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First of all - backplates are pure swag value, they have exactly 0 effect on cooling, and are in fact many times do more harm than good, because between them and the board there is a layer of air and as we know from school science classes, air is an excellent heat insulator. So even if they have pads soaked in thermal conductive compound between VRAM chips and the plate - it is compensated by the fact that they create that layer of heat insulation. They do look good, and they do prevent GPU from sagging tho. 

 

Now, per model :

 

Asus Strix - Silent. Good build quality. Good cooling, and also 0db feature by default, without modding BIOS. On the flip-side - only one 6+2 PCIE power connector, so not that great for overclocking.

 

Gigabyte G1 - Great cooling. Good power system design. Which means good overclocking potential. Backplate, and in general, the card looks like its wearing armor. Less silent than other GTX 970s - but compared to AMD counterparts, still super silent. Can also mod VBIOS to have 0db. Also massive size.

 

MSI Gaming - Great cooling. In fact, almost as good as G1, and at the same time, as silent as Strix. Good power design, probably the best power design of the 3. Good VRM cooling too. Has no backplate - but has a...frontplate of sorts. A reinforcement plate sitting between cooler and the board, so card wont sag. Downsides - has some VRAM chips on the back, which theoretically means you will get less VRAM OC - which doesn't really gives you much of a performance boost anyway.

 

I own MSI Gaming. Build quality is great - I don't know why people obsess over "metal parts" so much. Nothing is lose or flimsy.

 

My suggestion - grab either Strix if you don't intend to OC, MSI Gaming if you want silence+good OC potential.

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I'm not sure yet which GPU I'll choose beteween the GTX 970 and GTX 980.

But is there a general line for these compagny? (One built tougher, one cheaper, better fans, ect)

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I personally  like ASUS, and they have there silent fans ... which everyone does now

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But I have to admit that the Gigabyte and Galax ones look cool

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Gigabyte for OC Performance

MSI for an Inbetweener

ASUS for looks, super low temps and no noise even under full load and lowest power usage.

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I had a Asus Strix 970 and now I have a strix 980. Both cards are dead silent and overclocke over 1500mhz. 

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Strix for silence and size

G1 gaming for cooling and OCing 

Current Rig:   CPU: AMD 1950X @4Ghz. Cooler: Enermax Liqtech TR4 360. Motherboard:Asus Zenith Extreme. RAM: 8GB Crucial DDR4 3666. GPU: Reference GTX 970  SSD: 250GB Samsung 970 EVO.  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB. Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro. PSU: Corsair RM1000X. OS: Windows 10 Pro UEFI mode  (installed on SSD)

Peripherals:  Display: Acer XB272 1080p 240Hz G Sync Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Brown Mouse: Logitech G502 RGB Headhet: Roccat XTD 5.1 analogue

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MSI doesn't give you backplates for the price you pay and they are flimsy plastic fan shrouds vs Asus gives you metal backplate and metal fan housing.  

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Gigabyte G1 Gaming is the best 970. The best 980s are ridiculously overpriced (EVGA K|NGP|N, EVGA Classified). Not sure if the Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 980 is cherry-picked for overclocking like the G1 Gaming GTX 970 is though.

Why the i5 over the FX-8350?

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Gigabyte G1 Gaming is the best 970. The best 980s are ridiculously overpriced (EVGA K|NGP|N, EVGA Classified). Not sure if the Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 980 is cherry-picked for overclocking like the G1 Gaming GTX 970 is though.

 

There not, but cooling is excellent and come with VRAM heatsinks as well. 

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MSI doesn't give you backplates for the price you pay and they are flimsy plastic fan shrouds vs Asus gives you metal backplate and metal fan housing.

EVGA also has no Backplate for the most part

Because he had a hard drive.

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EVGA also has no Backplate for the most part

 

You can at least buy them. MSI? Nope. Housings are still flimsy as hell, I wasn't impressed seeing them up close at PDX 25

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You can at least buy them. MSI? Nope

Oh! That sucks

Because he had a hard drive.

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This thread is making me want to make the jump to an Asus strix, I wish they had these models with dual exhaust, would work best in my Antec P280 case. 

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There not, but cooling is excellent and come with VRAM heatsinks as well. 

Huh? The 980 has gauntlet as well...

Intel 4790 K - R9 295X2 - Gigabyte Z97-SLI - Corsair Vengeance Pro Black 1866 CAL9 - Corsair HX 1000 -Samsung 850 EVO SSD - Samsung HDD - H100I - Corsair C70 - G400 Logitech - Asus VS247H - WASD custom mechanical and QCKPAD! 

Staples of LTT: Getting an 4690 K will resurrect your lost family members, AMD = More heat thus AMD = Satan. 

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I'm fully satisfied with my Gigabyte. It runs cool, high OC and has a slick design and backplate.  I gotta say the Strix looks nice for silence but ive heard a lot of people complaining about whirl coils.  Originally wanted to go for MSI but no backplates on a 700$ (CND) card was killer for me. 

Intel 4790 K - R9 295X2 - Gigabyte Z97-SLI - Corsair Vengeance Pro Black 1866 CAL9 - Corsair HX 1000 -Samsung 850 EVO SSD - Samsung HDD - H100I - Corsair C70 - G400 Logitech - Asus VS247H - WASD custom mechanical and QCKPAD! 

Staples of LTT: Getting an 4690 K will resurrect your lost family members, AMD = More heat thus AMD = Satan. 

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I'm fully satisfied with my Gigabyte. It runs cool, high OC and has a slick design and backplate.  I gotta say the Strix looks nice for silence but ive heard a lot of people complaining about whirl coils.  Originally wanted to go for MSI but no backplates on a 700$ (CND) card was killer for me. 

Lol Whirl Coils! My 980 has a ton of Whirl Coils as well, 

 

I think u mean coil whine ;)

Current Rig:   CPU: AMD 1950X @4Ghz. Cooler: Enermax Liqtech TR4 360. Motherboard:Asus Zenith Extreme. RAM: 8GB Crucial DDR4 3666. GPU: Reference GTX 970  SSD: 250GB Samsung 970 EVO.  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB. Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro. PSU: Corsair RM1000X. OS: Windows 10 Pro UEFI mode  (installed on SSD)

Peripherals:  Display: Acer XB272 1080p 240Hz G Sync Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Brown Mouse: Logitech G502 RGB Headhet: Roccat XTD 5.1 analogue

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Lol Whirl Coils! My 980 has a ton of Whirl Coils as well, 

 

I think u mean coil whine ;)

yes haha. sorry/ 

Intel 4790 K - R9 295X2 - Gigabyte Z97-SLI - Corsair Vengeance Pro Black 1866 CAL9 - Corsair HX 1000 -Samsung 850 EVO SSD - Samsung HDD - H100I - Corsair C70 - G400 Logitech - Asus VS247H - WASD custom mechanical and QCKPAD! 

Staples of LTT: Getting an 4690 K will resurrect your lost family members, AMD = More heat thus AMD = Satan. 

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yes haha. sorry/ 

I understand, we both have this symptom as owner of corsair CWT-made PSUs, try and hop onto the EVGA or Seasonic train if u can to stop it 

Current Rig:   CPU: AMD 1950X @4Ghz. Cooler: Enermax Liqtech TR4 360. Motherboard:Asus Zenith Extreme. RAM: 8GB Crucial DDR4 3666. GPU: Reference GTX 970  SSD: 250GB Samsung 970 EVO.  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB. Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro. PSU: Corsair RM1000X. OS: Windows 10 Pro UEFI mode  (installed on SSD)

Peripherals:  Display: Acer XB272 1080p 240Hz G Sync Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Brown Mouse: Logitech G502 RGB Headhet: Roccat XTD 5.1 analogue

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I take it Corsair PSUs produce more coil whine?

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I take it Corsair PSUs produce more coil whine?

Not the PSU, but the ripple that they can produce causes coil whine on the GPU

Current Rig:   CPU: AMD 1950X @4Ghz. Cooler: Enermax Liqtech TR4 360. Motherboard:Asus Zenith Extreme. RAM: 8GB Crucial DDR4 3666. GPU: Reference GTX 970  SSD: 250GB Samsung 970 EVO.  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB. Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro. PSU: Corsair RM1000X. OS: Windows 10 Pro UEFI mode  (installed on SSD)

Peripherals:  Display: Acer XB272 1080p 240Hz G Sync Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Brown Mouse: Logitech G502 RGB Headhet: Roccat XTD 5.1 analogue

Daily Devices:Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact and 128GB iPad Pro

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Not the PSU, but the ripple that they can produce causes coil whine on the GPU

That concerns me, as I want to get a 970, but I have an old TX 750 power supply (Bronze 80, non-modular).  I'm just hoping the sound isn't terrible.

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Not the PSU, but the ripple that they can produce causes coil whine on the GPU

 

And what scientist and lab was able to reproduce and verify this?  My Corsair AX860 does not make my 980 whine

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