Powercolor experiances.

[Guest]

Hey folks.

Just found a few good online deals on Rx580 8GBs/570 4GBs. Anyone have experience with Powercolor, or should I stick to Asus/MSI? 

(And what was the MSRP of reference 580/570s?)  

[Guest]

Powercolor? They screwed me out of RMAs twice. I don't go near them anymore.

[rip]

powercool or powercolor? 

[Guest]

13 minutes ago, rip said:

powercool or powercolor? 

Powercolour*

[Guest]

14 minutes ago, Legendarypoet said:

Powercolor? They screwed me out of RMAs twice. I don't go near them anymore.

Mind if I ask what the problem was/where you're located?

[rip]

1 hour ago, IKnight said:

Powercolour*

that's british spelling 

 

 

[Guest]

Just now, rip said:

that's british spelling 

 

 

Dammit. 

[Guest]

4 hours ago, IKnight said:

Mind if I ask what the problem was/where you're located?

The first card caught fire. They would not accept proof of purchase nor ship the card back.

The second card came with a damaged PCIe connector. They claimed I damaged it. 

I'm US based. In both cases Newegg & Amazon stepped up and replaced the cards.

[maartendc]

Powercolor has been around for a long time, but I think they have always been more of a 'budget oriented' brand.

 

You'll pay more for Asus, MSI, EVGA, but you will likely get a better cooler.

 

Get EVGA, their support is awesome, even on used cards.

[Princess Luna]

As far as I am concerned PowerColor is one of the shittiest brands there are, I have seen plenty of complains about it in here already, Sapphire and XFX usually are the best to go when talking about AMD cards.

4 minutes ago, maartendc said:

Get EVGA, their support is awesome, even on used cards.

EVGA does nVidia cards not AMD cards in case you doesn't know.

[maartendc]

Just now, Princess Cadence said:

EVGA does nVidia cards not AMD cards in case you doesn't know.

Oh that's right. I forgot about that / didnt read what card the OP was looking for.

 

I agree, better stick with a more reputable brand: Asus, MSI, Gigabyte: can't go wrong with any of those. Zotac is pretty good too.

 

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44 minutes ago, Legendarypoet said:

The first card caught fire. They would not accept proof of purchase nor ship the card back.

The second card came with a damaged PCIe connector. They claimed I damaged it. 

I'm US based. In both cases Newegg & Amazon stepped up and replaced the cards.

Wow thats shitty.

5 minutes ago, maartendc said:

Powercolor has been around for a long time, but I think they have always been more of a 'budget oriented' brand.

 

You'll pay more for Asus, MSI, EVGA, but you will likely get a better cooler.

 

Get EVGA, their support is awesome, even on used cards.

 

1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

As far as I am concerned PowerColor is one of the shittiest brands there are, I have seen plenty of complains about it in here already, Sapphire and XFX usually are the best to go when talking about AMD cards.

EVGA does nVidia cards not AMD cards in case you doesn't know.

Guess I'm skipping the PowerColor.