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CreepX
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Hello , I plan to buy a new gaming pc , and I can't make up my mind on 2 GPUs , I know they're almost the same ... Other Components:

Hard Disk: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA3 64MB

PSU: Sirtec HPC-500-G12S Element Bronze

RAM: Crucial DDR3 UDIMM 8GB 1600MHz CL11 Unbuffered

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4460

Case: DeepCool TESSERACT BF

Motherboard:  Asrock B85M-DGS

I have to pick between : MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5 384-BIT [OC, TWIN FROZR IV ] and Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5 384-bit . I know this is kind of a stupid question , as they're almost the same , but the Gigabyte version is more expenisve and bigger , while the MSI version is smaller , and I don't know which one should I pick.

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If you are not looking in anything specific and yes they are about the same.. Just pick cheapest one. 

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   GPU: MSI GTX 970 SLI (+140 Core|+400 Mem)               Motherboard: Msi Z97-G5                                 HDD: WD blue 1TB                             CPU Cooler:  Hyper 412s
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Well the bigger the card is assuming its radiator also grows big thn you should definately buy the bigger one. As it will help to radiate heat more.

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Pick whichever you like best or is cheaper for you. Both these card cool very well even if the msi has only 2 fans. Gigabyte will 1~2 degrees cooler while the Msi one will 

be quieter. 

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They should both be fine. The only difference is that the gigabyte one might give you a little more thermal headroom for overclocking but not too significantly

Cpu:i5-4690k Gpu:r9 280x with some other things

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Both will be fine, although an R9 285 or GTX 960 can yield better performance, but I didn't look into the prices and availability in your country. 

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Remember when the R9 280 was the HD 7950? Pepperidge Farm remembers.  

Running two AMD Cards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCwn1NTK-50

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Both are pretty good, just get the cheapest one since the performance/cooling difference is neglectible.

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