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Nice but only 25" and 1080p? Umm, no.

If you're going for a water-block, why not just get the FTW version since you can OC it up to close to kingpin-level unless of course, you want more. Kingpin is good on air too since it's prebinned to perform better than the rest. But if you're going for just air cooling, HoF for similar performance and way cheaper than Kingpin.

HoF is neck-to-neck with the Kingpin in world class overclock ranking as on previous GPUs. That's about similar performance for $300 less than a Kingpin but if you have the extra money to throw, I'd get the kingpin for sure.

Looks nice but only good for productivity/rpg, won't bother picking up til they have an 144fps down the road.

Yuck

Careful what you wish for... next iteration might have RGB disco ball. lmao

It's not fanboy-ism if the product performs better if not twice as much as the competitor for half the price.

Damn

Neat case-hardened skin

Don't worry, SpaceX has or will develop a program for that too.

I just jizzed my pants. Holy balls, this GPU is ridiculous.

I recently switched from an 60hz ultrawide 29" IPS to a 144hz IPS 27" and now I don't intend of going back to slow 60hz. Its so much smoother.

Good for google. Maybe theb other ad publishers would had to surround their ads within Googles parameter of acceptable ad.

HBM2.0 can't come soon enough but the developers would have to be on board with utilizing the technology on their releases.

T-MOBILE note5 got it a week or two ago.

2560x1440 100hz 27" or any ultrawide above 29"

Meh. I use autoexec file that blocks that stuff among other things.

Any suggestions perhaps persuade what my friend is building? Here's what he comes up with so far.. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($345.99 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($139.25 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX CODE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($290.15 @ Amazon) Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($719.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 960 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($329.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($779.99) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($779.99) Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Amazon) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.99) Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG348Q 34.0" 3440x1440 100Hz Monitor ($1199.90 @ Amazon) Keyboard: Corsair K70 LUX RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard ($139.99 @ Amazon) Total: $4955.22 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-12 15:48 EDT-0400

I think he is going for a single 1080ti FTW3 for now and a X34 predator monitor.

That's what I suggested to him too. Get a single 1080ti at first and see how it fares.

Let say, he buys another 1080ti, wouldn't be safer to get a 1000-watt PSU now then buy a new one later? Also, did they fix the issue with Krakens X61 pump noises?

Definitely. I don't think he's interested on doing custom loops so I'm guessing it's either the HERO or CODE.

I doubt he'll use it for content creation. More likely gaming/streaming (MMO-RPGs) and minor school work projects.

Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO over Maximus IX Code, yay or nay?