Z170 Extreme 4: DP1.2 and TB at the same time?

EvilDragon wrote: Concern or no concern, if I ever spring for a separate GPU, I want it passively cooled, or no deal. It's just how I'm wired. :)

Active or passively cooled, a GPU will still create heat that must be removed. The heat from a passively cooled GPU will remain inside the PC case unless there are fans pushing or pulling it out of the case.

My EVGA GTX 960 remained in fan less mode (both fans off) while driving three monitors, including one 4K monitor. That is not while gaming of course.

But I was not happy to find the 960 at ~45C in this configuration, with an M.2 SSD in close proximity. Even with three 140mm fans pushing air into the case, and over the video card.

So I installed EVGA's PrecisionX 16, and turned the 960's fans on. At ~1,000 RPM they are barely audible, and the 960 is at 30C now. While that PC is not silent, it is quiet, and I do appreciate and understand what quiet really is.

Concern or no concern, if I ever spring for a separate GPU, I want it passively cooled, or no deal. It's just how I'm wired. :)


Edited by EvilDragon - 02 Feb 2017 at 2:33am

Yeah, I'm not crazy about paying the big bucks to Apple... That Dell monitor actually DOES have a fair amount of inputs (its main feature being able to show 4 DIFFERENT signals at the same time at 1080p!)... just no DP daisy chaining... Is this possibly because 4K at 3840x2160 and 60 Hz takes up a lot of DP bandwidth, so there's no bandwidth to leave for other possible DP devices in the chain? Seems that way.

wardog wrote: Conundrum vs Rock and a hard place. You don't req a "serious" $$$ graphics card then, right? I can say, from my Sig below, that the 1050ti runs silent. Heck, the fans don't spin most times. And is more that capable for what your needs seem. Which I can say of the 1070 there too, but thats back to $$$. 1050ti's can be had here in the US for around $160 Just a thought and maybe some idea

Yeah, I don't need it for my current purposes (i7-6700K graphics working very nicely with 1920x1200@60 Hz dual monitor setup here), but if I want to upgrade to a single 4K monitor at a later date, it looks like I'm going to need a QUIET, passively cooled GPU (because that's how I like my GPUs, no fans) that can run 4K@60Hz over DP 1.2 then, that doesn't cost an arm and a leg... If such a thing even exists.


Thanks for ideas, guys.


Edited by EvilDragon - 01 Feb 2017 at 6:32pm

Conundrum vs Rock and a hard place.



You don't req a "serious" $$$ graphics card then, right?

I can say, from my Sig below, that the 1050ti runs silent. Heck, the fans don't spin most times. And is more that capable for what your needs seem.

Which I can say of the 1070 there too, but thats back to $$$.

1050ti's can be had here in the US for around $160



Just a thought and maybe some idea





Edited by wardog - 01 Feb 2017 at 6:37am

@wardog: I don't WANT to have a graphics card since my CPU is already doing it well and supports 4K as well. It just adds noise, and I'm not a gamer, I do music production, so the more silent the computer case, the better. Also, I'm not daisy-chaining into a storage chain. My audio interface is connected through TB. But, for this to work, I need to sacrifice DisplayPort on my motherboard, which AIC card converts to TB.

My question still stands. I don't need a TB dock. I need to use DisplayPort on my motherboard BOTH for the 4K monitor I might get one day (which only supports max resolution at 60 Hz using DP 1.2, not HDMI or anything else), and I need to keep my audio interface connected to TB.

Hence my query here :)