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    iRiley reacted to Sebastian in PCIe 3.0 Lanes with 2xGPU + Intel 750 PCIe Z97 vs X99   
    I think you're getting hung up on the 4x vs 8x. To summarize what other people in this thread have already said:
     
    For a single card, performance will be identical whether it's running at PCIe 3.0 x16, x8, or x4. So don't worry about that. For SLI to be enabled, each card needs to run at either x8 or x16. If one or more cards is at x4, you won't be able to turn on SLI. Z97 has 16 total lanes, which means that if you want to run dual cards in SLI, the only option is for them to both run at x8. This means that if you run SLI on Z97, you will not be able to put in anything else in a PCIe 3.0 slot, Period. The only possible way to use two or more cards in SLI AND a PCIe 3.0 SSD is to use X99.
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    iRiley reacted to jaypro in PCIe 3.0 Lanes with 2xGPU + Intel 750 PCIe Z97 vs X99   
    It obviously comes down to cost.  In my opinion the cost of upgrade from Z97 to X99 definitely does not warrant having your GPU run at a full 16x 16x.  With SLI graphics cards running PCI-E 3.0 8x 8x  will have minimal impact on your gaming.
     
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=rctaLgK5stA, video discussing 16x vs 8x.
     
    Go with Z97 unless you really need the CPU horsepower provided by X99.  Anybody who needs the CPU horsepower of the X99 chipset already knows they need it.  If you think you need it, you probably don't.
     
    If you plan on spending the same money on Z97 vs X99, upgrades to other components will have a much bigger impacts than the platform.  A quick and dirty example of this would be 
     
    Z97 + SLI 980Tis will cost similar to X99 SLI 980, and the first config will outperform the second for most use cases.
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    iRiley reacted to Enderman in H100i Airflow Rate or Radiator Pressure Drop   
    first of all, dont use the stock fans, they are horrible
    second, look at fan benchmarks tested on a radiator like these:
    http://us.hardware.info/comparisontable/products/209720-207887-172469-207867-115496-148836-129249-97872-196643-130177-130182-180863-220413-151333-255136-255135-225145-232931-232933-232929-232930-225146-198800-150359-150357-232642-181434-181433-242738-242739-207868-118242-128931-114469-128930-211635-207094-203876-209749-161245-143867-95163-237059-216688-134396-133511-237017-242961-237018-164607-164608-229977-225137-225142-237014-237013-134020-134021-183456-192932-183457-237015-237016-236381-236382-142699-155962-107195-49539-162404-162408-162528-162526-162523-198443-198444-198442-198445-198446-49505-49507-49503-98487-70323-49481-130200-234449-234448-234450-114438-235132-198448-237012-251298-251299-251300-251301-159638-184801-242737-225125-232575-232577
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