isn't it just the worst when you're having a conversation with someone that
turns into a heated debate because the other person is clinging fast to a
misconception you know isn't true I mean
how many times can you tell someone that General sa's Chicken didn't actually
come from China before you're ready to just give up and walk away maybe to a
nearby Panda Express so then to today's
Techquickie where we discuss some of these common misunderstandings about PC
Hardware will be right up your Ali this
is the debut episode of misconception
Mashers where we well we Mash common
misconceptions we actually had another name in mind but our legal team advised
us that some other guys already took it bastards first up let's look at this
statement nonreference graphics cards have better Cooling than reference
designs now this one isn't completely
untrue as many of these open style beefy
looking cooling solutions are capable of
dissipating more heat from your GPU
however they aren't always the best choice for your system you see reference
cards and some board partner designs
often come with blower style coolers in
which air is forced out the back of the card and out of your case instead of
circulating it around and in smaller builds such as miniitx systems a blower
style cooler can be a superior Choice as
a card with an open cooler can dump so much heat back into the case that it
could cause thermal issues with your other components like your motherboard
and CPU another one I hear a lot is it's
dangerous to set your motherboard down down on the bag it came in some folks do
this as they're installing core components like a CPU or RAM and are
promptly warned against it by enthusiasts who have heard that the
outside of a motherboard bag is electrically conductive which increases
the chance of static discharge frying your whole board now there is some truth
to this once again older ESD bags in
particular were Metalized and could be
conductive enough to cause an electrical short or other problem but generally
speaking a motherboard you buy today will come in a bag with very high
electrical impedance meaning that you could build on it if you really wanted
to or if you want to be on the safe side
you could just use the motherboard box as I don't see many people lining up to
tell me that cardboard conducts electricity while we're on the subject
of electrical power let's tackle the this next one you need a high wattage
power supply if you have multiple graphics cards this generalization
actually used to be true but the three-way and four-way Graphics
configurations that did require a th plus watts of power have fallen out of
favor due to compatibility issues and
you also need to understand that what's
considered high wattage today is more
than double what would have been available in the very early days of SLI
and Crossfire and while power supplies have become more powerful the actual
power consumption of graphics cards and
especially CPUs has plateaued this means that it's unlikely
that you'll even crack 800 watts Under full load with a pair of GTX 1080 TI a
high-end overclocked processor multiple hard drives and RGB case Lighting on the
subject of overclock in another common misconception is that you need lots of
power phases on your motherboard to overclock you can tell how many your
motherboard has by the way by counting the chokes around your CPU socket go try
it it's fun this one is another case of
used to be more true than it is today not too long ago there was typically a
correlation between more power faces and more stability while overclocking but
CPU power efficiency and motherboard build quality have improved by Leaps and
Bounds over the past seven years or so to the point where you're unlikely to
experience any difference between a low-end board with four phases and one
with 32 unless you're one of these guys so I
guess the overall theme of this inaugural episode of misconception
Mashers has been more expensive Solutions don't always make more sense
instead save your money for some nice RGB peripherals Steam games or a trip to
to the Chinese buffet down the street and don't forget to leave a comment
below telling us about some of the tech misconceptions that drive you crazy
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