Thanks for the catch on the RAM. The case looks alright, but I really don't dig the big door on the front of the case. I'm one of those weirdos that still uses optical drives now and then. The extra door annoys me.
I would try to spend a few more dollars on the gpu to land an ACX 2.0+ model, or something like the MSI 4G 970, over that particular card, which is their acx 2.0 design. MSI supposedly has decent support as well, haven't ever had to use it. Not a huge deal. I have a pair of the MSI cards in sli I got from amazon warehouse, both have high ASIC scores and are utterly silent, no coil whine. They're great. Would color match that motherboard also, not that that matters.
You don't have to hit the switch repeatedly, just once while it's unplugged will drain the caps. I would never work on a PSU with some shady 5 minute requirement, caps can hold a lethal charge for awhile.
It's not like it costs them much of anything, they're sending out old overstock of stuff they don't sell anymore.
So the real answer is that thing is a waste of PCIe bandwidth and you're better off not even having it in your computer than using it as a PhysX card.
Bitch in one thread about miniumum wage and the government should subsidize companies to pay more. Pull shady shit like this.
guess i dodged a bullet while also working w/ hold solder. note i soldered a 3 prong female fan connector to it, incase it fails again, i can just unhook (i've seen PSUs that come w/ the connector already and some that are hard wired to the board)
Honestly, I wouldn't count on it being super efficient. Probably less and less efficient, the more different the cards are.
