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I am going to order a new graphics card soon, but I can't choose which 380 I should get.

 

The Sapphire Nitro 380 4GB Backplate version is priced at 241€ with a 2 year warranty.

 

The MSI one is priced at 254€ with a 3 year warranty. I also have an MSI motherboard which would look really nice.

 

But I am honestly not sure which one should I get. Any suggestions?

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Sapphire is good.

 

But if you feel MSI, go for it. They're good too!

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Sapphire is the king of AMD Gpus. Go with the Sapphire

Yeah but they provide 2 year warranty though. Isn't it worth paying a bit more to get a 3 year warranty?

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Either would be great. both are some of the top AMD resellers (sapphire has the slightly better cooler, MSI (probably) has better support, and colour matching)

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Yeah but they provide 2 year warranty though. Isn't it worth paying a bit more to get a 3 year warranty?

Not really no, your paying more for a worse product just because it has a longer warranty. As long as you don't mistreat it the Sapphire will last a long time

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I am going to order a new graphics card soon, but I can't choose which 380 I should get.

 

The Sapphire Nitro 380 4GB Backplate version is priced at 241€ with a 2 year warranty.

 

The MSI one is priced at 254€ with a 3 year warranty. I also have an MSI motherboard which would look really nice.

 

But I am honestly not sure which one should I get. Any suggestions?

Sapphire is very long make sure it fits in your case. I had to take out the HDD cages in my H440 to fit mine in. Also because it's so big it tends to sag abit. If you are scared it'll break your PCI-E slot then I might be weary. I've had mine in for a few weeks now and it's not broken anything (It has dipped about 3-5mm ish tho), but if you have a cheap mobo that feels like it's gonna break any moment I wouldn't put my $$$ on it.

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Not really no, your paying more for a worse product just because it has a longer warranty. As long as you don't mistreat it the Sapphire will last a long time

I'm trying to think why Sapphire is making their cards look simple with their design, when if they made them look better like they used to do before they could sell them way better

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Sapphire is very long make sure it fits in your case. I had to take out the HDD cages in my H440 to fit mine in. Also because it's so big it tends to sag abit. If you are scared it'll break your PCI-E slot then I might be weary. I've had mine in for a few weeks now and it's not broken anything (It has dipped about 3-5mm ish tho), but if you have a cheap mobo that feels like it's gonna break any moment I wouldn't put my $$$ on it.

I have a Zalman Z3+ case, so if sagging became an issue, I could screw in the GPU handle and it would be fine. It should definately fit in my case, but I am going to check it just in case. And I might order the sapphire one tommorrow :)

 

Still wanting to order the MSI one so bad, but I think the sapphire will do just fine.

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Sapphire is very long make sure it fits in your case. I had to take out the HDD cages in my H440 to fit mine in. Also because it's so big it tends to sag abit. If you are scared it'll break your PCI-E slot then I might be weary. I've had mine in for a few weeks now and it's not broken anything (It has dipped about 3-5mm ish tho), but if you have a cheap mobo that feels like it's gonna break any moment I wouldn't put my $$$ on it.

What I don't understand is that it's saying  that the card is 237.35 x 126.15 x 37 Dimension /mm on the website,  and for some reason NZXT H440 is saying that their GPU Clearance With HDD Cage: 294mm .

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For me Sapphire is the way to go with AMD, just like it is EVGA on the nVidia side. Two amazing companies.

 

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What I don't understand is that it's saying  that the card is 237.35 x 126.15 x 37 Dimension /mm on the website,  and for some reason NZXT H440 is saying that their GPU Clearance With HDD Cage: 294mm .

here is some picture of my card and case.

gpu with end space in h440, no HDD cages

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GPU in case

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comparison with a water bottle

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10/10 image quality, was take in the dark with my phones flash, please no hate.

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here is some picture of my card and case.

gpu with end space in h440, no HDD cages

m9dbU8r.jpg

GPU in case

fAhrRH9.jpg

comparison with a water bottle

onfCrE0.jpg

10/10 image quality, was take in the dark with my phones flash, please no hate.

wow that's long. 

 

yeah i'll probably order that one but the backplate version.

 

it seriously looks LONG though. holy fucking shit

 

i know for sure that the 380 will fit in my case because i previously had an msi r9 270x inside it and it fitted just fine. the 270x was a bit longer.

 

thank you for the effort

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here is some picture of my card and case.

wait, is that a R9 390?

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wait, is that a R9 390?

390x

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390x

yeah i'll be getting the 380 which only has 2 fans :D can't afford that man

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yeah i'll be getting the 380 which only has 2 fans :D can't afford that man

If it's just the 2 fans, then i would personally go with the MSi if it's the same price. Sapphire is known for their Tri-X cooler and not 2 fan. While MSI has always been 2 fans and been know for it's cooling.

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If it's just the 2 fans, then i would personally go with the MSi if it's the same price. Sapphire is known for their Tri-X cooler and not 2 fan. While MSI has always been 2 fans and been know for it's cooling.

Yeah I'm still thinking. A lot of people is saying that I should definately go with the sapphire one, but I never owned a Sapphire card and MSI is a trustable brand for me. Plus it got the looks you know

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The Tri-X is their newer, larger cooler design.

 

The dual fan coolers are still just as good -- it is the older cooler found on the early R-200 series, HD 7000 and (6000 series?) GPU's.

 

I have three cards that uses the two-fan cooler, and they work fantastic

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  • HD 7970 Dual-X
  • HD 7950 Boost Edition Vapor-X

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