UK Guy here (1070)

[RobPlev]

Anyone know what time the 1070 will go on sale in GMT? 

[Thony]

No, they dont give this info  all u can do is keep checking Scan.co.uk , ariapc.co.uk, overclockers.co.uk because they are the most likely to list the GPUs before they go up. Alternatively u can email or use live chat on Scan.co.uk and they will tell u.

PS. wait for MSI, EVGA etc. to see their prices and performance. FE might not be worth the money.

[Ser James Acinonyx of Compactis]

11 minutes ago, Thony said:

PS. wait for MSI, EVGA etc. to see their prices and performance. FE might not be worth the money.

To me the biggest deciding factor is probably better cooling on custom cards.

[Thony]

2 minutes ago, Ser James Acinonyx of Compactis said:

To me the biggest deciding factor is probably better cooling on custom cards.

I watched Jay's video on GTX 1080 and custom cooler on MSI vs FE had same freaking temps at load  the clock was same... It broke my heart. The acoustics must be different story though.

[Ser James Acinonyx of Compactis]

1 minute ago, Thony said:

I watched Jay's video on GTX 1080 and custom cooler on MSI vs FE had same freaking temps at load  the clock was same... It broke my heart. The acoustics must be different story though.

Jay's the reason I consider the cooling. Even though I game 99% with a tight, noise cancelling headphones, I still want my pc to be as quiet as absolutely possible xP

[roughavoc]

1 minute ago, Thony said:

I watched Jay's video on GTX 1080 and custom cooler on MSI vs FE had same freaking temps at load  the clock was same... It broke my heart. The acoustics must be different story though.

Going off of other written reviews, they are same in sound too

The 1070 FE doesn't have throttling problems, OC's well. If the board partners pricing is available tomorrow (which I suspect will be the roughly £30 less to more than the FE but won't be in stock for weeks) might have to pull the trigger on the FE, waiting has been a nightmare

[Thony]

1 minute ago, Ser James Acinonyx of Compactis said:

Jay's the reason I consider the cooling. Even though I game 99% with a tight, noise cancelling headphones, I still want my pc to be as quiet as absolutely possible xP

Then u need watercooled gpu

[Ser James Acinonyx of Compactis]

1 minute ago, Thony said:

Then u need watercooled gpu

I do consider the MSI/Corsair or EVGA hybrid cards if they really can go silent. I would rather not work with making a WC loop myself, as I abandoned the project a while back out of frustration with the stupid kit that seems to have incompatible tubes and fittings.