Help picking up gtx 1070

[dream3]

Hey guys!

I need some quick help picking up my 1070. I've been with a 7970 for almost 4 years so time to upgrade.

 

I've narrowed it down to evga founders edition, ASUS STRIX or MSI Gaming X.

 

Heard that EVGA has the best warranty and support ever, while ASUS and MSI is basically a tie.

Regarding the cards themselves, ASUS seems to have the best coolers and performance, then MSI, then evga founders.

Finally, read that ASUS 1070 have been suffering from a couple of problems and they refuse to acknowledge them, so that steered me a bit away from it.

 

What do you think? Should I compromise a bit in performance and go with the evga for the peace of mind? 

I CANT get another evga card. Only founders available here, otherwise I wouldnt have this concern.

[Castdeath97]

21 minutes ago, dream3 said:

Finally, read that ASUS 1070 have been suffering from a couple of problems and they refuse to acknowledge them, so that steered me a bit away from it.

Source for that?

[lettuce head]

are you in ATX form factor? color scheme matter?

[dream3]

7 hours ago, Castdeath97 said:

Source for that?

Here is some of it:

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?88228-Strix-1070-O8G-fan-issues/page11

7 hours ago, lettuce head said:

are you in ATX form factor? color scheme matter?

Yep, ATX. Color scheme would be the last in my list. Mostly worried about warranty, support and performance. 

[YoloSwag]

On the reviews you've read about it, do they show the cooler with the thermal pads in the first place?

 

ASUS, MSI, and other brands were caught sending cherry-picked cards to reviewers some time ago. EVGA was caught not putting thermal pads on purpose. It's better if you ask the GTX 1070 owners themselves about the card they are using.

 

With that said, I'd go with EVGA since they've definitely placed thermal pads now on their GTX 1070 and GTX 1080. If you bought one that didn't, you could request it from their world-class customer support.

[GitGud]

Asus STRIX, unless you find Gaming X significantly cheaper, both extremely great cards.

[Castdeath97]

2 hours ago, dream3 said:

Here is some of it:

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?88228-Strix-1070-O8G-fan-issues/page11

Yep, ATX. Color scheme would be the last in my list. Mostly worried about warranty, support and performance. 

Could be an individual issue however, haven't heard it of it outside of reddit.

[lettuce head]

9 hours ago, dream3 said:

Here is some of it:

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?88228-Strix-1070-O8G-fan-issues/page11

Yep, ATX. Color scheme would be the last in my list. Mostly worried about warranty, support and performance. 

in the end, a 1070 is a 1070 and unless you get a hall of fame edition, you're in the silicon lottery. i would recommend the zotac amp! edition, its about the cheapest out there, has a back plate and is really well cooled.

[Qwweb]

9 hours ago, dream3 said:

Here is some of it:

The issue is not the memory, the memory is actually cooled by contact with the contact plate (blue), EVGA's issue was the VRMs lacking thermal padding which is clearly visible in the photo (red). I don't know what the issue is with that particular card, but it is not the memory cooling.

Quote

The DirectCU III cooler has five heat pipes, although only two actually make direct contact with the tiny GP106 GPU. Thermal padding allows the massive heatsink to also draw heat away from the MOSFETs, while a separate contact plate takes care of the memory chips. 

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2016/07/27/asus-geforce-gtx-1060-strix-oc-review/1

Note, the same cooler and contact pipe is used on the Strix 1060,70, and 80