390 or 970

[elvistang0101]

I have seen a video that Linus build with the Silverstone Sugo series sg13 case.

I wonder if a MSI R9 390 gaming 8G would fit in there. If it doesn't fit, I will choose the 970. Also, will a MSI GTX 970 gaming 4G and fit in this case? (It is a bit long with it's specs, may be squeeze it in the case may work)

[GunnerzMate]

Like they said, the SG13 will fit any 10.5" GPU and from what I can see the MSI GTX 970 is half an inch longer so it might not fit as is. Perhaps someone with the actual case can answer your question more accurately.

 

Same goes for the R9. 

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Even if it does fit, you don't want to be placing an open air cooler in such a small case.... 

[mrjordann]

970. For the love of LTT, get an Nvidia card.

[othertomperson]

Even if it does fit, you don't want to be placing an open air cooler in such a small case.... 

 

The card gets its air from immediately outside the case so open air will have superior performance than blower, and in a case that small you are going to be using an AIO on your CPU anyway so you absolutely should be using an open air cooler in this case.

[ace_cheaply]

I say 390.  It performs better usually, has more Vram for future cf, and AMD needs your money! lol 

[Clyne]

970. For the love of LTT, get an Nvidia card.

*Sigh* What i excepted from this forum. 

[RyGuy99]

If you're staying at 1080p go with the 970 as it can be overclocked to beat a 390 pretty consistently. Any higher resolutions go for the 390.

[TheCaptain53]

I have seen a video that Linus build with the Silverstone Sugo series sg13 case.

I wonder if a MSI R9 390 gaming 8G would fit in there. If it doesn't fit, I will choose the 970. Also, will a MSI GTX 970 gaming 4G and fit in this case? (It is a bit long with it's specs, may be squeeze it in the case may work)

I would honestly say GTX 970. Not so much from a performance stand point, but more from a heat output stand point. When building in an SFF rig, you need to make sure all of the components are adequately cooled, this could be done in multiple ways.

• You could raise the fan speeds in the system to introduce more airflow, thereby taking more heat away from the case
• Use components that consume less power (and as a result output less heat)

We all know the GTX 970 is far more power efficient than the R9 390, so as a result I would go the Nvidia route.

Building an ATX rig, however, would be a different matter. I'd still go Nvidia (I use a GTX 970), but if I were going to build a 4K rig, it would be Xfire R9 390X's under waterblocks all day long.