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EVGA 1070...which one?

exiledscouser

exiledscouser

exiledscouser

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Hi,

I'm more of a lurker than poster but I just have a quick question if you'd be so kind.

Just sorting a new build and I'm about to pull the trigger on the GPU and have settled on an EVGA 1070 (i'd like a 1080 but can't really justify the extra)

Anyway, on the OCUK store there's 3 or 4 EVGA non-reference cards with their own cooler and for the life of me I can't see much difference between them apart from minor core frequencies on a small factory overclock. Is there anything more to it? Could I just get the cheapest one and see how i get on overclocking it, all the coolers look pretty much the same. I've not had a nvidia card for a while - still rocking a 7970 but it is really feeling the heat with Deus Ex, I assume they have something similar to my current ASUS AMD card for easy overclocking?

FWIW it's being paired with a new i7-6700k and a gigabyte gaming 5 mATX mobo and 16GB RAM. Only playing in 1080 at the moment, there's will be a 1440p monitor coming probably in the new year.

Thanks
 
I believe that Back in the day FTW would have better power delivery for a higher overclock than the SC. And the Classified was an actually binned chip that clocked very well.

However with Pascal this is all rather irrelevant as there are no runaway clockers. So just get the SC.
 
The only reasons to get the FTW over the SC are the slighty larger cooler that might shave a degree or two off of temperatures, plus the much more impressive RGB lighting (the SC only has two small panels, whilst the whole front of the FTW lights up). The cooler shouldn't be a big deal, so I guess it depends on how much (if at all) you value looks. :p
 
Cheers. Not a huge fan of lighting, to me the less lighting the better as i much prefer quite understated things. Even though my case has a window it will still be located under my desk so no one can see it anyway.

Will go with the SC I reckon then. Not building it until next Friday so no great rush.
 
exiledscouser said:
Cheers. Not a huge fan of lighting, to me the less lighting the better as i much prefer quite understated things. Even though my case has a window it will still be located under my desk so no one can see it anyway.

Will go with the SC I reckon then. Not building it until next Friday so no great rush.
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If the lighting is not a factor please consider the Black edition card this has a few less LEDs and a slightly different cooler than the SC card. This page should help you a little compare all the skus:

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-5173-KR

Thanks
Ben
 
The black edition is a good idea but is it available anywhere?

As for the SC I have the 1080 variant and it is super quiet.
 
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No backplate on the black editions though.
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yeah thats always a deal breaker for me as there is nothing worse than looking in the window of a computer with a horrible board on display looks cheap and nasty imo.

when you spend hundreds of pounds on a card at the very least it should have a back plate as standard, am not just saying this about evga am talking all manufacturers and cards in general.
 
I was trying to decide too, the free Power Supply and Game you get with the Gigabyte 1070 G1 Gamer Card for £425.99 pushed it over for me tbh.

It would have been one of my options without the freebies tbh but I might have gone with the MSI card but there wasn't a lot in it.

At the end of the day the cards are mostly the same really, your paying that extra mostly for the cooler and pwitty lights.

*If your building a new system you can save £74.99 by having the free Power Supply alone! The B700H 80+ Bronze 700W Modular Power Supply isn't bad at all.
Gears of War 4 code is selling for £30 on the Members Market.
 
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