Asus or MSI for Radeon 290x?

[JacobStar910]

Hello everyone! I've been selecting parts for my computer. I came acrossed the Asus 290x and the MSI 290x. I hear great things about the MSI 290x but the Asus looks like it'd stay cooler and quiet. I also hear recommendations from my friends also to get Asus and some MSI.

Money and Sound is NOT an issue for me, it can be loud or quiet I do not mind. Here's my computer's specifications.

Core i7-4770k 4.0 Ghz (Intel & Haswell)
Hyper 212 Evo (Cooler Master)
Z87 Motherboard (Asus)
520W 80+ Gold PSU (SeaSonic)
Arc Mini R2 Case (Fractal Design)
16 GB DDR3 Ram (Corsair Vengeance)
HyperX 120GB SDD (Kingston)
Caviar Black 2TB 7200 HDD (Western Digital)

Full specs here

(Sorry if this is in the wrong forum)

 

[azzazel_99]

Thats a tough one.....I love asus stuff but ive heard under load they dont cool as well as msi.

 

[Sevenater]

I would go with MSI personally, the 290x as I'm sure you know, is known to get quite hot, so the MSI Twin Frozr design paired with there famous MSI afterburner software will make it a great and cool card. Hope this helps!

 

[JacobStar910]

I would go with MSI personally, the 290x as I'm sure you know, is known to get quite hot, so the MSI Twin Frozr design paired with there famous MSI afterburner software will make it a great and cool card. Hope this helps!

Sadly TwinFrozr isn't for 290x yet. There's no after market coolers.......

 

[azzazel_99]

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/msi-r9-290x-twinfrozr-4s-oc,25428.html

http://us.msi.com/product/vga/R9-290X-GAMING-4G.html#overview

http://us.msi.com/service/WhereToBuyUS/

 

[JacobStar910]

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/msi-r9-290x-twinfrozr-4s-oc,25428.html

http://us.msi.com/product/vga/R9-290X-GAMING-4G.html#overview

http://us.msi.com/service/WhereToBuyUS/

Haha thanks, but I ended up going with the GTX 780 ti. It's only around $100 more and it's faster.

 

[azzazel_99]

Thats a great choice!