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I have a few 1060's. They are the EVGA full size cards with asynchronous fans, the smaller EVGA single fan SSC, and ... the MSI Gaming X. I have bought a lot of cards. I firmly believe the MSI's are worth the extra $20 or so dollars. EVGA's are priced somewhat similar. I think the full size cards I have are the FTW. They are nice as they can run each fan independently. But unless you hate red and black ( I do think MSI should offer other colors) - buy the MSI. They are built really well. Gamers Nexus says the same. 

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Get the cheapest one available and slap an accelero passive gpu cooler on it - it will be dead silent.

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26 minutes ago, thorsong said:

I firmly believe the MSI's are worth the extra $20 or so dollars.

I live in a socialist country so the MSI one costs $60 more.

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Just now, ColdCrystal said:

I live in a socialist country so the MSI one costs $60 more.

Gotcha. Well, I see your point. I have a small mine running of both AMD and Nvidia GPU's. So they are being stressed 24/7. The cards I have had the least problems with are the MSI Gaming X, they run the coolest due to the massive heat sink. In the warehouse I have them in the cards barely creep over 60C so the fans actually shut off frequently- even under mining load. 

But I get it, $60 is a lot to ask, and mining is probably why they are priced higher. Both ASUS and EVGA generally make a good card. Can you get a Strix or EVGA for a reasonable price?

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Jetstream is one of the quitest ones.

Not quite as the MSI Gaming X, but still on a VERY quiet level.

You can buy the Palit without worry.

 

PC Games Hardware measured 1.4 Sone Loudness~, which is very good. (Should still be quite Silent)

MSI Gaming X was at 0.7 sone. I had one, i never heared anything.

 

 

Interesting Fact: While on the GTX 1060 MSI Gaming X is pretty much the best cooler, it's just decent on a GTX 1080. While Palit /Gainward models are the best ones :P

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3 hours ago, thorsong said:

I have a few 1060's. They are the EVGA full size cards with asynchronous fans, the smaller EVGA single fan SSC, and ... the MSI Gaming X. I have bought a lot of cards. I firmly believe the MSI's are worth the extra $20 or so dollars. EVGA's are priced somewhat similar. I think the full size cards I have are the FTW. They are nice as they can run each fan independently. But unless you hate red and black ( I do think MSI should offer other colors) - buy the MSI. They are built really well. Gamers Nexus says the same. 

I would counter that by saying that EVGA's RMA dept. and customer service are amazing (real intelligent person responding in a matter of minutes after opening a text ticket). Their warranty terms are also great, allowing you to overclock and change coolers all you want without voiding warranty.

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6 hours ago, sazrocks said:

I would counter that by saying that EVGA's RMA dept. and customer service are amazing (real intelligent person responding in a matter of minutes after opening a text ticket). Their warranty terms are also great, allowing you to overclock and change coolers all you want without voiding warranty.

Amen to that. I bought an EVGA 970 last year. I am very technology literate and was having issues with it. I called them, got an American human on the phone almost immediately and he didn't treat me like a little old lady that didn't know what I was doing. It was rather refreshing. I had done everything right and there was a defect. (The card would only run with the fans at 100%. Strangest issue I have ever had with a graphics card.)  I have also had an EVGA power supply RMA'd. I would agree that EVGA stands behind their stuff. 

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9 hours ago, sazrocks said:

I would counter that by saying that EVGA's RMA dept. and customer service are amazing (real intelligent person responding in a matter of minutes after opening a text ticket). Their warranty terms are also great, allowing you to overclock and change coolers all you want without voiding warranty.

God, I hate this talk. It couldn't be more irrelevant. Customer service, warranty and everything else is completely irrelevant because the failure rate is below 2% for most technological products. What matters is:

  1. noise
  2. performance
  3. temp

In that order of importance.

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3 hours ago, ColdCrystal said:

God, I hate this talk. It couldn't be more irrelevant. Customer service, warranty and everything else is completely irrelevant because the failure rate is below 2% for most technological products. What matters is:

  1. noise
  2. performance
  3. temp

In that order of importance.

The warranty and customer service is relevant. If your stuff breaks, you dont wanna go buy a new one. Also, for people who dont know how to do anything with a gpu should be able to ask customer service, and if they're trash they wont help the newbies. Like you.

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3 hours ago, ColdCrystal said:

God, I hate this talk. It couldn't be more irrelevant. Customer service, warranty and everything else is completely irrelevant because the failure rate is below 2% for most technological products. What matters is:

  1. noise
  2. performance
  3. temp

In that order of importance.

Fine. If you don’t care about customer service, don’t buy evga. Just don’t come crying here when asus gives you a broken card back when you RMA yours, or says that your warranty is void b/c you repasted.

 

Also I guess to you the best GPU in the world is intel’s igpu because it is silent and consumes little power.

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7 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

void b/c you repasted.

LOL, I wouldn't even consider such idiotic fiddling.

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7 hours ago, ColdCrystal said:

LOL, I wouldn't even consider such idiotic fiddling.

Can’t tell if trolling or not... Perhaps you forgot the /s?

 

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13 hours ago, ColdCrystal said:

What matters is:

  1. noise
  2. performance
  3. temp

In that order of importance.

I would switch 3 and 2, tbh. If we're comparing different models of the Same Chip.

 

Because Performance is literaly the LAST thing you should consider, when you compare different GTX 1060 models. Why? Because they all have exactly the same performance. They all use the exact same Chip: A GTX 1060. With the exact same Vram configuration.

Those 50 Mhz more or less, the Manufacturer write into their Bios, you can simply do by yourself with MSI-Afterburner withint <5 Seconds.

 

I would go for Noise / Temp as a combination.

To what Temperature can the Cooler keep the Card, while beeing how noisy.

 

btw, as for Pascal: Lower Temperature = Higher Performance. Because Nvidia Boost 3.0 scales mainly with Lower temperature.

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