Which GTX 1070? Help needed!

franches · Feb 9, 2017

Hey guys, I have the choice to buy a 1070, however Im uncertain with which one to go

The open choices are

GTX 1070 SC from EVGA
GTX 1070 Hybrid (maybe even the FTW Hybrid edition)from EVGA (dis one is watercooled and Im keen on getting it, however it is blower cooler and Im not a big fan of leaking)
GTX 1070 FTW Edition
GTX 1070 ROG Strix from Asus
GTX 1070 Seahawk X from MSI (Also keen on this one, however same downsides as what I mentioned)
GTX 1070 Gaming X/Z (Both of them are in my range)
GTX 1070 G1 from Gigabyte
GTX 1070 Rock edition also from Gigabyte
GTX 1070 Windforce
GTX 1070 Extreme
GTX 1070 AMP Edition
GTX 1070 XLR8 PNY

So which one to get? As I said, all are in my budget range and Im keen on the water ones.
For reference, my case will be an S340 and Motherboard (depending on GPU) a Z270 - K or an Z270 from Gigabyte. PSU wise Im going to use the M12II 520W / S12II 620

atljsf · Feb 9, 2017

i can't tell which one to get

i can tell you my parameters to select a gpu

first is size, too big is bad for airflow and space in the case in general

too power hungry is bad for the psu and for your electrical consumption at the end of the month or year(ymmv)

too few fans and it will work hot and make lots of noise to compensate the lack of the mentioned fans

i like more evga, asus, msi and gigabyte than other brands, some end up being good and others, no idea

about part water and part air, i don't like them, it is ideal for overcloking and for temperatures but is another level of complexity that i don't want to accept on my personal pc

some of those are almost as expensive as a gtx 1080, have you checked prices on a gtx 1080 where you are? perhaps you are looking at the wrong line of gpus

franches · Feb 9, 2017

atljsf :

i can't tell which one to get

i can tell you my parameters to select a gpu

first is size, too big is bad for airflow and space in the case in general

too power hungry is bad for the psu and for your electrical consumption at the end of the month or year(ymmv)

too few fans and it will work hot and make lots of noise to compensate the lack of the mentioned fans

i like more evga, asus, msi and gigabyte than other brands, some end up being good and others, no idea

about part water and part air, i don't like them, it is ideal for overcloking and for temperatures but is another level of complexity that i don't want to accept on my personal pc

some of those are almost as expensive as a gtx 1080, have you checked prices on a gtx 1080 where you are? perhaps you are looking at the wrong line of gpus

I see, however which one fits best my PSU, as I said, I can get one of the S12II 620w or the M12II 520w

atljsf · Feb 9, 2017

as a general rule(more or less), all the gpus will fit equally if none has a specific overclocking value ot of the factory when talking about the same model but form different manufacturers

the ones with overclocking will use more watts and as you mention, it should be in the capabilities of the psu

none of those gpus will use over 225 watts from that psu from what i can read here apart from these that do require two 8 pin power connectors

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6276-KR
http://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N1070XTREME-8GD#sp
https://www.zotac.com/us/product/graphics_card/zotac-geforce-gtx-1070-amp-edition#spec

so add another 100 to 150 from the rest of components your pc has and you will see which one fits better your pc in terms of noise, power consumption and price

maxalge · Feb 9, 2017

franches :

g1 gaming

gaming x

amp extreme

rog strix

pick whichever you like the look of best, that is under 364mm if you are not going to have a rad

franches · Feb 10, 2017

maxalge :

franches :

g1 gaming

gaming x

amp extreme

rog strix

pick whichever you like the look of best, that is under 364mm if you are not going to have a rad

Im going for the seahaw x, however will my m12ii 620 seasonic be able to handle it?

atljsf · Feb 10, 2017

i see you didn't read my post about gtx who needs lots of watts and those who doesn't

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