MSI GTX 960 VS EVGA GTX 960?

[UBterminated]

Hey guys. Im new to computer building and such, but i can't seem to make a clear decision on what GPU to purchase. Im building a mid range gaming/editing pc and i have all of my parts picked out for a budget of around $750 in CAD because I live in Canada . I have been looking at 2 GPU that are both very compelling when it comes down to price to preformance. Both the Evga GTX 960 SSC and the Msi GTX 960 are within my budget but I can't decide which one to get. The Evga 960 is nice looking and has the option of a backplate which the Msi 960 does not. The Msi 960 is more astectily pleasing but doesn't have any sort of backplate available. They are both the 2GB varients. I realize that they are almost the same when it comes to specs but I can't choose which GPU to go with!!! Can anyone help? Which one is better? thanks I do plan to overclock btw

 

Here is a link to my PcPartPicker Build or check the specs below

 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/FGr2nQ

 

**BUILD LIST**

CPU:

- AMD FX 6300 3.5GHZ 6-Core Prossesor

 

CPU COOLER:

- Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

 

MOTHERBOARD:

- Gigabyte GA-970A-DP3 ATX AM3+/AMD3 Motherboard

 

MEMORY:

- G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

 

STORAGE:

- Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5in 7200RPM HHD

 

VIDEOCARD:

- ????

 

CASE:

- Corsair Graphite 230t

 

Power Supply:

- Corsair CX 500W 80+Bronze Semi-Modular ATX PSU

 

 

 

 

[MLGNOSCOPEHEADSHOTGETREKT]

MSI Because higher overclocks.

Something even better would be MSI Radeon R9 280X

[AFlyingBuffalo]

I believe the EVGA one has a higher core clock speed, that's the one I'm going with. However MSI has a nice cooler which could mean higher overclocking perhaps.

[Senzelian]

I'm more a fan of EVGA, because their cooler performs better.

But it doesn't really matter at the lower end of GPUs. The 960 doesn't get really warm anyway. So simply take the one you think looks better and/or costs less.

[Majestic]

Something even better would be MSI Radeon R9 280X

 

That depends entirely on your requirements/wishes. Also on your region as the MSI 280X is 40 euro's more epensive in the Netherlands.

 

Also, he can't even overclock his CPU or GPU if he goes with a 280X because that 400W power supply will die.

 

EDIT: I see you're building a new system. Go with an Intel i3-4130 instead of that FX-6300.

 

With this board 

 

And you can ditch the cooler, i3 stockfan is inaudible.

[AlexWJD]

IMO, MSI is currently the leader in the GPU variant game with the 900 series 

[Majestic]

IMO, MSI is currently the leader in the GPU variant game with the 900 series 

 

Yeah, my MSI 960 was a dud but it was second-hand. So i'm not going to hold that against them.

While it lived, it was really quiet and overclocked like a champ (1550).

[Guest]

Yeah, my MSI 960 was a dud but it was second-hand. So i'm not going to hold that against them.

While it lived, it was really quiet and overclocked like a champ (1550).

Mine was a dud too and it was from Microcenter new

[NickWilliams_11]

well. i built one and it's an msi 960 4G 4gb.. and it's great in performance, rather, i prefer the msi one over the evga. it's your choice. performance wise both'll do totally fine for any, they're all the same... temperature wise, idk ? both have two fans, so then the one with better cooling... or maybe the gigabyte one with directcu 3 , who knows