Which GTX 670 to choose?

[jthill909]

Over the past few weeks, I've been trying to figure out which GPU to get as an upgrade. I finally get paid tomorrow and I have narrowed my search down to the GTX 670 because of the near 680 performance and the sub-$400 dollar price tag. My question is, though, which 670 do I get? I was thinking the MSI Power Edition because of the after market cooler and the OC, but there are many others that offer the same thing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Also, I plan to purchase this on amazon because I have a Prime membership.

 

[AMD Radeon]

personally, i will go with gigabyte windforce

 

[jthill909]

personally, i will go with gigabyte windforce

I like that one and it's $20 cheaper than the MSI PE, but the only thing is I don't think it will fit in my case. The 6870 that I have in there now almost takes up all the space and it's under 10" (I think). I'll just have to take some measurements when I get home. Thanks.

 

[chugot9218]

Noooooo don't get the power edition! http://www.tomshardware.com/news/MSI-GTX-660-670-overvolting-PowerEdition,18013.html

The Gigabyte is probably the best value, factory OC'd and a pretty sweet cooler as well, I purchased at release and it was the same price as all the other standard 670's even with those features. If you think it will fit do the Gigabyte, otherwise the Asus ones are nice but spendy. Also, looking at the GPU specs, the MSI PE is .2 inches longer than the Gigabyte.

The MSI Non-PE edition is under 10 inches, the Gigabyte is 10.3 and the MSI PE is 10.5 FYI.

 

[jthill909]

Noooooo don't get the power edition! http://www.tomshardware.com/news/MSI-GTX-660-670-overvolting-PowerEdition,18013.html

The Gigabyte is probably the best value, factory OC'd and a pretty sweet cooler as well, I purchased at release and it was the same price as all the other standard 670's even with those features. If you think it will fit do the Gigabyte, otherwise the Asus ones are nice but spendy. Also, looking at the GPU specs, the MSI PE is .2 inches longer than the Gigabyte.

The MSI Non-PE edition is under 10 inches, the Gigabyte is 10.3 and the MSI PE is 10.5 FYI.

Thanks for the heads-up. Guess I won't be buying the PE. The only reason I thought the Gigabyte was longer because on Amazon it was listed as 11.3", but I'll double check.

 

[chugot9218]

I looked on the Newegg specs I believe, but yes, compare and confirm to be safe.

 

[jthill909]

I looked on the Newegg specs I believe, but yes, compare and confirm to be safe.

Just checked Newegg and Amazon. Newegg listed the card at 11" and Amazon was at 11.2". I've yet to measure inside my case. Going to do that in a couple minutes. Hopefully it'll fit.

 

[chugot9218]

Ahh, I was looking at the model with the 2X windforce cooler, the 3x Windforce is indeed 11.0'': http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=-1&IsNodeId=1&Description=gtx%20670&bop=And&CompareItemList=-1%7C14-125-438%5E14-125-438-TS%2C14-125-423%5E14-125-423-TS

 

[jthill909]

Damn. My mobo's only x16 slot lines up directly with a cross beam that supports the storage bays. I think I might go with this one. It's 9.5".

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Dual-Link-DisplayPort-Graphics-02G-P4-2678-KR/dp/B0083Y6MV6/ref=br_lf_m_1000797571_1_4_ttl?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=electronics&pf_rd_p=1386376122&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_i=1000797571&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0H1KK2VJTGFK954NVKGR

 

[chugot9218]

Not a bad one either, I haven't heard anything bad about it specifically (and actually have heard good things about the FTW). Just curious whats your case??

 

[jthill909]

It's a Raidmax Viper. I'm not a huge fan of this case, but it came with the pre-configured computer I bought a couple months ago.

 

[jthill909]

Well, I ended up going with this one.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008HZ5438/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

Thanks Guys

 

[jthill909]

lol, I thought I picked the best answer.

I got the card, but had to RMA it because of a terrible screen flicker. Darn.

 

[bigshootr8]

Well either way EVGA will take care of that super fast and you will always get good support from them. They are normally quiet stable so I'm sure your replacement will be great!