RX 470 4gb - Brand Advice

[Divu Kels]

Recently decided im going to upgrade my pc using the I5 Skylake and 8gb of DDR4 HyperX Black. Now, Originally I had planned to get the I3 instead and a RX 480... but got told the i5 was a better choice, so that brings it down to which brand is best for the RX 470? I was looking at the MSI RX 470 4gb Gaming X but have also been told the Sapphire RX 470 tends to overclock better... what are some of your suggestions for the RX 470 brand wise? I found a place I can get this GPU MSI RX 470 Gaming X for less then $150 so before I go and do that I want to make sure im picking the right brand here.

[Morgan MLGman]

PowerColor Red Devil RX 470 is a great card. But Gaming X is also great, Sapphire's 400 series isn't impressive, so they don't really excel at anything in that regard.

 

I'd get either Gaming X or Red Devil. Get the cheaper one.

[DarkBlade2117]

That's a great price, who cares if it performs within a margin of error in benches or overclocking, you're saving enough money, especially since MSI makes some of the best coolers for AMD.

[Nena Trinity]

I think Powercolor or XFX GTR should be good!

[Trav_X]

If you can get the Gaming X for that price, go for it!

[Master Encoder]

As far as i know, Sapphire was and is the largest supplier of AMD graphic cards, but if you have found MSI for less than 150 bucks, it's worth of buying, differences are not that big deal , you can always manually OC if the clock speeds are not good enough for you. Anyway, if you don't like it, you can always return it for another one.

[YongKang]

Man, that's worth a buy. MSI does make some good product these days. I don't know what happen with Sapphire... They had great coolers...

[SteveGrabowski0]

An MSI RX 470 Gaming X for $150 sounds too good to be true. I hope you're not buying it on ebay or craigslist or from someone other than a well known retailer only to end up with say a GT 630 with a BIOS hack to read RX 470 in GPU-Z.

[Divu Kels]

Just now, SteveGrabowski0 said:

An MSI RX 470 Gaming X for $150 sounds too good to be true. I hope you're not buying it on ebay or craigslist or someone other than a well known retailer only to end up with say a GT 630 with a BIOS hack to read RX 470.

Jet.com which is owned by Walmart

 

[TheRandomness]

27 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

PowerColor Red Devil RX 470 is a great card. But Gaming X is also great, Sapphire's 400 series isn't impressive, so they don't really excel at anything in that regard.

 

I'd get either Gaming X or Red Devil. Get the cheaper one.

The Sapphire cards excel in looks c:

[Divu Kels]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

The Sapphire cards excel in looks c:

They do, but as I just decided a few mins ago to swap the Gigabyte motherboard for the MSI H110M-A Gaming motherboard the MSI one kinda matchs it now lol.

[SteveGrabowski0]

Just now, Divu Kels said:

Jet.com which is owned by Walmart

 

Oh ok, that's where you buy from legit retailers but get discounts for things like paying from debit card and not being able to return without a restocking fee? I wonder how that works if the card is damaged or not working properly. Anyways, the MSI RX 470 Gaming X is an excellent card and yeah I'd probably take that deal then.

[Divu Kels]

7 minutes ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Oh ok, that's where you buy from legit retailers but get discounts for things like paying from debit card and not being able to return without a restocking fee? I wonder how that works if the card is damaged or not working properly. Anyways, the MSI RX 470 Gaming X is an excellent card and yeah I'd probably take that deal then.

Well if you do take the free returns your probally better off, you get options that allow you to bypass the free returns to make it cheaper as well. You also get options to pay by debit as well and make it cheaper there too. Returns on non-free returns cost 5.99 + 5% of the item price if you also pay by Debit and not Credit Card.