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So I am getting an r9 280 soon, and I was wondering what your recommendations would be on the brand.  Specifically I am looking for best cooling and don't care too much about noise.  I like Sapphire (oh god that blue pcb though), msi, and gigabyte's design, and XFX is way too expensive.  However, gigabyte's model seems to have pretty meh reviews so I shall leave it up to the people who have a lot more experience than me in this field to give me recommendations.  Thanks!

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CPU: AMD A10-5800K | GPU: Gigabyte R9 270 2GB | RAM: 8GB 1333Mhz HyperX Blu | Storage: 120GB Samsung 850 EVO + 1TB WD Caviar Blue | Chassis: NZXT H230 | Mobo: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 | PSU: Corsair CX500 500W | Cooling: CM Hyper 212 EVO | OS: Windows 10
In order of priority: GTX 970 Strix, 2 good 1080p monitors, i5 4690k, MSI Z97 Gaming 5 LGA 1150, a job
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Have you considered a 970? I think they're similar in price

 

Anywho.

 

Gigabyte or Asus

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saphire is generaly the best with vapor-x,

but i would consider 970

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Have you considered a 970? I think they're similar in price

 

Anywho.

 

Gigabyte or Asus

Bah.

 

Gigabyte or MSI

 

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For amd, go saphhire.

For nvidia, go evga if you plan to watercool, go gigabye if you want the best pure performace, and go asus/msi for silence. These only apply for 900 series

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Have you considered a 970? I think they're similar in price

 

Anywho.

 

Gigabyte or Asus

 

 

saphire is generaly the best with vapor-x,

but i would consider 970

970 is around $350 and 280 is $200.  Also 3 free games (although I would take fc4 over any older title)

My life is consumed by CS:GO, even though I'm not exceptionally good at it.

CPU: AMD A10-5800K | GPU: Gigabyte R9 270 2GB | RAM: 8GB 1333Mhz HyperX Blu | Storage: 120GB Samsung 850 EVO + 1TB WD Caviar Blue | Chassis: NZXT H230 | Mobo: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 | PSU: Corsair CX500 500W | Cooling: CM Hyper 212 EVO | OS: Windows 10
In order of priority: GTX 970 Strix, 2 good 1080p monitors, i5 4690k, MSI Z97 Gaming 5 LGA 1150, a job
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btw I am looking at dual-x not vapor-x

My life is consumed by CS:GO, even though I'm not exceptionally good at it.

CPU: AMD A10-5800K | GPU: Gigabyte R9 270 2GB | RAM: 8GB 1333Mhz HyperX Blu | Storage: 120GB Samsung 850 EVO + 1TB WD Caviar Blue | Chassis: NZXT H230 | Mobo: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 | PSU: Corsair CX500 500W | Cooling: CM Hyper 212 EVO | OS: Windows 10
In order of priority: GTX 970 Strix, 2 good 1080p monitors, i5 4690k, MSI Z97 Gaming 5 LGA 1150, a job
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