EVGA 970 FTW+, ASUS 970 Strix or MSI 970 Gaming 4G ?

[threedee]

My brain hurts. Help me choose.

Currently i run GTX480 SLI (ow, my electric bill). So it happens that on my birthday Fallout4 comes out. As good excuse to upgrade as any other, really.

Today near sprained my brain reading reviews, narrowed my choice to:
- MSI GTX 970 Gaming G4
- ASUS GTX 970 Strix
- EVGA GTX 970 FTW+

My setup is watercooled, so it is important that i can replace air to water later (not buying waterblock just yet, Fallout4 is nearly here ). Good overclocking is also a must(better power systems ?), otherwise whats the point in watercooling...

Help ?

Honorable mention OcUK 970 cooler edition. Is it worth it ? Cant seem to find any comparisons on how it stacks against other 970's.

 

[stulid]

Based on price one of these,

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £269.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 WindForce OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N970WF3OC-4GD)= £269.99

Total: £550.48
(includes shipping: £10.50)
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EK do water blocks for either.

 

[threedee]

its not about the price i'm concerned. OC, waterblock availability, beefy power systems.

 

[stulid]

I have added info about EK above, they list water blocks for both and not just "universal" ones that dont cool all the parts.

Both use custom PCBs so will have beefy power delivery and phases to the core+RAM.

You can take the coolers of both and if you carefully refit them there should not be an issue should you need to RMA, rich said so here - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18643771

The OCUK Reference card will be a stock PCB and with that comes lesser power delivery (2x6pin VS 6pin+8pin).