780Ti factory-OC version: ASUS vs EVGA vs MSI vs Gigabyte?

creos7

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This question is regarding the factory-OCed versions of the 780Ti.
My main priorities are (in order):
1) keeping a quiet rig (i've an all-in-one loop -- h100i) and only SSDs with high-end 140mm fans spinning at around 950RPM in a noise-insulated cases, so the build is very quiet!
2) cool operation
3) performance

Based on these, which version / brand would you recommend? I generally love ASUS since they tend to have very high-quality components that tend to run very cool and quiet, but I've heard that there 780Ti-OC isn't that quiet even though it runs cool and the OC isn't as high as others which emit comparable noise for higher OCs.

I'm even ready to artificially lower the fans (if they are controllable) so temps can get into the 80s in order to reduce noise (it seems all these OC models have pretty good coolers that run in the 60s-70s range which may be too aggressive -- so i have some head room to reduce noise at a slight temp cost).

If you have any reading material you would recommend or comparison charts, that would be great as well.

Thanks very much for your input, thoughts, and help!
 
Benchmarks and observations. I've owned evga before, not asus though. Asus products however are good quality and I own some of their monitors.

MSI runs their fans at higher rpm, meaning more noise, yet still don't cool as good and gigabyte has a tri fan set up and still doesn't cool anymore superior than the competition and they don't have as good of a track record.

MSI makes good mobos though as I currently am on one of theirs.
 

creos7

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actually found another set of reviews comparing ASUS and EVGA and they seem to indicate ASUS performs no better than the reference card in terms of noise (better clock of course), whereas EVGA appears to be a higher OC AND quieter despite a whine they mention

i really wish Tom's Hardware would compare all the OC Ti versions :(

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/GTX_780_Ti_SC_ACX_Cooler/25.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_780_Ti_Direct_Cu_II_OC/23.html