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isn't it just the worst when you're having a conversation with someone that

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turns into a heated debate because the other person is clinging fast to a

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misconception you know isn't true I mean

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how many times can you tell someone that General sa's Chicken didn't actually

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come from China before you're ready to just give up and walk away maybe to a

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nearby Panda Express so then to today's

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Techquickie where we discuss some of these common misunderstandings about PC

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Hardware will be right up your Ali this

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is the debut episode of misconception

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Mashers where we well we Mash common

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misconceptions we actually had another name in mind but our legal team advised

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us that some other guys already took it bastards first up let's look at this

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statement nonreference graphics cards have better Cooling than reference

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designs now this one isn't completely

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untrue as many of these open style beefy

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looking cooling solutions are capable of

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dissipating more heat from your GPU

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however they aren't always the best choice for your system you see reference

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cards and some board partner designs

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often come with blower style coolers in

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which air is forced out the back of the card and out of your case instead of

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circulating it around and in smaller builds such as miniitx systems a blower

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style cooler can be a superior Choice as

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a card with an open cooler can dump so much heat back into the case that it

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could cause thermal issues with your other components like your motherboard

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and CPU another one I hear a lot is it's

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dangerous to set your motherboard down down on the bag it came in some folks do

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this as they're installing core components like a CPU or RAM and are

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promptly warned against it by enthusiasts who have heard that the

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outside of a motherboard bag is electrically conductive which increases

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the chance of static discharge frying your whole board now there is some truth

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to this once again older ESD bags in

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particular were Metalized and could be

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conductive enough to cause an electrical short or other problem but generally

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speaking a motherboard you buy today will come in a bag with very high

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electrical impedance meaning that you could build on it if you really wanted

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to or if you want to be on the safe side

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you could just use the motherboard box as I don't see many people lining up to

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tell me that cardboard conducts electricity while we're on the subject

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of electrical power let's tackle the this next one you need a high wattage

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power supply if you have multiple graphics cards this generalization

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actually used to be true but the three-way and four-way Graphics

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configurations that did require a th plus watts of power have fallen out of

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favor due to compatibility issues and

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you also need to understand that what's

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considered high wattage today is more

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than double what would have been available in the very early days of SLI

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and Crossfire and while power supplies have become more powerful the actual

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power consumption of graphics cards and

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especially CPUs has plateaued this means that it's unlikely

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that you'll even crack 800 watts Under full load with a pair of GTX 1080 TI a

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high-end overclocked processor multiple hard drives and RGB case Lighting on the

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subject of overclock in another common misconception is that you need lots of

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power phases on your motherboard to overclock you can tell how many your

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motherboard has by the way by counting the chokes around your CPU socket go try

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it it's fun this one is another case of

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used to be more true than it is today not too long ago there was typically a

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correlation between more power faces and more stability while overclocking but

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CPU power efficiency and motherboard build quality have improved by Leaps and

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Bounds over the past seven years or so to the point where you're unlikely to

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experience any difference between a low-end board with four phases and one

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with 32 unless you're one of these guys so I

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guess the overall theme of this inaugural episode of misconception

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Mashers has been more expensive Solutions don't always make more sense

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instead save your money for some nice RGB peripherals Steam games or a trip to

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to the Chinese buffet down the street and don't forget to leave a comment

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below telling us about some of the tech misconceptions that drive you crazy

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