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The ASUS one looks sick and has decent cooling. I personally would go for it.

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Sapphire and MSI are by far the best brands for AMD GPUs IMO. I have the MSI and love it, so I think you should consider that. But out of those, the Sapphire.

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I am a HUGE fan of the aesthetics tbh. but real life users experienced difficulties over time regarding temps... so that made me reconsider it again

If you are going for more cooling performance the sapphire card is good direction to go in, but on the other hand if you can compromise a bit of cooling performance for amazing aesthetics the asus card is the way to go.

ALCATRAZ |   CPU: i9 9900k @ 5GHz, Motherboard: Asus Prime Z390-A, RAM: Corsair Vengence LPX 32GB, GPU: Gigabyte 1070Ti Case: Zalman MS800 Plus, Storage: Corsair 2TB NVME | Crucial M550 128GB SSD  |  WD 640GB HDD, PSU: XFX Pro Series 1050w, Display: ASUS MG279Q, Cooling: Noctua NH-D15

 

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If you are going for more cooling performance the sapphire card is good direction to go in, but on the other hand if you can compromise a bit of cooling performance for amazing aesthetics the asus card is the way to go.

yup I know... but how much hit it'll face considering higher temps? did you use one??

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MSI isn't a option for me... 

Just out of curiosity (not trying to be hostile or anything) but why?

Anyway, if it's not an option than I reckon Sapphire is the way to go here.

Project White Lightning (My ITX Gaming PC): Core i5-4690K | CRYORIG H5 Ultimate | ASUS Maximus VII Impact | HyperX Savage 2x8GB DDR3 | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB | WD Black 1TB | Sapphire RX 480 8GB NITRO+ OC | Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ITX | Corsair AX760 | LG 29UM67 | CM Storm Quickfire Ultimate | Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum | HyperX Cloud II | Logitech Z333

Benchmark Results: 3DMark Firestrike: 10,528 | SteamVR VR Ready (avg. quality 7.1) | VRMark 7,004 (VR Ready)

 

Other systems I've built:

Core i3-6100 | CM Hyper 212 EVO | MSI H110M ECO | Corsair Vengeance LPX 1x8GB DDR4  | ADATA SP550 120GB | Seagate 500GB | EVGA ACX 2.0 GTX 1050 Ti | Fractal Design Core 1500 | Corsair CX450M

Core i5-4590 | Intel Stock Cooler | Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI | HyperX Savage 2x4GB DDR3 | Seagate 500GB | Intel Integrated HD Graphics | Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 | be quiet! Pure Power L8 350W

 

I am not a professional. I am not an expert. I am just a smartass. Don't try and blame me if you break something when acting upon my advice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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yup I know... but how much hit it'll face considering higher temps? did you use one??

A mate of mine has the ASUS 390. His temps were 24C at idle and 54C at load ( no overclock applied)

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Just out of curiosity (not trying to be hostile or anything) but why?

Anyway, if it's not an option than I reckon Sapphire is the way to go here.

it's okay! and when I said it's not an option... I meant my local market only offers asus, gigabyte and sapphire for 390's. they only have nvidia regarding msi. personally, I don't hate msi if you are concerned about it!!  :P

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that low?? seriously???  :o

He was running CSGO so mostly likely not the most intensive situation. But I'd say that the temps under maximum wouldn't be going any higher than late 60's

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He was running CSGO so mostly likely not the most intensive situation. But I'd say that the temps under maximum wouldn't be going any higher than late 60's

during Witcher 3, in my country; Sapphire exceeded 75 degrees!! Asus might (and as far as I know, will) go even higher. won't it be a big hit? my case is an H440, so airflow isn't as optimized too...

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it's okay! and when I said it's not an option... I meant my local market only offers asus, gigabyte and sapphire for 390's. they only have nvidia regarding msi. personally, I don't hate msi if you are concerned about it!!  :P

Thanks, I just didn't want you to feel like I was trying to pressure you into a purchase and that I respect your opinion :)

Project White Lightning (My ITX Gaming PC): Core i5-4690K | CRYORIG H5 Ultimate | ASUS Maximus VII Impact | HyperX Savage 2x8GB DDR3 | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB | WD Black 1TB | Sapphire RX 480 8GB NITRO+ OC | Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ITX | Corsair AX760 | LG 29UM67 | CM Storm Quickfire Ultimate | Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum | HyperX Cloud II | Logitech Z333

Benchmark Results: 3DMark Firestrike: 10,528 | SteamVR VR Ready (avg. quality 7.1) | VRMark 7,004 (VR Ready)

 

Other systems I've built:

Core i3-6100 | CM Hyper 212 EVO | MSI H110M ECO | Corsair Vengeance LPX 1x8GB DDR4  | ADATA SP550 120GB | Seagate 500GB | EVGA ACX 2.0 GTX 1050 Ti | Fractal Design Core 1500 | Corsair CX450M

Core i5-4590 | Intel Stock Cooler | Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI | HyperX Savage 2x4GB DDR3 | Seagate 500GB | Intel Integrated HD Graphics | Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 | be quiet! Pure Power L8 350W

 

I am not a professional. I am not an expert. I am just a smartass. Don't try and blame me if you break something when acting upon my advice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...why are you still reading this?

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Sapphire and MSI are by far the best brands for AMD GPUs IMO. I have the MSI and love it, so I think you should consider that. But out of those, the Sapphire.

I second that. 

The ASUS one is really not that pretty imo.

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Sapphire Nitro is basically the best 390 cooler, only Msi with Twin Frozr V can compete againts it. The Asus Strix sure looks good, but it's way more louder and hotter, Strix coolers are not good coolers for amd cards.

I have also heard that... thus the reconsideration. 

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