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It's not necessarily the brand, more like the Chipset that's used, and the original specifications that make the difference. Brands like EVGA, Asus, MSI etc only change the coolers on GPUs while Nvidia and AMD are the original designers and creationists. 

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Don't trust brands, look at the individual products.

 

However, as a general rule: MSI, Sapphire, XFX and Powercolor for AMD cards, EVGA, MSI, Gigabyte and GALAX for NVIDIA cards.

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

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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

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MSI so far has made really well designed and performing coolers for both the green team and the red team. Now, I would totally just buy one from EVGA/Sapphire if I were buying a new GPU, but if I wanted good looks and performance I'd get MSI.

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CPU: Intel Xeon E3 1231 V3 3.4ghz CPU COOLER: Cryorig H7 w/ Red Corsair SP120mm  MOBO: MSI SLI Krait Edition Z170 MEMORY: G.Skill Ripjaws 8gb (2x4) Storage: Kingston V300 120gb, WD 1TB GPU: MSI R9 390X CASE: Phantom 410 (ew) PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower Modular 550w CASE FANS: 4 CORSAIR SP120mm MONITOR: LG 25UM67 KEYBOARD: Das4 Ultimate Cherry MX Blue MOUSE: Deathadder Chroma Left-Handed AUDIO: Sennheiser HD598 Black, Astro A40s

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I don't trust brands. Research products before buying them. Brand loyalty and brand trust are stupid.

Brand trust is not stupid. It's a matter of customer service.

Even the best product can be doa. If the brand is good then they will take care of you.

I will buy from a company that I know has good customer service because I know they will take care of me if there is something wrong.

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Brand trust is not stupid. It's a matter of customer service.

Even the best product can be doa. If the brand is good then they will take care of you.

I will buy from a company that I know has good customer service because I know they will take care of me if there is something wrong.

A good company makes products which don't break, and which do Not need customer service lol.

Gigabyte, only the best experience with their products.

Offtopic: I've seen many MSI MBs die after a pretty short time, correct me if I am wrong.

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A good company makes products which don't break, and which do Not need customer service lol.

Gigabyte, only the best experience with their products.

Offtopic: I've seen many MSI MBs die after a pretty short time, correct me if I am wrong.

If you can show me a company with a 0% rma rate for a product I'll buy from them every time. That doesn't happen though. My point was even the best product can arrive doa or die early. It happens and there's nothing you can do about that.

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EVGA 1st, MSI 2nd.

I know for a fact my next card will be the Titan/Ti Pascal card from EVGA. Their customer support is unparalleled and I love the fact I can disassemble the card to water cool without breaking warranty.

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I dont trust anyone outside my Family.

CPU i7 6700k MB  MSI Z170A Pro Carbon GPU Zotac GTX980Ti amp!extreme RAM 16GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance 3k CASE Corsair 760T PSU Corsair RM750i MOUSE Logitech G9x KB Logitech G910 HS Sennheiser GSP 500 SC Asus Xonar 7.1 MONITOR Acer Predator xb270hu Storage 1x1TB + 2x500GB Samsung 7200U/m - 2x500GB SSD Samsung 850EVO

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Don't trust brands, look at the individual products.

 

However, as a general rule: MSI, Sapphire, XFX and Powercolor for AMD cards, EVGA, MSI, Gigabyte and GALAX for NVIDIA cards.

I find that Zotac are generally quite good for Nvidia too.

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BFG

On a more serious note, I like the design of the Twin Frozr coolers, they seem to be up there with the best of them.

Do I trust MSI though? I guess I do, kind of, but they have been caught in the past overvolting GPUs to improve overclocking without telling the customers and with nVidia specifically telling them not to... Also they sold me a B75 motherboard that says overclocking on the side of the box but it does no such thing. That 3570K was a waste of money.

I cannot be held responsible for any bad advice given.

I've no idea why the world is afraid of 3D-printed guns when clearly 3D-printed crossbows would be more practical for now.

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Don't trust brands, look at the individual products.

 

However, as a general rule: MSI, Sapphire, XFX and Powercolor for AMD cards, EVGA, MSI, Gigabyte and GALAX for NVIDIA cards.

You forgot strix for Nvidia...

 

I have one and it beats most other cards

 

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CPU: i7-6700K 4.7GHz | GPU: GTX 980 STRIX 1337MHz | CPU Cooler: H110i GTX AIO |

 Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR | Case: NZXT H440 White | PSU: CS750W |

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You forgot strix for Nvidia...

 

I have one and it beats most other cards

Cooler is pretty bad compared to others.

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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Cooler is pretty bad compared to others.

Thats not true. Strix Temps are fine.

CPU i7 6700k MB  MSI Z170A Pro Carbon GPU Zotac GTX980Ti amp!extreme RAM 16GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance 3k CASE Corsair 760T PSU Corsair RM750i MOUSE Logitech G9x KB Logitech G910 HS Sennheiser GSP 500 SC Asus Xonar 7.1 MONITOR Acer Predator xb270hu Storage 1x1TB + 2x500GB Samsung 7200U/m - 2x500GB SSD Samsung 850EVO

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