Which RX 480?

[Froody129]

Hi all

 

Theres currently a bunch of specials happening and I'm selling my 1060 at new price. I'm wondering what 480 to buy. I have a 1440p monitor with Freesync. Silence is important to me and my build theme is black/red but I'd take a better card or a better deal over colour matching 

 

My options are a Powercolor Red Devil for R4300/ $330.32

Msi Gaming X for R4880/ $374.88

and XFX GTR for R4500/ $345.69

 

Is the Red Devil a good card? I can afford all of them but I'd definitely appreciate some saved money. All are 8gb. I really like Gaming X and I can get it for a bit over what I paid for my 1060. The others cards I will be making profit off of this

[iRileyx]

Owning an XFX card i'd be a bit biased in answering  but the GTR editions are very good.

Though it sucks that the XFX logo can only be white so it won't match your colour scheme. Could always get some of the red led hardswap fans to help it match a little better.

[Brooksie359]

2 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

Owning an XFX card i'd be a bit biased in answering  but the GTR editions are very good.

yeah the xfx gtr and the gaming x will have very similar performance so the xfx seems like the better option based on price. 

[Froody129]

5 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

Owning an XFX card i'd be a bit biased in answering  but the GTR editions are very good.

Though it sucks that the XFX logo can only be white so it won't match your colour scheme. Could always get some of the red led hardswap fans to help it match a little better.

I have elements of White in my build so the white will still look great.

[Froody129]

4 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

yeah the xfx gtr and the gaming x will have very similar performance so the xfx seems like the better option based on price. 

I've heard the Gaming X is quieter? The few extra MHz won't matter if I have a jet next to my ear. My build is pretty silence focused

[RAM555789]

I'd go with the Powercooler. I'll take a beefy cooler like that despite the fact its probably very loud.

[Megah3rtz]

31 minutes ago, RAM555789 said:

I'd go with the Powercooler. I'll take a beefy cooler like that despite the fact its probably very loud.

It has a terrible heatsink actually. 

[RAM555789]

17 minutes ago, Megah3rtz said:

It has a terrible heatsink actually. 

I guess that would explain the need for 3 fans then.

[Brooksie359]

1 hour ago, Froody129 said:

I've heard the Gaming X is quieter? The few extra MHz won't matter if I have a jet next to my ear. My build is pretty silence focused

yeah idk if its 30 bucks quieter. the msi gaming x is definitely a really solid card so if you wanted to get that instead it wouldn't be a bad idea. 

[Tech Wizard]

You should roll with an MSI Gaming X 480 if silence if your thing

[ivan134]

2 hours ago, Froody129 said:

I've heard the Gaming X is quieter? The few extra MHz won't matter if I have a jet next to my ear. My build is pretty silence focused

The gaming x isn't 30 bucks quieter and the GTR isn't a loud card. Go with the GTR.

[CatXice]

i have the rs xxx from xfx and i cant fault it theres no point gettin a gtr just OC it your self boom u saved $30

[Froody129]

6 hours ago, CatXice said:

i have the rs xxx from xfx and i cant fault it theres no point gettin a gtr just OC it your self boom u saved $30

In my country it's GTR or nothing . And it's on sale anyway for much less than it was. Anyone have more opinions on the Red Devil? It's the cheapest but I can't find good reviews as they're all just making Satan jokes

 

 

edit: also I have very high ambient sometimes of about 37C, even my Armor 1060 is at 76C in games 

[Zusafek]

I have the xfx rx 480 rs. Its actually fairly quiet and I have not gone above 68c while gaming or benchmarking. 

 

The red devil looks nice but they don't cool quite as well not oc as well. 

[Froody129]

6 minutes ago, Zusafek said:

I have the xfx rx 480 rs. Its actually fairly quiet and I have not gone above 68c while gaming or benchmarking. 

 

The red devil looks nice but they don't cool quite as well not oc as well. 

So I t looks like I'll get the GTR. I might consider the Gaming X for looks

[CatXice]

20 hours ago, Zusafek said:

I have the xfx rx 480 rs. Its actually fairly quiet and I have not gone above 68c while gaming or benchmarking. 

 

The red devil looks nice but they don't cool quite as well not oc as well. 

take it to 75 i do and its still quiet and means u can push it hard on the OC to push out 4k 60fps on high settings

[Zusafek]

2 minutes ago, CatXice said:

take it to 75 i do and its still quiet and means u can push it hard on the OC to push out 4k 60fps on high settings

I would push mine harder but my frankenmachine wouldn't handle it very well. I'm using my factory Lenovo mobo and it didn't like me oc the card. 

[CatXice]

1 minute ago, Zusafek said:

I would push mine harder but my frankenmachine wouldn't handle it very well. I'm using my factory Lenovo mobo and it didn't like me oc the card. 

up the voltage to the card???

[Zusafek]

1 minute ago, CatXice said:

up the voltage to the card???

Oh I've done that. It didn't like it very much. But no biggie. I'm going to be replacing my mobo, ram and cpu very soon. 

[CatXice]

1 minute ago, Zusafek said:

Oh I've done that. It didn't like it very much. But no biggie. I'm going to be replacing my mobo, ram and cpu very soon. 

fair enough just get 16gbs of ram coz you will never need to replace it

 

[Zusafek]

6 minutes ago, CatXice said:

fair enough just get 16gbs of ram coz you will never need to replace it

 

16 gigs is the least I would ever do. 

[CatXice]

1 minute ago, Zusafek said:

16 gigs is the least I would ever do. 

whats your build atm?

[Zusafek]

I5 4460

Lenovo factory mobo

16 gigs patriot ddr3 1600 ram

Thermaltake toughpower 650 80+gold rgb

1tb wd blue 7200 rpm

Hyper evo 212 cooler

Xfx rx 480 rs 4gb

Phanteks P400S mid tower

Edited February 18, 2017 by Zusafek
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[Zusafek]

6 minutes ago, Zusafek said:

I5 4460

Lenovo factory mobo

16 gigs patriot ddr3 1600 ram

Thermaltake toughpower 650 80+gold rgb

1tb wd blue 7200 rpm

Hyper evo 212 cooler

Xfx rx 480 rs 4gb

Phanteks P400S mid tower

Forgot to add monitor. 

 

Just a simple 21 inch Samsung 1080p for now. 

[Apache Protocol]

I had the chance to visit Taiwan again last 5 days ago and AMD Card over there is are Cheap I mean I purchase my ASUS RX 480 8GB STRIX OC for about $210 USD. and I saw that MSI and ASUS Top of the Line Card are almost prices same so if you can do what I did and haggle as much as I can before leaving the country it was a great chance.