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If you want a predone kit one like Cable Mod or Bitfenix Alchemy 2.0 use magnetic LED strips. 

Do it @SnipeYa, it's awesome!!!

yeah, and what it can do is use a huge amount of resources to cripple nvidia performance
which regular triple A games do not do since they dont need to have thousands of AIs running at the same time
 
and no, makes no difference if its DX11 port or not, it still coded for DX12 and utilizes DX12 featuers

Probably not, but it'd be nice for future-proofing. Last system I built was 2009, so I tend to try and go long w/ a system.

I tried that, but sometimes you run the risk of not being able to find the same model/make of display card for esthetics...
 
From the few examples of SLI benches from 1080's I've seen... it seems on good SLI profiles the gain is 90% average, much better than previous generations.
 
@RadicalAns, I think SLI 1070's might be the way to go if there's a budget involved, but SLI 1080's will definitely scale better and give more future proofing with DX12 mGPU support.

AMD RX 480 is slower than GTX 980

Still waiting on our Core sample from Razer.

Note: If this was posted in the wrong section, I apologise and request it be moved to the right one.
 
For @LinusTech & @nicklmg
 
Like the title says... if you can get access to a NUC6i7KYK Skull Canyon NUC. Give it a go in terms of Gaming (both using Iris Pro iGPU and possibly using a Razor Core (again if feasable)) and Content Creation capabilities (for like on the fly at events and such).
 
Really interested in seeing your view on it...

I'm pretty excited for this. Could be possible one of the most compact gaming solutions ever.

Have a list:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Other: RX 480 8GB ($229.00)
Total: $628.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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well, yes 21:9 support isn't there in a lot of games, especially anything older than a couple years. But 21:9 support is becoming a thing on new releases. But when it is supported, and you have a system that can run that resolution at a good frame rate, oh boy is it good.

I was pretty straight forward. The factory OC may or may not give you an idea of how OCing may go. It's one of many factors to consider before buying a card.

Reports said it would be using LGA-3647. 
 
And that title, you got me. 

Honestly I still don't see the point of 3/4 way sli, though it is also pointless to require a key to access a feature of your product.
 
Either way I'm surprised they did this stupid enthusiast key thing to begin with

In reality, this is the truth with SLI in general. Yes, most applications and games may support at least two-way SLI, but there are times where SLI compatibility is sketchy, or outright non-functional.

Instead of speculating just wait for the cards to release and watch a few benchmarks.

They are not affected at all since they dont use SLI

Purely for a clocks point of view, the Strix wins hands down...

The Strix looks cooler (literally) in my opinion.

That includes us single card dual GPU people right?

May I ask for source of this?

Agreed, this sounds fishy...
 
 

Remember nothing is a guarantee. Both companies don't bin the cards so you are playing the silicon lottery. 

Agreed.  The Indian dude keeps harping about the 480 being the cheapest VR capable card they will produce.  Well currently the minimum for VR on AMD's side is the 390.  So yes, the 480 will simply be a 390 replacement.
 
What's a dumb move is taking a step back with only 4gb of vram.  8gb will be available for an additional cost.  Probably +$50.
 
So basically the 480 (8gb model) will be a cooler running 390 for $50 less 

This comparison happen because AMD doing the whole 2 480 vs 1080 things. Which is completely BS as for example 2 GTX 960 in SLI perform just a tiny bit behind a 980Ti and Titan X in most game, do we compare those (which cost about 500$ in total too) to a 1000$ Titan X?