MSI or Sapphire R9 390?

[MrAlecfrey]

Title says all.

Sapphire fits my white color build more than MSI but I don't really care.
They are about the same price.

 

[Sergeant_Sneaky]

Both appear to cool as well as the other, the MSI card is clocked about 50Mhz higher, which will make very little difference. What PSU do you have and what are the rest of your specs? The 390 recommends a 750W PSU.

 

[Karadjgne]

The 390 requires a 650w recommended, not a 750w.

There is also a whitr/black shroud version of msi 390, its just a pain to find and it's a downgrade of the gaming 4G twin frozr, but the twin frozr version has much better cooling.

 

[Sergeant_Sneaky]

The 390 requires a 650w recommended, not a 750w.

The two I looked at both recommended 750w, one was the MSI version. I just looked at the Gigabyte model and it only recommends 600w, I've never known the PSU recommendations be so spread out for a single card.

 

[MrAlecfrey]

Both appear to cool as well as the other, the MSI card is clocked about 50Mhz higher, which will make very little difference. What PSU do you have and what are the rest of your specs? The 390 recommends a 750W PSU.

I have a 600w PSU and 6600k build.

 

[neiliohep]

Sapphire is generally the better option but MSI is a VERY good company too... id say the MSI designs are more appealing and id chose them on that alone seeing as they are both great companies... but thats just me 😉

 

[Gam3r01]

Sapphire is and always has been the name to beat in terms of AMD cards. Great service and support for their customers, very cool card, and great OCers. MSI is right on their heels however, their TF V cooler is outstanding.
Honestly, whatever is cheaper. Though the Nitro cooler on the sapphire model is outstanding.

 

[MrAlecfrey]

Sapphire is and always has been the name to beat in terms of AMD cards. Great service and support for their customers, very cool card, and great OCers. MSI is right on their heels however, their TF V cooler is outstanding.
Honestly, whatever is cheaper. Though the Nitro cooler on the sapphire model is outstanding.

Will 600w power them?

 

[MrAlecfrey]

Sapphire is and always has been the name to beat in terms of AMD cards. Great service and support for their customers, very cool card, and great OCers. MSI is right on their heels however, their TF V cooler is outstanding.
Honestly, whatever is cheaper. Though the Nitro cooler on the sapphire model is outstanding.

Also, I most likely won't overclock. Does that favor one over the other?

 

[Gam3r01]

600w should be enough, so long as its a quality unit. I personally would get a 750w for headroom as well as OCing.

I would highly recommend OCing, but if you dont pick the one with the best out of box clock speed (in this case, they are so similar, go with the cheaper of the two. You will be happy either way)

 

[MrAlecfrey]

600w should be enough, so long as its a quality unit. I personally would get a 750w for headroom as well as OCing.

I would highly recommend OCing, but if you dont pick the one with the best out of box clock speed (in this case, they are so similar, go with the cheaper of the two. You will be happy either way)

I got my Corsair 600w for only 36 bucks so I couldnt pass it up. Will the nitro fit in a phantom 410?

 

[Gam3r01]

I suspect that is a CX600w unit, if it is dont be surprised if it just fails out of nowhere, they use cheap caps.
It should fit if you remove the drive bays in the middle.