Originally Posted by
Kostattoo
To give you an idea it performs similarly to corsair h110 or noctua-D14 till say an 4.3-4.5overclock. While doing that its damn quiet. If you hear any corsair aio at full load you will want to leave your room (i got the h100i). To get the corsair's noise down you need 20-25$ for each be quiet! or Noctua fan, then do a custom rppm curve and it will still not match the dark rock 3. Too bad you got the 970 so fast, it will probably be fine at 1440p playing wow but going for more gpu intensive AAA games it will struggle, nvm 4k.
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Saw your update. About the mobo's, there are a lot of ppl that will tell you the same to back up what i said. You can get a doa motherboard from any manufacturer. It happens and might be you the unlucky person. But when it happens more with one company than the rest then its not personal opinion anymore. About the evga psu, yes 10warranty is awesome and its really a good psu, but seasonic is king, you going for a top end rig and at that price you grab it eyes closed. Again compared to supernova nex one, the supernova G2 for example is another thing.