seeing mixed reviews on this site about the asus strix fans.
personally - i love them (so far). they are quiet, dont run overly fast (~60% while doing 240MH LBC), and look cool as ****. based on the sweet RGB/looks alone, I assume they will retain a good resale value compared to "bland" models like the turbo/FE
Im planning to buy 2 more today though and looks like the store has better stock this time (almost every model 1070 is stocked) - what is the best for low noise, good resale, and fanlife?
$579: ASUS turbo, MSI aero (both blowers)
$599: ASUS strix, MSI armor
$615-630: other various models of EVGA/strix(oc)/MSI
$645: MSI Gaming
if the MSI gaming wasnt 10% more expensive than the strix id probbaly go that route, but figure the faster ROI will ensure i make my money before the card fans can die anyways.
the blower-style units probably have the best fanlife (ASUS says 4x longer, doesnt make it clear if thats 4x longer than tier own products or some magical junky benchmark), but i have an open-air case so te blower effect doesnt really achieve much besides extra noise and a lack of pretty RGB light
PS: im running a rig with 1x GTX-170 and 3x R9-270x cards just fine. took a bit of tinkering to configure:
1) installed the AMD r9-270 cards, driviers, and used the radeon global overdrive. also did bios mods to 1.1V
2) shutdown
3) unplug all the AMD cards from system, install GTX1070 + drivers + gputweak
4) shutdown
5) plug everything in (GTX as primary on a 16x riser, the rest via USB risers) - boot up. everything works but i cant adjust the AMD overdrive settings (which appear to implement anyways) without plugging in a monitor.
It boots and mines fine headless, but the radeon software refuses to open up (and afterburner is unable to pull sensor data) unless i plug in a monitor. Guess ill need a dummy plug (I only have 10 ohm or 2.2kohm resistors though, not the reccomended 75 ohm - so that may have to wait a few days)
update: added another GTX 1070 today (so glowey!!) without a problem. still room for 1 more but the 16x-16x ribbon riser is obstructing the use of a usb riser - guess id have to make all 6 run on the usb risers to make it fit, but thats a task for another day (and another $700cad gpu)