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I didn't change the GPU in this upgrade. I was using a 1060 with the 2500k and am using the 1060 now.

Before that I had a Radeon 6970, that I bought with the 2500k, but I upgraded that in 2016.

I know, I figured you'd upgraded it before at some point. I was just curious. 6970 to 1060 is quite the jump. That must've been great.

Yes, yes, it was! To be honest the fact that the fan turns off during normal desktop operation is almost a bigger deal to me these days, though. I recently looked at my upgrade options and nothing in a price range that I can justify is really attractive. I suppose I need to wait for more than one generation, after all my last upgrade was roughly a four generation jump.

In hindsight upgrading a week or so before an exam might not have been the smartest decision, however.

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