Good card?

[Fosh612]

Is this card https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B079NX4GCF/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8 better than this card https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B06XZQMMHJ/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8&th=1&psc=1? Or are they same thing, but mainly looking at thermal issues.

 

i will not be overclocking.

[Crunchy Dragon]

MSI's Armor heatsink isn't known to be the best.

 

The Gaming X(first card you linked) would be a better option in terms of  thermals

[lmeneses]

i would not get either, imo, just cause of armor cards overheating

[ShadowChaser]

the original armor coolers were infamous for their sheer lack of performance. the only good thing they brought were cheaper prices for users who wanted to liquid cool them as the cooler then won't matter. I haven't heard anything bad about the mk2 tho.

[Fosh612]

3 minutes ago, ShadowChaser said:

the original armor coolers were infamous for their sheer lack of performance. the only good thing they brought were cheaper prices for users who wanted to liquid cool them as the cooler then won't matter. I haven't heard anything bad about the mk2 tho.

Should I get the mk 2 instead?

[Fosh612]

6 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

MSI's Armor heatsink isn't known to be the best.

 

The Gaming X(first card you linked) would be a better option in terms of  thermals

That is an uprgarded armor card I think...

[ShadowChaser]

Just now, Fosh612 said:

Should I get the mk 2 instead?

I would get neither unless you are willing to do a repasting. Find a better cooler style in general like EVGA iCX, MSI Gaming, Asus Strix, Gigabyte G1 or Gaming, etc.

[Fosh612]

6 minutes ago, lmeneses said:

i would not get either, imo, just cause of armor cards overheating

Both overheat? I am not looking to overclock anything.

[ShadowChaser]

Just now, Fosh612 said:

Both overheat? I am not looking to overclock anything.

They're not that great with the stock paste. a repasting or even LM is necessary which is why most ppl that get them are stripping them down for liquid cooling anyway.

[Fosh612]

1 minute ago, ShadowChaser said:

I would get neither unless you are willing to do a repasting. Find a better cooler style in general like EVGA iCX, MSI Gaming, Asus Strix, Gigabyte G1 or Gaming, etc.

I am not looking to overclock... does that matter?

[Fosh612]

Just now, ShadowChaser said:

They're not that great with the stock paste. a repasting or even LM is necessary which is why most ppl that get them are stripping them down for liquid cooling anyway.

Are they terrible?? 

[ShadowChaser]

1 minute ago, Fosh612 said:

Are they terrible?? 

They're not much better than the reference coolers, so for the money, yes. In practice they aren't terrible. Just not good.

[Fosh612]

3 minutes ago, ShadowChaser said:

They're not much better than the reference coolers, so for the money, yes. In practice they aren't terrible. Just not good.

Is this better?

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y66K3XD/?tag=pcpapi-20

[lmeneses]

Just now, Fosh612 said:

Is this better?

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y66K3XD/?tag=pcpapi-20

yes, that card is very good

[Fosh612]

1 minute ago, lmeneses said:

yes, that card is very good

Oh! Okay I’ll buy this  does it have freesync compatibility??? That is the whole reason I am going with ryzen.

[ShadowChaser]

1 minute ago, Fosh612 said:

Is this better?

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y66K3XD/?tag=pcpapi-20

I don't know xfx's product lineup that well but from what I can see it should be fine.

Can't tell if it's 3 or 4 heat pipes but they look big so visually looks like a decent cooler.

[ShadowChaser]

Just now, Fosh612 said:

Oh! Okay I’ll buy this  does it have freesync compatibility??? That is the whole reason I am going with ryzen.

all amd gpus have had freesync for a while now