@Trav_X @brob thanks for the advice. I'll switch to a dual fan design 1060. For the CPU however, i'll stick with the Xeon due to its reliability and I will definitely not be doing any overclocking as this is a work machine. Also the 1231v3 has basically the same performance as a non-overclocked haswell i7 while at a lower price
The two are really nice. ZOTAC hasn't really been that big in the market of the GPUs (mainly monopolized by Asus, MSI and EVGA) but I think that these new cards really bring it out as a proper competitor. The cooler is fantastic and looks good too! The triple-slot config can be space restricting, yes, however it provides extra cooling capacity and the results are just like Linus talked about (cool and quiet while under oc and load). I think these two cards will be big players in the 900 series market. In general, the 900 series is awesome. You get better performance in every way compared to it's 700 series parent and yey it IS CHEAPER OMGOMHOMGOMGOMG.
Nice video Linus as well . Been watching LTT for a year and every video is fantastic. Have a nice day everyone!