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Processor | i7 8700k 4.6Ghz @ 1.24V |
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Motherboard | AsRock Fatal1ty K6 Z370 |
Cooling | beQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 |
Memory | 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200/C16 |
Video Card(s) | ASRock RX7900XT Phantom Gaming |
Storage | Samsung 850 EVO 1TB + Samsung 830 256GB + Crucial BX100 250GB + Toshiba 1TB HDD |
Display(s) | Gigabyte G34QWC (3440x1440) |
Case | Fractal Design Define R5 |
Audio Device(s) | Harman Kardon AVR137 + 2.1 |
Power Supply | EVGA Supernova G2 750W |
Mouse | XTRFY M42 |
Keyboard | Lenovo Thinkpad Trackpoint II |
Software | W10 x64 |
BTW I didn't say GB is bad, I just said it's not as good as these 4 brands I mentioned earlier, that's it. My definition of premium is it has to be almost perfect in every regard.
Ps. I'm outta here, way offtopic and simply to each his own.
You're entitled to your opinion but it's completely off the mark.
- MSI has had serious issues with their GPUs before their solution became as good as it is now. Remember the power issue with Kepler's 660ti? That was 'premium' MSI not more than a few years back and it was a conscious attempt to get on top of benchmarks.
- Similarly, MSI motherboards, even the 'premium' ones, use Killer LAN that causes more issues than it solves.
- Asus, another 'premium' brand, has had several cooling solutions copy/pasted between GPU's not just of different generations, but also different companies (AMD / NVidia). We've seen 280x / 290 with heatpipes that don't connect to the GPU die. Downright lazy, but premium priced. Also, this is a returning issue with Asus cooling solutions, not a 'mistake'.
If you want some more examples, I'll go digging and find a few dozen additional, very conscious cost cutting measures of each company that directly impact the user experience. Name it, I'll deliver.
I think you get the point, you're an intelligent guy. In the case of the Pascal releases so far it seems a returning issue and they are all with the SAME fan part numbers. This is not a GB issue, but a fan part issue.
I would personally RMA the card directly and demand a fan replacement or fix. We should not accept this as customers, and lazy design like this should cost the companies MONEY. It is the only way they will change.
Oh and another thing.
'Premium'
noun
1.
a prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement, as to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests, etc.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/premium
Premium is a marketing term, and says absolutely nothing about product quality. Premium literally means, you are paying a premium for a product that is also available in a cheaper, but exactly similar form. It's an empty word, it is pure marketing and nothing else. If someone tells me its premium, I tend to run away FAST because I know I'm going to get screwed in one way or another. Case in point with these 'premium' cooling solutions.
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