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I am looking at a 270 for a friend and would like some help choosing which to pick?

Gigabyte

Msi

or Asus?

 

Thanks in advance

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I am looking at a 270 for a friend and would like some help choosing which to pick?

Gigabyte

Msi

or Asus?

 

Thanks in advance

Sapphire.

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Sapphire.

No sapphire option

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Its more of a personal pref

but i would go with the windforce one 

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It's more of which one is cheapest.

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MSI or gigachew, look up some reviews and see which one is the quietest or highest clocked out of the box or just plain cheapest

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No sapphire option

Then MSI. I still hear about gigabyte's cooler not working to its fullest on AMD cards and the MSI cooler is really quite good. My brother has an MSI R9 270 and it is working like a charm

RIG: I7-4790k @ 4.5GHz | MSI Z97S SLI Plus | 12GB Geil Dragon RAM 1333MHz | Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970 (1550MHz core/7800MHz memory) @ +18mV(Maxed out at 1650/7800 so far) | Corsair RM750 | Samsung 840 EVO 120GB, 1TB Seagate Barracuda | Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Closed) | Sound Blaster Z                                                                                                                        Getting: Noctua NH-D15 | Possible 250GB Samsung 850 Evo                                                                                        Need a console killer that actually shits on every console? Here you go (No MIR/Promo)

This is why you should not get an FX CPU for ANY scenario other than rendering on a budget http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/286142-fx-8350-r9-290-psu-requirements/?p=3892901 http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/266481-an-issue-with-people-bashing-the-fx-cpus/?p=3620861

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