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For some stupid reason, I can't seem to find the official pdf where corsair claims how high it is... This forum says it's 34 mm high, by measuring it at home. I never really understood the concept of this single - dual fan mode. Can I raise the right fan with only, say 3-5 mm? Or I can raise it only by 16mm? Since the fan has 2 screws, I suppose I can only put those in pre-drilled holes. So there won't be like 16 holes to mount it by 1 mm... Or am I getting the whole concept of fastening it just badly? (The case has 180 mm cpu cooler clearance so everything will fit in anyway, however it worsens airflow IMO, so if possible I'd raise the fan with only 3-4mm.) https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/how-tall-vengeance-lpx-ddr4-3000mhz-c15-16gb-2x8gb-dual.2737901/ This proves that even though it's 2mm higher, still fit in... So...I shouldn't trust Noctua or Corsair for their measurements? :P

Hello dear forumers! I'm in the process of building a brand new PC for about 2 long years. Now I have the budget, the knowledge to get it over with finally. I'd like to ask some feedback here. The PC will be mainly for DCS, other less hungry games, some MS Visual Studio work and usual everyday stuff. This is the PC I'm going to buy: Case: Fractal Design Define S GPU: MSI Nvidia GTX 1080 Gaming X 8G PSU: Seasonic Prime Ultra 750W Platinum RAM: Corsair VENGEANCE LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3000MHz CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 MoBo: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC CPU: Intel Core i7 9700K HDD: WD 2003fzex 2TB BLACK + Samsung HD154UI/CE 1,5 TB SSD: Crucial MX500 2.5 1TB SATA3 CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Fans: 9x Akasa Viper 140mm I already have the case, HDD and GPU. I have a Dell S2716DG 1440p 27" with an Acer D241H secondary monitor. From what I've read, 16 GB RAM is enough, unless I run heavy missions or sophisticated multiplayer, which I won't. The question is, should I buy faster, less latency RAM? How much difference does it make? Mainly is it worth it? (In the forum I've seen multiple times DCS likes "the holy trinity of CPU Clock, RAM speed and GPU horse power".) I chose this CPU because I want a very long term CPU, and raw clock speed is very important in DCS. AMD is great, much more cost effective, but still Intel has the better 1 core clock speeds. Won't the cpu face bottlenecks in this MoBo? Does it have enough VRM, etc? I really want to OC it to about 5 Ghz. I mainly fly single player. I might fly some multiplayer missions from now and then. I definitely won't use VR. So how will these specs perform? Will I be able to run 1440p smoothly on high settings? Could you recommend some good products on the written components in question? :helpsmilie:

Hello dear forumers! Is the 8700k better than the 7700k if OCd both to 5 ghz? I read here at multiple places that the 7700k is better for dcs. But i ask why? At same clock, HT off, with enough cooling they are the same on paper. It's the same cache per core. And as dcs uses only a few cores (for now) i don't understand why the 8700k is worse in one core performance. Could somebody please enlighten me? I've checked out a few tests and the 8700k was worse in numerous cases e.g. in Ashes of the singularity escalation. Why? Was it used at base clock? If the i7 7700k and 8700k are both OCd to let's say 5 ghz, then is the one core performance the same? Both CPUs have the same cache per core. Logically it should be. If not, why? Somebody explain, please. Cost-wise the 8700k costs only 30-40 dollars more here in Middle-Europe. Or should I wait until October? I heard that Intel releases its 9xxx series with 8 cores fiveish ghz turbo clocks.