Which one of these is the best GTX 960 brand?

cloudropis

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ASUS

MSI

Is MSI a good brand for the GTX 960? It's considerably cheaper than the other one. What about performance wise? Is there any big difference between the two?

If it might help, my mobo is a Gigabyte Z97-HD3 and my case is this one (I'm still worried to buy one that doesn't fit): HERE
 

thormejh

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well as for brands i do like asus and msi, personally i would look and see if the gigabyte one is less than both as well. if the gigabyte one is more than definitely go for msi. i have never had a problem with anything msi. thats just my opinion though! not facts lol. The asus one does have a slightly higher overclock on it but you can always do that yourself as well with msi afterburner. but dont do it without knowing exactly what you are doing! and finally for it fitting into the case do you have the drive cages in it? or did you take them out? because taking them out frees up alot of space in the case. make sure the card length is less than the 430mm your case specifies,
 

KKAW

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I have nothing gainst MSI GPU's however i smell some brand loyalty, i even use an MSI GTX 970 myself.

However these following are great optoins, choose the cheapest:
MSI Gaming
Gigabyte G1
EVGA SSC or FTW+ or Classified
Zotac Amp! Extreme
Galax HOF
 

KKAW

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I personally have second hand experience and since i am working on a GPU model tier list and i've been in this community for a long time i do know for a fact the Amp! Extreme has excellent quality PCB's, components & generally is a Tier 1 GPU Model.
 

thormejh

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thats really awesome to know actually for when i do get back into desktops! (working on the road means laptop for me lol) but thanks so much :D