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RX480 reference or aftermarket?

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I'm looking into getting an AMD RX 480, but I'm torn on whether to get the reference card or an aftermarket one.

My case is the Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ITX, which has very little room for air-cooled cards to breathe (half an inch of space between the GPU's fans and the PSU basement, at best). 200mm intake, 120mm exhaust, both spinning slowly to keep the noise down.

So, in this situation, do you think a reference-style blower card would be better than an aftermarket, open-style cooler? Bear in mind my CPU is air-cooled and with my current aftermarket R9 390 CPU temps are ok, 65-ish when gaming.

Aftermarket open cooler or blower reference card? Would the reference card do better for cooling the GPU than an open card, with not much space to breathe? I've seen the reference card run kind of hot but would it be better in a case with little breathing space?

 

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