Thank you Maban.
I did some further research after my post and I completely agree with your recommendation. There are quite some articles showing that real life performance differences between playing at x8 or x16 PCI-E 2.0 are unnoticeable. Specially when my monitor max res is 1600x1200...
It is going to depend on the case intake/exhaust arrangement.
I use a HAF 922 with a Noctua NH-D14 (2 Noctua NF-P14 fans).
- front: 20 cm stock fan. Cool air first passes through HD array, then ascends until it reaches CPU front fan.
- side: 20 cm Cooler Master MegaFlow 200 Red LED. Cool...
Hi all.
I've recently built a new PC and I chose the Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3. According to its official specs here:
- 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE4: single at x16 or dual at x8/x8 mode) (PCI Express 3.0 with Intel® Ivy Bridge CPU, PCI Express 2.0 with Intel® Sandy Bridge CPU)...