What's the idea behind these expensive waterblocks on 1060's then, if the benchmarks are so far apart even with watercooling I can't imagine the 1060 being able to keep up with a mildly overclocked aircooled 1070. Is there any purpose to it or just some dumb marketing for people who like watercooling?

This post was edited by ste91 on Aug 21 2016 08:01am

All the GTX 1000 series can be had with custom water cooling and even AIO cooling solutions. EVGA, for example has the 1070 and the 1080 with AIO water cooling.

The real down side to the 1060 is no SLI. Next year, or w/e, you won't be able to slap in another 1060.

/e As for the idea, behind the liquid solutions for the 1060...I guess it depends on what you plan to use them for, and at what resolutions. If all you will ever need is a 11060 with a bit more OCing range...then sure, get one.

For nvidia cards they always come out with a x60, and x70, and an x80 version. Generally the x70 is the price/performance winner.


/e The x60's are for the very budget minded, the x70's are generally, the most sold, the x80's are for the serious gamers/benchmarkers. Or those that just don't wanna worry about any new/tougher game releases.

This post was edited by Ghot on Aug 21 2016 08:24am