AuthenticM
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I don't know how long they've been doing it, but Monoprice started selling "gaming" monitors. There are only five of them. Can anyone tell if they are good or not ? And are they good deals ?
"I Need a New PC!" 2014 Part 2. Read OP, your 2500K will run Witcher 3. MX100s! 970!
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If you are going to go that route, it's probably best to bump the PSU up to the 600w model as mentioned in the following posts. Just to make sure it stays efficient and quiet
OS on an SSD is a must.
If your OS isn't already on a SSD, then, install it asap on the MX100. With the left over space, you can install games on it. Steammover is another simple easy option to move games from HDD to SSD and back.
My Cooler Master Hyper 612 is making some weird noises so I ordered an h100i.
What is the most efficient way to mount it?
I have a Phantom 410, 2 aerocool sharks (don't need to use them unless they make a big difference) and a 3570k @4.2Ghz stock voltage. I can probably overclock it a little more, but a quiet system is my priority.
What is the most efficient way to mount it?
I have a Phantom 410, 2 aerocool sharks (don't need to use them unless they make a big difference) and a 3570k @4.2Ghz stock voltage. I can probably overclock it a little more, but a quiet system is my priority.
Anyone have issues with hissing on the Xonar DGX? It was working fine up until today. Everything is making a hissing sound. Not sure what could be causing an interference if it is that, haven't changed anything. I did try plugging it into another PCIE slot, did not help, tried another headset and speaker still hissing. Only left channel. Help. Onboard work fine.
edit: This guy has same issue and getting a new card didn't help nooo. http://www.overclock.net/t/1368129/xonar-dgx-crackling-hissing
edit: This guy has same issue and getting a new card didn't help nooo. http://www.overclock.net/t/1368129/xonar-dgx-crackling-hissing
michaelius
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All of them looks like Korean 27" and 30" displays.
IIRC they are the A- Korean panels, but ship from US pretty much.
You can get a Nixeus DP panel for the same price ($400) and they both have 1 YR warranty and the Nixeus panels are supposed to be A/A+.
FWIW
Whatever doesn't cause you frustration, you have basically no load. I would have just replaced the fan TBH. Hopefully pump isn't too loud for ya. LMK
Dunno never had that problem.
Unfortunate, PM a mod on the subreddit. Most of those accounts popup and then leave.
Damn nice. I got one. I've had pretty good experiences with Amazon Warehouse. Bought a lens from them once and it was missing some of the accessories that come with it and they gave me a 10% discount. Hopefully this is in good working condition.
edit: maan that thing got really bad reviews. Even accounting for vocal minority.. seems like half of them end up dead in the first week. Crossing my fingers
I have a new respect for PC Hardware Reviewers. Finally got my build up and running. I'll detail some of the issues I had after some pics:
Specs:
Case - Corsair Air 540
Motherboard - Asus Rampage IV Black Edition
CPU - Core i7 4930k
RAM - 16GB Corsair Vengeance
Graphics - 3x GTX Titan Black
Fans - 3x 120mm Corsair AF120s HP, 4x Corsair SP120
Cooling - Corsair H100i
PSU - Evga Supernova 1300w
Storage - 2TB HDD, 1x 750GB Samsung Evo SSD,1x 120GB Intel SSD,
Other - White sleeved EVGA PSU cables, EVGA 3 way Pro SLI bridge, Nzxt Sentry Mix 2 fan controller
Overview:
EVGA Power Supply Set + 3 way SLI Pro Bridge:
]
Corsair Air 540:
w/ 3x Corsair AF120s
Rampage IV Black Edition
All together (cable management is a mess will of course address later)
I need to do something with the fan cables from the push/pull setup. They are going into the H100i pump using Y cables. I may have to get some extenders because it cannot stay how it currently is. Would love to have them running through the back.
I used the red cable from the original PSU package. The white sleeved cables I ordered only came with two 2 x 6+2pin + 6pin PCI-E VGA Cables. Rather than use adapters or combining the numerous 6+2pin cables they included, I just went with the red. There's red accents on the board so I guess it kind of works out *shrug*
Front w/ ROG OC Panel + Fan controller
The OC panel lets you OC on the fly without having to go into BIOS to make changes. Tells you your CPU temp and other readings.
The cables:
Corsair H100 in push/pull
I have these setup as intakes as well as the 3 120mm in the front. The rear 140mm fan as an exhaust.
3x Titan Blacks w/ EVGA Pro SLI Bridge:
So many pretty lights! lol
6 cores running cool:
It's been an experience.
Push/pull was a bitch to get installed. The Corsair SP120 fans don't naturally fit on the rear due to the rubber part of the fan. I've seen some pics where people have got it in, but you really have to apply pressure to do so and I didn't feel like going through all of that. Why they haven't fixed this yet is beyond me. Apparently it's been like this for awhile.
First issue I had was the board only recognizing 12GB of RAM. I took everything out and started back up and...nothing. Turns out the 24 pin ATX cable came undone. Ok. Plugged back in and got code 55 on the LED. Memory not initialized or incompatible. Took them out again and re arranged them, gave it another go and it worked.
3-way SLI wouldn't enable. NVCP would only see 2 cards even though the third was in the system:
So I took the cards out and tried them in a different order. In the process I noticed that the Rampage IV Black Edition has a 4 pin Molex EZ Plug next to the audio connector. A look in the manual shows this is to supply extra power to the board when using 3+ GPUs. Took care of that and now everything is good:
Also kept getting a msvcp100.dll missing error whenever I tried to run anything GPU related. So I had to look around for a fix and finally found one. Applied and worked.
So yeah this has been my weekend. There's tons to dig into and this board is made for OC, but I'm not in the mood for all of that right now. Everything is stock. Will address cable management next. For anybody else that has a push/pull config, any idea of how to get rid of all the cables. Extenders the only option here?
Specs:
Case - Corsair Air 540
Motherboard - Asus Rampage IV Black Edition
CPU - Core i7 4930k
RAM - 16GB Corsair Vengeance
Graphics - 3x GTX Titan Black
Fans - 3x 120mm Corsair AF120s HP, 4x Corsair SP120
Cooling - Corsair H100i
PSU - Evga Supernova 1300w
Storage - 2TB HDD, 1x 750GB Samsung Evo SSD,1x 120GB Intel SSD,
Other - White sleeved EVGA PSU cables, EVGA 3 way Pro SLI bridge, Nzxt Sentry Mix 2 fan controller
Overview:
EVGA Power Supply Set + 3 way SLI Pro Bridge:
]
Corsair Air 540:
w/ 3x Corsair AF120s
Rampage IV Black Edition
All together (cable management is a mess will of course address later)
I need to do something with the fan cables from the push/pull setup. They are going into the H100i pump using Y cables. I may have to get some extenders because it cannot stay how it currently is. Would love to have them running through the back.
I used the red cable from the original PSU package. The white sleeved cables I ordered only came with two 2 x 6+2pin + 6pin PCI-E VGA Cables. Rather than use adapters or combining the numerous 6+2pin cables they included, I just went with the red. There's red accents on the board so I guess it kind of works out *shrug*
Front w/ ROG OC Panel + Fan controller
The OC panel lets you OC on the fly without having to go into BIOS to make changes. Tells you your CPU temp and other readings.
The cables:
Corsair H100 in push/pull
I have these setup as intakes as well as the 3 120mm in the front. The rear 140mm fan as an exhaust.
3x Titan Blacks w/ EVGA Pro SLI Bridge:
So many pretty lights! lol
6 cores running cool:
It's been an experience.
Push/pull was a bitch to get installed. The Corsair SP120 fans don't naturally fit on the rear due to the rubber part of the fan. I've seen some pics where people have got it in, but you really have to apply pressure to do so and I didn't feel like going through all of that. Why they haven't fixed this yet is beyond me. Apparently it's been like this for awhile.
First issue I had was the board only recognizing 12GB of RAM. I took everything out and started back up and...nothing. Turns out the 24 pin ATX cable came undone. Ok. Plugged back in and got code 55 on the LED. Memory not initialized or incompatible. Took them out again and re arranged them, gave it another go and it worked.
3-way SLI wouldn't enable. NVCP would only see 2 cards even though the third was in the system:
So I took the cards out and tried them in a different order. In the process I noticed that the Rampage IV Black Edition has a 4 pin Molex EZ Plug next to the audio connector. A look in the manual shows this is to supply extra power to the board when using 3+ GPUs. Took care of that and now everything is good:
Also kept getting a msvcp100.dll missing error whenever I tried to run anything GPU related. So I had to look around for a fix and finally found one. Applied and worked.
So yeah this has been my weekend. There's tons to dig into and this board is made for OC, but I'm not in the mood for all of that right now. Everything is stock. Will address cable management next. For anybody else that has a push/pull config, any idea of how to get rid of all the cables. Extenders the only option here?
Blackage
Member
Dear merciful god, how much was this PC?
Did you take out a PC note with a bank? rofl.
Did you list out the entire build anywhere?
Dear merciful god, how much was this PC?
Did you take out a PC note with a bank? rofl.
Did you list out the entire build anywhere?
Here's full specs for the machine
Specs:
Case - Corsair Air 540
Motherboard - Asus Rampage IV Black Edition
CPU - Core i7 4930k
RAM - 16GB Corsair Vengeance
Graphics - 3x GTX Titan Black
Fans - 3x 120mm Corsair AF120s HP, 4x Corsair SP120
Cooling - Corsair H100i
PSU - Evga Supernova G2 1300w
Storage - 2TB HDD, 1x 750GB Samsung Evo SSD,1x 120GB Intel SSD,
Other - White sleeved EVGA PSU cables, EVGA 3 way Pro SLI bridge, Nzxt Sentry Mix 2 fan controller
zeroeffect
Member
Damn Smokey, I'm jealous man. Looks good.
Not sure when I'm going to get my new rig up. I want to do it before Dragon Age comes out on PC and after the CPUs hit later this month. I don't know if to wait on new GPUs though because it seems like they're not going to make it into this year.
Not sure when I'm going to get my new rig up. I want to do it before Dragon Age comes out on PC and after the CPUs hit later this month. I don't know if to wait on new GPUs though because it seems like they're not going to make it into this year.
FreezerGeezer
Member
Could do with a little advice, just mulling some stuff over.
Thinking of doing some upgrades towards the end of the year / early next.
Just pulling my build from my order history (PcCaseGear - Australia)
Thinking new GPU, maybe some more Ram and possibly a SSD (if the wallet is in a good mood).
With the GPU I was considering a 780 or a R9 290, especially if the price has dropped towards the end of the year / with the release of the 8xx series.
Power supply and Mono, all good?
Thanks for any input guys, really do appreciate it.
Thinking of doing some upgrades towards the end of the year / early next.
Just pulling my build from my order history (PcCaseGear - Australia)
Thinking new GPU, maybe some more Ram and possibly a SSD (if the wallet is in a good mood).
With the GPU I was considering a 780 or a R9 290, especially if the price has dropped towards the end of the year / with the release of the 8xx series.
Power supply and Mono, all good?
Thanks for any input guys, really do appreciate it.
tycoonheart
Member
Smokey making my PC feel inadequate.
Mother of god, can't imagine what the electric bill is like, how is downsampling?
Needs more dom plats.
Make sure to post up some pic when it's al tidied up too. Overclocked the. 4930K yet?
Dunno. Haven't tried much of anything yet. I'm on a 4k monitor anyway, so not sure how much more downsampling I really need
No OC yet. Need to let my mind settle down and the machine sit for a bit. Literally been troubleshooting for the majority of the weekend. I also don't want to see another fan for a long while.
I'd go to eBay and pick up one of the 290x or 290s miners are dumping on the market. Picked up 2 290x's for 600 to tide me over until the 880s come around.
I know that feel. Just happy to have things working. Jelly at the 3x Titan Blacks. I'm really ready for Maxwell + Haswell-E before I do another proper revamp.
Demon Lizardman
Banned
Here's what I got so far, what should I do about RAM?
Motherboard: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JKCHDEU/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Graphics: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JJJW4Z2/?tag=neogaf0e-20
SSD: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KFAGCWK/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Case: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JE8KXUQ/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Heatsink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BSKY1M4/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Sound Card: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0045JHJSS/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Power Supply: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ISCG6MI/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Optical drive: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0033Z2BAQ/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Motherboard: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JKCHDEU/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Graphics: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JJJW4Z2/?tag=neogaf0e-20
SSD: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KFAGCWK/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Case: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JE8KXUQ/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Heatsink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BSKY1M4/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Sound Card: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0045JHJSS/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Power Supply: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ISCG6MI/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Optical drive: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0033Z2BAQ/?tag=neogaf0e-20
I'd suggest the ASUS Xonar DGX over the DG. Maybe also consider the 212 EVO over the T4 for your heatsink.
2x4Gb Corsair Vengeance LP is a fine choice for RAM unless you've got anything specific you'd like with regard to speeds or colour schemes?
Edit: To add some explanation, PCI-E will be supported on future boards, where PCI legacy slots are less likely to be around in the future. This will also allow you to put the sound card above your GPU, therefore being out of the way of air intake, and also stops it blocking the slot where a crossfire/SLI GPU would be if you ever went in that direction.
Yes. It's really annoying.
Do you have to buy from Amazon, that Vapor X is nearly $100 cheaper on Newegg.
That's a great shout, you can also pick up a few 290X models for cheaper, eg:
Gigabyte 290X - $509.99 @ Amazon
Asus 290X - $514.99 after $15 coupon and $20 rebate
Gigabyte 290X - $509.99 @ Amazon
Asus 290X - $514.99 after $15 coupon and $20 rebate
Demon Lizardman
Banned
Alright, just added the ram and fixed the heatsink and sound card. I intend on keeping the graphics card since it seems like a good fit from what I hear. Now, I need to choose a new mouse and keyboard. Are the ones the OP has the best or are there better ones? I intend on playing lots of mmos and FPS game on my new PC.
Motherboard: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JKCHDEU/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Graphics: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JJJW4Z2/?tag=neogaf0e-20
SSD: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KFAGCWK/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Case: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JE8KXUQ/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Heatsink: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005O65JXI/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Sound Card: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007TMZ1BK/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Power Supply: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ISCG6MI/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Optical drive: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0033Z2BAQ/?tag=neogaf0e-20
RAM: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00569K7LM/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Motherboard: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JKCHDEU/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Graphics: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JJJW4Z2/?tag=neogaf0e-20
SSD: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KFAGCWK/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Case: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JE8KXUQ/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Heatsink: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005O65JXI/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Sound Card: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007TMZ1BK/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Power Supply: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ISCG6MI/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Optical drive: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0033Z2BAQ/?tag=neogaf0e-20
RAM: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00569K7LM/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Beautiful, Smokey. Loved following your project the last few months. I'll never be in that range but I'm glad I've been able to watch you play.
Is that a Samsung U28D590D? Been eyeing that one myself. What kinda games do you mostly play? I tend to be single player so I'm thinking the resolution is more important than refresh rate for emersion but I just keep going back and forth. How is support for 4K with new releases? How do indies and older games hold up? How about UI and Windows? I've thought that maybe 1440p would be better for now.
Is that a Samsung U28D590D? Been eyeing that one myself. What kinda games do you mostly play? I tend to be single player so I'm thinking the resolution is more important than refresh rate for emersion but I just keep going back and forth. How is support for 4K with new releases? How do indies and older games hold up? How about UI and Windows? I've thought that maybe 1440p would be better for now.
Demon Lizardman
Banned
Also, Jesus Christ Smokey, not one, not two but three Geforce Titan Blacks? That is insane and how is the 4930k cpu working for you?
At least grab it from Newegg as M3z_ suggested and save yourself an easy $100
As for keyboards and mice the OP has a great selection of them. There are of course others which perform well, but they're seen to not be as good on a price/performance basis.
Mice in particular are a very personal decision, decide how many buttons you'd like, where you think you'd like them and figure out which grip you're going to use. I'd really recommend trying them out before you buy them if this is at all possible.
That said I'll throw out the Logitech G700s as a recommendation for a balanced mouse for MMOs and FPS, it has lots of buttons and I personally get on very well with the G700 from a comfort standpoint. Obviously it entirely depends on the features that you prioritise and how much you're willing to spend.
You can't go far wrong with any of the keyboards in the OP, again it's a case of the features that you want.
Smokey I just don't know how to respond to your amazing build. It's going to be crazy when you catch the water cooling bug too - I'm already jealous enough!
Beautiful, Smokey. Loved following your project the last few months. I'll never be in that range but I'm glad I've been able to watch you play.
Is that a Samsung U28D590D? Been eyeing that one myself. What kinda games do you mostly play? I tend to be single player so I'm thinking the resolution is more important than refresh rate for emersion but I just keep going back and forth. How is support for 4K with new releases? How do indies and older games hold up? How about UI and Windows? I've thought that maybe 1440p would be better for now.
Thank you
I mostly play FPS and any games that are considered gpu intensive. 4k support is fine. The only issue I have with the monitor is the stand. It's pretty bad. You can't adjust it at all. ASUS just released their 28inch 4k monitor. It has the same panel but the stand is vastly superior. I think it's 150 more. As far as Windows. I have it set at Larger and browser at 110% and it looks fine.
Did you read my comments?! There's a reason I did both . I can get around red cable issue by using two white 6+2 pin cables. The back 140mm Corsair AF120 I had would not fit due to the rubber part. It seems to be a common issue with those fans and this case.
And thanks for the words. I couldn't wait for haswell e
Demon Lizardman
Banned
At least grab it from Newegg as M3z_ suggested and save yourself an easy $100
As for keyboards and mice the OP has a great selection of them. There are of course others which perform well, but they're seen to not be as good on a price/performance basis.
Mice in particular are a very personal decision, decide how many buttons you'd like, where you think you'd like them and figure out which grip you're going to use. I'd really recommend trying them out before you buy them if this is at all possible.
That said I'll throw out the Logitech G700s as a recommendation for a balanced mouse for MMOs and FPS, it has lots of buttons and I personally get on very well with the G700 from a comfort standpoint. Obviously it entirely depends on the features that you prioritise and how much you're willing to spend.
You can't go far wrong with any of the keyboards in the OP, again it's a case of the features that you want.
Smokey I just don't know how to respond to your amazing build. It's going to be crazy when you catch the water cooling bug too - I'm already jealous enough!
Will look at the logitech g700, anyway, should I just buy one of the Vapor X graphics card on New Egg or should I buy another graphics card?
I hate to be the "Sharp Knees" guy, but you really should set up that H100 for exhaust. You don't want to be dumping the 300-400W of an overclocked socket 2011 proc right at your GPUs. Trust.
I've got the Corsair Air 540 too. Love this case
Interesting (and makes sense) -- they recommend in the manual that you set the fans up as intake. Most people do push/pull anyway though
Interesting (and makes sense) -- they recommend in the manual that you set the fans up as intake. Most people do push/pull anyway though
anotherthought
Member
Dang!
Didn't realize how cheap the 256gb version of MX100 was, gah, guess I have to send back the other SSD.
Man, the cost of purchasing mistakes has made my build a little more expensive than I wanted. I guess I'll just sweep that under the rug as first-time building costs and buy some more instant noodles
Didn't realize how cheap the 256gb version of MX100 was, gah, guess I have to send back the other SSD.
Man, the cost of purchasing mistakes has made my build a little more expensive than I wanted. I guess I'll just sweep that under the rug as first-time building costs and buy some more instant noodles
Sorry, I was quickly browsing on my iphone and didn't see your comments. Anyway, the 140mm does fit in the back. You just have to wedge it in and not tighten the screws too much. That's what I did. And, I think you should use 2 white cables temporarily because I know you will be order more cables from EVGA.Did you read my comments?! There's a reason I did both . I can get around red cable issue by using two white 6+2 pin cables. The back 140mm Corsair AF120 I had would not fit due to the rubber part. It seems to be a common issue with those fans and this case.
And thanks for the words. I couldn't wait for haswell e
So h100i exhaust and the rear as an intake ? Couldve swore I brought up the current setup in here some time ago. Who knows.
Guess I'll see once in get to messing with it again. I need to flip the fans around anyway SP that the wires are towards back of the case. Not at this time though. Installing that push / pull has made me not want to look at another fan.
I wedged, dipped, pushed..all that. It wasn't cooperating with me so I put its brother back in lol
I called EVGA at like 2am ( awesome that they have 247 tech support btw) and he told me you can't buy individual cables. In other words I'd have to spend another $90 for an additional white sleeved set.
My laptop connected to a monitor via VGA always looks blurry.
I'm 98% sure I just had a conversation with a PC-GAF member at Microcenter. The guy was getting nearly the same equipment as me a few days ago (R4BE, H100i, Air 540, 4930k). I casually mentioned it to him and from there it was 10 minutes of straight nerd talk.
He mentioned he had just ordered 2x 780ti KingPins and that he is running a triple screen setup. Talked about the Titan Z at which point I showed him my build since he was getting an almost identical setup. Chatted about the board itself...some of the troubleshooting I did....some of the stuff he read about online about it. Then he started talking about watercooling. I'm like ....yooo...who is this guy?! There's no way he knew as much as he did and has not seen this place on the interwebs at least once.
So surreal lol
He mentioned he had just ordered 2x 780ti KingPins and that he is running a triple screen setup. Talked about the Titan Z at which point I showed him my build since he was getting an almost identical setup. Chatted about the board itself...some of the troubleshooting I did....some of the stuff he read about online about it. Then he started talking about watercooling. I'm like ....yooo...who is this guy?! There's no way he knew as much as he did and has not seen this place on the interwebs at least once.
So surreal lol
Went to buy an MX100 from Amazon for work and it was OOS. :'[
Starting on my project now.
I think push/pull is a waste btw. Too much hassle for low benefit and harder to clean.
Probably an OCN or Xtremesystems member
Starting on my project now.
I think push/pull is a waste btw. Too much hassle for low benefit and harder to clean.
Thanks I added this to the OP.
Like I'm describing, just a tiny hint of blur?
I just wanna make sure nothing is wrong with the monitor before I get the rest of my components arrive in the next couple of weeks.
CreepingFear
Member
What kind of monitors do you use Smokey? You are a 4k person right, not higher hz monitors?
Went to buy an MX100 from Amazon for work and it was OOS. :'[
Probably an OCN or Xtremesystems member
Starting on my project now.
I think push/pull is a waste btw. Too much hassle for low benefit and harder to clean.
My whole build could fall under "a waste" lol. But yeah...I knew that going in. This is the first time I've really had the opportunity for such a setup so I went for it. Mainly for aesthetics as well.
Well I still have 3x Asus 120hz panels that I used in my NV Surround setup. Right now I'm using the Samsung 28'' 4k monitor.
I've been on both sides of the monitor war.
If you want that particular card it's a great card, the Tri-X is similar but doesn't have the good overclocking vram. I don't know why you would hesitate to purchase from Newegg.
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