Why Buy a Founders Edition Card?

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It's a marketing gimmick, kind of like when Apple called their HD screens "Retina" and the fanboys ate it up. Same thing here. They renamed the reference model to founders edition, jacked up the price and let the fanboys think they got something special.
It's a marketing gimmick, kind of like when Apple called their HD screens "Retina" and the fanboys ate it up. Same thing here. They renamed the reference model to founders edition, jacked up the price and let the fanboys think they got something special.
 
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It used to be the easiest to find full cover waterblocks for (though more are available now for custom PCBs). Also useful for very small cases to dissipate all the heat out the back vs. into the case.