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Help me pick a GPU! Building in a DAN CASE A4

TL;DR: I waited way to long to ask advice! 

Okay, so I need your best advice, post haste! I have never been so lost when making a build at this time. I am building in a Dan Case A4 (v2), so I got a reasonable cpu and some other parts that go well with it (I think). The only thing I haven't picked is my GPU, and since all my hardware is arriving tomorrow, and most gpu's ship in the Netherlands overnight I have to pick within about two hours. I was thinking a vega64, but in the Netherlands I couldn't find a site that sells less than 2.5 slot vega64's. So I could go a little down in spec, and save a little money, but where is the fun in that XD

So my only real options as far as I can see are 2070's and 1080's. Both the 1080's and 2070's are priced around 650-700 USD (580-700 euro). 

So this is a selection of the cards I can easily get my hands on:https://tweakers.net/categorie/49/videokaarten/producten/#filter:HY3BCsIwEET_Zc4J7KaUSj5A8CAI9SYeQrvKQqslKSKW_LtJL8MMM4_Z8NCY1kvUQa46y1lf8CC2TNYRH2DwjqPEfpHhNMJbNljCU3r9CTwTlVjZnSshld1Rp1Vigt_gXNVPmOBv4KZtO9yzQUPc1WLe37iczOFbnEPO-Q8

 

So maybe the EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 XC for 720 USD

https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/1256769/evga-geforce-rtx-2070-xc.html

 

Or maybe a Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 Gaming OC for 660 USD

https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/1236059/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-2070-gaming-oc.html


The Build:
Dan Case A4 (v2)

Intel Asus ROG STRIX B360-I

Processor Intel Core i7 8700

Noctua CPU Cooler NH-L9i 

Kingston DDR4 Hyperx Fury 2x16GB

Corsair PSU SFX SF600 Platinum
960 NVME (256gb) 

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It's better to use a more efficient card in a case this small anyway

 

I myself would just buy the cheapest 2070 (one of the Gainward Phoenix GS), because I don't mind sending cards back for repairs and can do minor ones myself. If you don't trust the brand, get the MSI Armor or EVGA Black. 2070s are very similar between the cheapest and the most expensive so it's pointless to buy those costing more than 550 Euros.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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