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What brand of GTX 1070 do i buy? Palit or Zotac?

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Palit one suffers from rather weak cooler, hence undervolting is needed to keep it quiet at stock GPU boost 3.0 speeds (so roughly 1800MHz). Zotac one suffers from bad VRMs and cooling of VRMs, hence undervolting is also much recommended.

 

The extra power connector on the Zotac mean nothing, you wont benefit from having it when the VRMs are this bad (and badly cooled).

 

I'd just get the cheaper one or the better looking one, whatever suits your taste.

 

Warranty service should be similar among these two company. They are both second tier brands.

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I'm planning on buying myself a GTX 1070 and i have two leads on eBay but which brand do i choose? but not sure whether to buy Palit (slightly cheaper) or Zotac (bit more expensive) but is it any more reliable as I've heard Palit is unreliable? and the Zotac card has two 8 pin connectors as opposed to one on the Palit? thanks for any input you can give me :)

 

Zotac card: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NVIDIA-ZOTAC-GTX-1070-AMP-Graphics-card/142883406357?hash=item214483c215:g:TCYAAOSwQrJbV7e0

 

Palit Card: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Palit-GeForce-GTX-1070-Dual/323448188600?hash=item4b4f03aeb8:g:9EsAAOSwZTBbnRgY

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Palit one suffers from rather weak cooler, hence undervolting is needed to keep it quiet at stock GPU boost 3.0 speeds (so roughly 1800MHz). Zotac one suffers from bad VRMs and cooling of VRMs, hence undervolting is also much recommended.

 

The extra power connector on the Zotac mean nothing, you wont benefit from having it when the VRMs are this bad (and badly cooled).

 

I'd just get the cheaper one or the better looking one, whatever suits your taste.

 

Warranty service should be similar among these two company. They are both second tier brands.

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4 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Palit one suffers from rather weak cooler, hence undervolting is needed to keep it quiet at stock GPU boost 3.0 speeds (so roughly 1800MHz). Zotac one suffers from bad VRMs and cooling of VRMs, hence undervolting is also much recommended.

 

The extra power connector on the Zotac mean nothing, you wont benefit from having it when the VRMs are this bad (and badly cooled).

 

I'd just get the cheaper one or the better looking one, whatever suits your taste.

 

Warranty service should be similar among these two company. They are both second tier brands.

Okay thanks dude i did think the Zotac does look a bit flashy and too cool to be true haha, i think ill go for the Palit or something else entirely. Thanks for the advice bro :D 

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