Best non reference gtx 970?

[Leot]

I was wondering on which 970 should i buy. I don't plan on overclocking them and i plan on SLI them in a year or so. So any suggestions? 

[TheKDub]

Gigabyte g1 gaming.

[Mao_Zedong]

The MSI and EVGA cards are the quietest, which is the most important factor if you won't overclock. They're also not bad at overclocking, but the gigabyte g1 is slightly better at that.

[ciprian97pop]

they're all about the same in terms of cooling and performance

i personally like the asus strix design more than the other ones but that doesn't make it the best. choose whichever one you like the most

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

EVGA SSC 970

[Hunched]

The Gigabyte 970 G1 was tested by monkeys with no ears so by default the fans can't go lower than 50%

You will need to flash the BIOS to do so, it's not too quiet at a default low of 1600rpm

[JerkyMcDilerino]

Zotact and ASUS.