Far better driver compatibility, fan noise isn’t too bad, and the power draw is pretty low for the performance it gives.

Have yet to detect any fan noise.

Can't notice any fan noise

Usually you find a higher base clock with Gigabyte for your dollar than other brands as well, and the fan noise is no more than I would expect.

Clearly the issue was with Board/Software, Installed an old video card and everything worked as it should

It would happen when I was running a program as well as when the PC was idle.