pretty expensive and also its hard to find the block now a days.

Is there an effective way to better cool the vrms on a gpu? I've got a 780ti directcu ii and the vrms are only cooled by heatsinks. They eventually heat up enough to where it destabilizes my overclocks.

I've got an Asus 780 ti Directcu ii and from what I've read, its not possible to use a watercooling bracket like the G10 on it. So would it be worth it to build a custom 120mm rad loop just for the gpu? Also what would the ballpark cost for building a small loop like that?

Hey everyone! So I've decided to give a shot at fine tuning the overclock on my Asus 780 ti Direct CU II for games. So currently I know it'll run at 1150Mhz Core and 1800Mhz Mem at 1187mV. It is the "I don't have time to be messing with overclocks right now" conservative overclock that I put on it whenever I play games. I know I have to just keep running benchmarks like Valley or Firestrike and increase the clocks in increments of like 10 or 15 Mhz, but I was wondering if there is anything else I should be paying attention to or tweaking? I want to now try to get every last fps out of this card when gaming and so I'd like some help fine tuning my overclock. I have hit 1301Mhz core and 1879Mhz mem when benchmarking before, but I remember it was starting to artifact and after one run it refused to run at anything close to it. I'm guessing its because my card would randomly drop voltage. Is my voltage tied to the temps I'm getting? With stock bios, I'm unable to tweak my voltages at all. I have tried running skynet bios on my card to try an overvolt, but it got really unstable and so I'm just going to stay away from modded bios...

What I'm thinking is that his psu isn't good enough either quality wise or just overall wattage. I experienced crashing before when overclocking when I had a psu that didn't give them enough juice.

Thanks for the quick review! Sounds like a really good monitor and damn a 5 year warranty? Now I really want to get the monitor...

Thanks for your input! I have to agree that this aspect ratio is really expensive and is going to stay expensive... Now that the 34UC87C is not on sale anymore, I'm looking at the U3415W. What's your thoughts on it?

Just a heads up, it is $679 after promo code on Newegg. I was considering this monitor but I just can't pull the trigger yet...

Oh sorry, I was talking about 1440p ultrawide. I'll fix that in my post. Thanks for the link anyway. Thanks for the input! I initially considered an ultrawide 1080p as they are cheaper and are almost like my two monitors without the bezel inbetween, but it doesn't solve my vertical screen real estate issue and so I don't think it would be worth it

I recently noticed that the 34UC87C was only $639 on amazon, making it the cheapest ultrawide 1440p on the US market right now according to PCPartPicker. Would it be a worth while upgrade over my dual 1080p 23" monitors? The specific model of monitors that I have right now is the s2330mx. Edit: Actually, I found the 34UM95C is the cheapest at $629, but I feel like for 10 bucks more for curved is worth it. My situation: I like having dual monitors for the screen real estate but it just takes up quite a bit of space on my desk (its not worth while to mount them on a dual monitor stand as they don't have VESA mounts) and they just don't seem to display enough vertically. The ultrawide should display more vertically and take less space on my desk. My main purpose of use is productivity as I'm in college and I spend a lot of my time on my computer reading textbooks and typing up notes and papers. The rest of the time spent on my desktop is playing games (usually fps and occasionally rpgs like witcher) and the 21:9 aspect ratio seems really cool to play on. I'm not a competitive gamer so I feel like the 60hz would be fine though I still wish g-sync ultrawides were cheaper . My dad's opinion is that its still too expensive and that I should wait another 6 months to see where the market goes. I'm open to anyone's opinions as I do feel like this still is kind of an impulse buy and outside opinions would help me decide if the upgrade is worth it. Side note: Would dual 1440p monitors be a better option? It's still cheaper (when there are sales) to get a g-sync 1440p monitor than an ultrawide 1440p...

I'd personally get the monitor. You hold on to a monitor longer than you do a graphics card

That sawing... Ouch...

I have to agree that the V Modas are good for the money as I was able to get mine for $79 USD on Amazon during a sale. Edit: With a modmic, its also awesome for gaming.

You're the first person I've see recommend the V Moda Crossfades. I own a pair of V Moda Crossfade LP and I'd say they're not bad but the bass can be a bit muddy and will interfere with the high/mids. However, I'd still say they're pretty good though. I don't own any other headphones though and so that's just in comparison with my ie80s.