Buying RX 480 ,need help with picking a model

[N1dany]

Like title says ,I cant decide which to buy gigabyte ,msi ,sapphire ,prices are as follows gigabyte g1 gaming 4G is 269$ ,Sapphire NITRO(not +) 4G is 287$ and MSI Gaming X 4G is 321$ ? I read some reviews that G1 is bad in terms of temps and so is Sapphire ,and MSI is good with temps ,but not sure that is worth paying 320$ for 4G card if I can get G1 8G for 279$ ,or is it ?
Any help is welcomed !
BTW PC Spec:
AMD A8 7650k(waiting for Ryzen or Pentium G4620)
2x4 Gb HyperX @1866 Mhz
Asus H68K Mobo
Chiefteck 85+ Silver 600w PSU
No SSD(for now)
No extra coolers in or on case (might get some now that I'm buying a GPU )

 

[Susquehannock]

As you know, they will all perform about the same. Main differences come with reference designs that cool the card by blowing out back part of the card. And non-reference designs that have better heatsink & fan set ups but dump heat inside the case. In short, if you have a case with good airflow a non-reference design like the ASUS strix or MSI gaming X may be a good choice. If not something like the Sapphire may be better to prevent heat building up inside. Noise is another consideration. Reference designs tend to louder.

 

[N1dany]

As you know, they will all perform about the same. Main differences come with reference designs that cool the card by blowing out back part of the card. And non-reference designs that have better heatsink & fan set ups but dump heat inside the case. In short, if you have a case with good airflow a non-reference design like the ASUS strix or MSI gaming X may be a good choice. If not something like the Sapphire may be better to prevent heat building up inside. Noise is another consideration. Reference designs tend to louder.

Well turns out MSI one cant fit my case at least with my measurements the card is 276mm and I used ruler to calculate free space in my PC from where the cable goes in to where HDD stands and it has 255mm length between them ,so that Gigabyte one(232mm) seems quite nice right about now ,unless i measured wrong

 

[gorebs]

The MSI armor 8GB is like $220-230 w/a MIR on Amazon currently.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01M4J144F/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1485264934&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=480+armor&dpPl=1&dpID=51hi5twKsPL&ref=plSrch

 

[Susquehannock]

Well turns out MSI one cant fit my case at least with my measurements the card is 276mm and I used ruler to calculate free space in my PC from where the cable goes in to where HDD stands and it has 255mm length between them ,so that Gigabyte one(232mm) seems quite nice right about now ,unless i measured wrong

I see. Most of the RX 480 are pretty long.

Looking at card dimensions ... a few fit withing your length restrictions. The Gigabyte is probably what I would choose.

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[N1dany]

Prices have been cut so I am buying NITRO+ OC for around same money as gigabyte and plus it has better cooling and fits the case perfectly as it's 242mm long ,tnx for the help !