branding / style Choosing a GPU

[The 6th Summoner]

I am building my first rig over the summer and was deciding on the GPU and ended up with 1070/1080 ( though might change my mind if Vega comes bf I buy)  depending on basically what I have left in the summer (probably 1070)

However , there seems to be like 5 or so brands that are popular around and I really don't know what should I get.

I trust Asus because of my previous experience with them and this is why I am leaning towards the STRIX 1070 OC and it looks great.
But I would like to know what's the difference between it and others that people buy such as the
GALAX HOF 1070 
ZOTAX 1070 AMP EXTREME

GIGABYTE  1070 Xtreme Gaming

 

Like is it purely cosmetic or some of them are just flat out better and more reliable that others ?

All opinions are appreciated

[garry dhaliwal]

you need to check actual clock size of all these with in brands whichever have more clock at base setting buy that one with oc model

• Base Clock (MHz) 1657
• Base: 1632 MHz
• base 1695 mhz

[ImNotThere]

Honestly, get whichever is the cheapest, i got a windforce gtx 1070 with dual fan andits great 

[Technomancer__]

5 minutes ago, The 6th Summoner said:

ZOTAX 1070 AMP EXTREME

i have it and its very silent. also i managed to oc @2155 in 10 mins

[The 6th Summoner]

Just now, ImNotThere said:

Honestly, get whichever is the cheapest, i got a windforce gtx 1070 with dual fan andits great 

Well that doesn't make much of a difference ; your answer makes sense and it makes me think about looks more than anything else

Thanks anyway

[Hunter-97-G]

1070 is overpriced, you really should try and get a 1080.

[Technomancer__]

Just now, Ethocreeper said:

i have it and its very silent. also i managed to oc @2155 in 10 mins

when i have time i will try to oc more to see how far i can go

probably not too far from 2155

[The 6th Summoner]

2 minutes ago, garry dhaliwal said:

you need to check actual clock size of all these with in brands whichever have more clock at base setting buy that one with oc model

Idk if that does help since all of them are like base clock of 1.6X so the difference between 1.61 and 1.66 is not what is gonna help me choose

Thanks for your input anyway

[ImNotThere]

1 minute ago, The 6th Summoner said:

Well that doesn't make much of a difference ; your answer makes sense and it makes me think about looks more than anything else

Thanks anyway

I mean just get the cheapest one, they all use the same gpu

[The 6th Summoner]

2 minutes ago, Ethocreeper said:

i have it and its very silent. also i managed to oc @2155 in 10 mins

 

Just now, Ethocreeper said:

when i have time i will try to oc more to see how far i can go

probably not too far from 2155

Seems great and the silence will be appreciated since the PC will be fairly close to me and I will probably be letting it run 24/7 for a lot of days and wouldn't want problems and the OC sounds great
 

Thanks a alot and let me know if u manage to get it past the 2155

[The 6th Summoner]

5 minutes ago, Hunter-97-G said:

1070 is overpriced, you really should try and get a 1080.

It seems to be slightly overpriced but it also doesnt have any similar cards in its range. Moreover, I don't really know how much money I will have for the GPU at the end and the 1080 is lke at least $150  more than 1070 and I can't really justify the 1080  much since am unlikely to have anything over 1080p for the near future and even at 1440p I am not convinced that I need the 1080 

[Technomancer__]

3 minutes ago, The 6th Summoner said:

 

Seems great and the silence will be appreciated since the PC will be fairly close to me and I will probably be letting it run 24/7 for a lot of days and wouldn't want problems and the OC sounds great
 

Thanks a alot and let me know if u manage to get it past the 2155

i have exams now so i didnt have time to play with it much

btw 2155 is very very good, and my fans run about 20-30 (i cant remember somewhere there) in full load with oc and the card is bellow 60

[garry dhaliwal]

5 minutes ago, The 6th Summoner said:

Idk if that does help since all of them are like base clock of 1.6X so the difference between 1.61 and 1.66 is not what is gonna help me choose

Thanks for your input anyway

it will make difference when you overclock them in future 

[The 6th Summoner]

Just now, Ethocreeper said:

i have exams now so i didnt have time to play with it much

btw 2155 is very very good, and my fans run about 20-30 (i cant remember somewhere there) in full load with oc and the card is bellow >60

Seems you have very good cooling setup going on 
What's your case and cooling setup if you don't mind me asking ?

 

Thanks again , I am seriously considering the ZOTAC

[The 6th Summoner]

1 minute ago, garry dhaliwal said:

it will make difference when you overclock them in future 

I am no expert but is the .05 really gonna make that much of a difference in any real-life situation other than benchmarks ? 

[Technomancer__]

Just now, The 6th Summoner said:

Seems you have very good cooling setup going on 
What's your case and cooling setup if you don't mind me asking ?

 

Thanks again , I am seriously considering the ZOTAC

all in my profile

i have a zalman z9 neo and for my cpu stock intel heatsink

[ImNotThere]

Out of question, do you need a 1070 if you're only gaming at 1080p??

[The 6th Summoner]

6 minutes ago, ImNotThere said:

I mean just get the cheapest one, they all use the same gpu

Yeah but they have different cooling , boosting , aesthetics . Choosing soley on the GPU , ofc I would go for the cheapest

[SomethingOrOtherThing]

Any differences you find in 1070s are purely arguments over minor details. As far as working ability - they are all quite similar.

[garry dhaliwal]

2 minutes ago, The 6th Summoner said:

I am no expert but is the .05 really gonna make that much of a difference in any real-life situation other than benchmarks ? 

the one with .05 clock will overclock more

what is actually you are looking for then ?

[The 6th Summoner]

Just now, garry dhaliwal said:

the one with .05 clock will overclock more

what is actually you are looking for then ?

I  know but ultimately even after OCing the difference will never be more than 100 Mhz , so it isn't the deciding factor for me.

Nevertheless thanks for your input

[HKZeroFive]

The main difference between the cards is the cooling and noise output. Otherwise, they will all perform roughly the same. The card's overclocking ability is entirely dependent on the silicon lottery.

 

There's no particularly "bad" aftermarket GTX 1080 that I can recall of but the ASUS STRIX and the GALAX HOF are both very good cards.

[The 6th Summoner]

2 minutes ago, FIXXX said:

Any differences you find in 1070s are purely arguments over minor details. As far as working ability - they are all quite similar.

Same conclusion I  reached , was just making sure that none of them have like any glaring issues with them that would make me regret buying one

 

Thanks for the help

[Bananasplit_00]

the Galax card is bound to have the best VRM, but honestly id just get the cheapest one you like the look of the most, they will all preform just about the same and for overclocking its down to the silicon lottery how much you can OC

[PCGuy_5960]

Just get a 1080, it costs only $50 more:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/DrDzK8/zotac-geforce-gtx-1070-8gb-amp-extreme-video-card-zt-p10700b-10p

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/49YWGX/msi-geforce-gtx-1080-8gb-duke-oc-video-card-gtx-1080-duke-8g-oc