I am buying a 980Ti First week of April but not sure which one to get?

dj1973

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Hi everyone I have a question about 980ti I am going to buy one by the first or second week of April 2016. My system spec are i5 2400@3.1-3.4Ghz - G.Skill 16GB @ 18600Mhz- 240 GB ssd-2 1TB seagate 7200 HHD-Acer XB270HU bprz 27-inch WQHD NVIDIA G-SYNC (2560 x 1440 @ 144hz) Widescreen Monitor- EVGA 600w 80+ gold OS is Windows 10 Home.
Ok here is my question. I would like to get the communities oppion on which 980ti would you pick,
I've been lucky enough to have a couple friends let me check out thier 980ti in my system so far I've been able to check out the EVGA 980ti FTW, which got to hot in my case idle 66c load 89c with fans at 78%,and Gigabyte 980ti xtreme temps at idle 48c load 73c. I've been looking for about 2 months now and I have gotten it down to 4 different 980ti. The ASUS strix 980ti, Zotac 980ti Amp xtreme, Gigabyte 980ti xtreme and the MSI 980ti Gaming 6G. On side note is there anything you might change about system to help support 980ti? All input from community is greatly appreciated.
 
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I'd vouch for the Gigabyte (since I have one). Main reason I picked it up over other cards is because it runs cooler under load.

FaZ1095

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I've been able to test the G1 Gaming, ACX 2.0, MSI Gaming, and STRIX cards and the best one that I've found was the MSI GTX 980Ti Gaming http://www.amazon.com/MSI-GTX-980TI-GAMING-6G/d.... The MSI model comes with a high clock out of the box, runs very cool, and is the quietest cooler of all the models I've tested. They all are going to perform great but the MSI was my favorite. My suggestions would be MSI>Gigabyte G1>ASUS STRIX>EVGA SC ACX 2.0. If you are concerned with customer support and warranty more than anything else then EVGA is always your best option but if you want all around performance then go with my earlier hierarchy.
 

dj1973

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I also decided to go with the Gigabyte 980ti xtreme for low temps and seems to have best OCing capability of other cards just ordered it today from Amazon and should have it by the 7th of April!! :)

 

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Woo! Welcome to the club :D