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From benchmarks I've seen they're both equally quiet but the MSi has better cooling for the VRAM and other components that aren't the GPU. So I'd recommend that.

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based purely on my own opinion i would choose the Asus card, i just dont care much for MSI.

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I honestly wouldn't go with either

 

I'd go with the Gigabyte G1 Gaming

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Msi gets my vote

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From benchmarks I've seen they're both equally quiet but the MSi has better cooling for the VRAM and other components that aren't the GPU. So I'd recommend that.

 

based purely on my own opinion i would choose the Asus card, i just dont care much for MSI.

 

idk, but i dont really see a diffrence, they both turn off their fans when not under heavy load and they both are good cards, i have the msi 960 purely because of the price diffrence (very small but still xD)

 

Msi gets my vote

But in a red NZXT H440, which one would you go for?

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I have the Strix and wish I had gone with the MSI. The Strix has this VERY annoying LED on it that CANNOT be turned off.

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Based on review and looks, I would go with MSI.

 

What you should get kind of depends on what you want and plan on doing with it.

 

Quiet: MSI or Asus but MSI is clocked higher and has more overclocking headroom than the Asus

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But in a red NZXT H440, which one would you go for?

 

The msi one has red accents that compliment the red of the H440 well. 

 

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But in a red NZXT H440, which one would you go for?

 

They're both red and black, so I'd go with the better performing one which is the MSi.

 

Otherwise go with the one that's the cheapest.

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You mean the illuminated logo thing?

The Strix has no illuminated Logo, hell no lights at all other than this tiny little LED right next to the 6-PIN power connector to say "Hello! Power connector attached correctly!" and nothing other than that. I have a Corsair Graphite 760t and the bloody thing drives me mad.

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The MSI 960 also has an MSI that lights up, idk if you can disable it but to me it looks cool, its white so it fits everything :)

This isn't a logo or anything. It's a super bright LED next to the power connector just to tell you that you connected the power correctly and nothing else.

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At the time of this post, the Asus is going for 329$ and the MSI for 339$. Now, the MSI is superior, but only by a tiny little bit. Given the price difference, I wouldn't call it exactly worth it, but I wouldn't say that it's also a bad tradeoff.

 

If you are making a windowed build, get the one that best matches. If going for a completely new build, get the Asus Strix; you can go with a 430w PSU for single and 500w PSU for SLI, whereas you'll need 500/650w for the MSI (due to the extra 6-pin connector required). Last, if all you want is an upgrade, I guess the MSI is a better choice...

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At the time of this post, the Asus is going for 329$ and the MSI for 339$. Now, the MSI is superior, but only by a tiny little bit. Given the price difference, I wouldn't call it exactly worth it, but I wouldn't say that it's also a bad tradeoff.

 

If you are making a windowed build, get the one that best matches. If going for a completely new build, get the Asus Strix; you can go with a 430w PSU for single and 500w PSU for SLI, whereas you'll need 500/650w for the MSI (due to the extra 6-pin connector required). Last, if all you want is an upgrade, I guess the MSI is a better choice...

In the UK, where I am, the MSi one is cheaper :P

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In the UK, where I am, the MSi one is cheaper :P

Acording to partpicker, there's no store selling the MSI version in UK. Where did you find it for sale?

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Acording to partpicker, there's no store selling the MSI version in UK. Where did you find it for sale?

I didn't 'find' it aha... All of the normal UK retailers sell it, Dabs, amazon, novatech, overclockers, etc....

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I didn't 'find' it aha... All of the normal UK retailers sell it, Dabs, amazon, novatech, overclockers, etc....

 

UK sells the red gaming edition.

 

UK does not sell the budget edition(s)

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