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Okay.. The reason I said don't use acetone is because you had a chance of quite literally melting your board. That would not have been pleasant. My guess is that something in pcb is being bridged thanks to the heat (fan leads, probably). Have you called your supplier? - Space

The only issue is I'm looking for three. Three ROG SWIFTs are a little on the pricy side (~$2000). I'll look into that one. Does anyone have any 1440p recommendations? - Space

Yeah. I don't play CSGO more than I do (I sleep, sometimes). Any recommendations on a 1440p monitor?

How are the colors on it? I'm also planning on getting these around Christmas this year, so I can wait. Personally, I'd rather not do 21:9, as using three of them would be almost too wide. My budget is sub-1000 for the three (I could go a tiny bit over for a compelling reason). Thanks for the responses so far! - Space

You said that it had a reference fan on it so it would work on air. Just trying to clear up any confusion between hybrid/air/wc cards. No, the EVGA card will not function on air alone. It'll fry pretty quickly.

My first word of warning: do not use acetone. It dissolves plastic (it's how they glue 3D printed parts together. Melt the two pieces with acetone and hold them together). I'd first go and buy isopropyl alcohol, and clean the die thoroughly. You don't need a lot of thermal paste, but slightly more than a CPU would. Second, I'd make sure that you're putting the thermal pads back on the cooler. That can be problematic. Third, this sounds like it could be a BIOS issue. Try booting up and resetting the fan back to default settings. If that doesn't work, look VERY carefully at the fan headers, and try to see if they have any breaks in them. If none of this works, call your graphics card vendor and explain the issue. - Space

Linus did a video on this... It's not exactly what you may be looking for, however, it still proves the above point, posted by The_Stig. I personally (unless you want the bling factor) would go with the single card, because chances are your CPU can't support more than 16 PCI-e lanes. - Space

Just to clear up, the way it works is almost the same as an aftermarket air system. It will function perfectly on air, however, it will run as hot as a reference card without putting water through the (already installed) waterblock. It's not a reference design, those are the blowercoolers. It would work fine on air alone. Possibly on the hot side, however, you've basically taken a massive cooler then stuck a waterblock in the middle. It's a jack of all trades card. It will work as hot as a reference card on air, the cooling would be fine (but not as good as a full-cover WB) on water. In my opinion, just buy a reference card from EVGA and put a waterblock on it later (that way you can get a really nice waterblock). - Space

Hey, everyone! So, let's start with my rig. I'm running a reference (soon to be WC'ed, hopefully) GTX 780 (that's one HDMI, one DP, one DVI-I, and one DVI-D), and am looking for monitors. Yes, monitors. Plural. I have a rather large desk (it's technically an 8ft dining table), and feel like filling it up. I'm looking for three screens for nVidia's Surround. My current monitor is a 46-inch (the neck strain...) Sony Bravia TV. It's not great, but it gets the job done. In my games, I like beauty. I do edit videos & some photos, but I'm not looking for some fancy schmancy professional monitor, as I'm not too sure on their gaming capabilities. I play CS a lot, so it needs to be fast, but I play GTA V too, so it needs to look good. Does anyone have any ideas? Ideally, I'm looking for either 1080p or 1440p monitors (16:9), as I don't think my graphics card can handle 4K. However, since I'm planning on getting three, I'd rather not spend the money on three ROG SWIFTs. Does anyone have any recommendations for three monitors, sub-1000, or even just opinions on my idea? Here's my rig, for anyone that cares: Thanks in advance!

Any recommendations?

Hello! Out of curiosity, since I'm a heavy gamer and I do video and photo editing, would it be possible to do surround with different panel types? I.e., use a fast TN panel in the center, then two IPS panels on the sides? Either way, what monitors would you guys recommend! Rig:

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Well, being a video editor/renderer, I'd probably turn this into a beast editing rig. Nothing lives up to the 5820K's power, except the 5960X probably, or the massive 18 core Xeon coming soon.

Patent Trolls 0/10 - IGN Trolling Patents 0/100 - Metacritic Claiming copyright of someone else's stuff 10/10 - Chinese businesses (No harm meant, just referencing this) I'd prefer the mATX, because these systems are for gaming with bling, not for a constant work PC or small form factor.

Ohh! Thanks for the info! I never knew!