Go for the Asus. It has higher clock speed out of the box ,can be overclocked easier , gets more fps per MHz than the gigabyte ,it has 2 fan connectors and when you are gaming you get about 100-200mhz boost and while you have put the clock speed to run at 1700 MHz ,it will run at 1850mhz while you play. But gigabyte runs 2 degrees cooler than the Asus. So I would defiantly go for the Asus!!!