GTX 1070

[JoshPJ]

Should I get the Palit Gamerock 1070 or the gigabyte founders edition 1070, I love the look of founders edition and i dont like the blue on the gamerock becuase it doesnt match the colour scheme of my pc howver If im not mistaken the gamerock is a better card, what does everyone think? (the price difference is only £10 between them)

[LHJKO]

go with the palit or another 1070 there are lots of them 

[JoshPJ]

Just now, Vernw3 said:

go with the palit or another 1070 there are lots of them 

yeah but they start to get too expensive personally

[Skiiwee29]

Deal with the mis matched colors. The sound of the founders cooler compared to what you will get with an after market cooler with an AIB card... no contest. 

[LHJKO]

13 minutes ago, JoshPJ said:

yeah but they start to get too expensive personally

vinyl wrap it 

[JoshPJ]

Just now, Vernw3 said:

vinyl wrap it 

What's that????

[JoshPJ]

5 minutes ago, legacy99 said:

Deal with the mis matched colors. The sound of the founders cooler compared to what you will get with an after market cooler with an AIB card... no contest. 

I would love to see the founders in my pc but your right, thanks.

[Dalitten]

6 hours ago, JoshPJ said:

I would love to see the founders in my pc but your right, thanks.

I too were like you, still am. I LOVE the look of the referance cards from Nvidia. But they do indeed make some noice. Luckily i bought some new headphones that remove most of the sound, but still. I have had to put the thermal and powerlimit to max(92C) . Going for an aftermarket cooler is going to be alot less quiet. But in my opinion, none can look as good as Founders

 

Here's a picture of my rig  

[JoshPJ]

5 hours ago, Dalitten said:

I too were like you, still am. I LOVE the look of the referance cards from Nvidia. But they do indeed make some noice. Luckily i bought some new headphones that remove most of the sound, but still. I have had to put the thermal and powerlimit to max(92C) . Going for an aftermarket cooler is going to be alot less quiet. But in my opinion, none can look as good as Founders

 

Here's a picture of my rig  

Just seeing the "GEFORCE GTX" inside the case looks soooooo good its such a hard descision.

[Dalitten]

10 minutes ago, JoshPJ said:

Just seeing the "GEFORCE GTX" inside the case looks soooooo good its such a hard descision.

Hehe  What resolution and hz will you be playing at? What it comes down is wheter or not you can live with a little more noice. Which I am fine with, But what will likely happen is thermal throttling. So with auto fan speed it will hit 82C and throttle to keep itself cool, you will loose some fps from this, but this has not really bothered me. I usually have it on 50% fan speed. And mind you, I have not the best airflow in my case, which is almost "suffocating" the front intake. 

 

Oh and this is a little more recent picture, with a light strip and AiO CPU cooler  

[JoshPJ]

11 minutes ago, Dalitten said:

Hehe  What resolution and hz will you be playing at? What it comes down is wheter or not you can live with a little more noice. Which I am fine with, But what will likely happen is thermal throttling. So with auto fan speed it will hit 82C and throttle to keep itself cool, you will loose some fps from this, but this has not really bothered me. I usually have it on 50% fan speed. And mind you, I have not the best airflow in my case, which is almost "suffocating" the front intake. 

 

Oh and this is a little more recent picture, with a light strip and AiO CPU cooler  

1080p and 60hz, would the msi aero be any quieter?

[Dalitten]

5 minutes ago, JoshPJ said:

1080p and 60hz, would the msi aero be any quieter?

Nah not really, it uses the same blower style cooling. I would either go for a Founder Edition, or go for a dual fan card. Maybe a MSI Armor card, this is alot quieter. If you have room in your budget. Or try to find a 1070 from EVGA or Asus, which both have good cooling and low noise. 

[JoshPJ]

3 minutes ago, Dalitten said:

Nah not really, it uses the same blower style cooling. I would either go for a Founder Edition, or go for a dual fan card. Maybe a MSI Armor card, this is alot quieter. If you have room in your budget. Or try to find a 1070 from EVGA or Asus, which both have good cooling and low noise. 

If you can get an evga or asus card without going over £1100 for me that would be nice. https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/ZfzLRG

 

 

[Dalitten]

7 minutes ago, JoshPJ said:

If you can get an evga or asus card without going over £1100 for me that would be nice. https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/ZfzLRG

 

 

Really awesome PC! Like that you added 2 extra fans since the S340 don't have intake  And I see how it can be hard to get anthing but the Founders in there. You have chosen good parts for the rest of the build. 

Go with the Founders, I don't think you'll get a better price then 400$. It's not that loud and it looks good. If you want to, you can get a MSI GTX 1060 and loose some performance, but at least you system will be very quiet.

[JoshPJ]

1 minute ago, Dalitten said:

Really awesome PC! Like that you added 2 extra fans since the S340 don't have intake  And I see how it can be hard to get anthing but the Founders in there. You have chosen good parts for the rest of the build. 

Go with the Founders, I don't think you'll get a better price then 400$. It's not that loud and it looks good. If you want to, you can get a MSI GTX 1060 and loose some performance, but at least you system will be very quiet.

I have noise cancelling headphones and im not bothered about noise so the founders it is because it looks beautiful

[Dalitten]

Great! Enjoy and hope the build goes well.  

 

Happy Gaming

[JoshPJ]

Just now, Dalitten said:

Great! Enjoy and hope the build goes well.  

 

Happy Gaming

Thanks man!

[MilfShake]

4 hours ago, JoshPJ said:

Just seeing the "GEFORCE GTX" inside the case looks soooooo good its such a hard descision.

The EVGA card will even say "EVGA GEFORCE GTX 1080 SC/FTW/SC2" and it is RGB lol

[JoshPJ]

2 hours ago, MilfShake said:

The EVGA card will even say "EVGA GEFORCE GTX 1080 SC/FTW/SC2" and it is RGB lol

How much does it cost?

[MilfShake]

33 minutes ago, JoshPJ said:

How much does it cost?

Bought my refurbished 1080 FTW for CAD 580 (around USD 430 I think?) and has been running and overclocking like a dream

[JoshPJ]

Just now, MilfShake said:

Bought my refurbished 1080 FTW for CAD 580 (around USD 430 I think?) and has been running and overclocking like a dream

I found a SC 1070 for £430 so im gonna go with that

 

[MilfShake]

3 minutes ago, JoshPJ said:

I found a SC 1070 for £430 so im gonna go with that

 

new? I mean if you're not afraid of refurbished you can get some amazing deals from EVGA website. They give a nice warranty period and good customer service too

[JoshPJ]

Just now, MilfShake said:

new? I mean if you're not afraid of refurbished you can get some amazing deals from EVGA website. They give a nice warranty period and good customer service too

Oh i didnt know you could get them from the EVGA website I will check that out now

[JoshPJ]

3 minutes ago, MilfShake said:

new? I mean if you're not afraid of refurbished you can get some amazing deals from EVGA website. They give a nice warranty period and good customer service too

Where can you find the refurbished cards?

 

[ZenMonkey]

The 1070s are still way overpriced, but that argument aside I bought a Gigabyte Turbo 1080 and I hate it. I'm not sure how different it is from the FE variant, but their personalized blower style card is utter crap for controlling thermals. I have to run a very aggressive fan curve just to keep it in the mid-80s. Therefore, I don't recommend a Gigabyte blower style card, or any of them really.