MSI GTX 1070 TI Armor 8GB vs EVGA GTX 1070 TI SC Gaming?

[Kimmy Hed]

Hi! I'm planning to buy a new graphics card and i can't decide between these 2 cards, it would be great if i could have another person's opinion. Here are the links for the 2 cards:

MSI GTX 1070 TI Armor 8GB: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077PTV4WV/?tag=pcpapi-20&th=1

EVGA GTX 1070 TI SC Gaming: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076S4RH6K/?tag=pcpapi-20

Thank you!

[[☥] - CJ -]

Well, they have the same clocks.

i'm a lil biased as i LOVE EVGA GPUs
The EVGA has great cooling and OC's decently well

EVGA tends to be king when it comes to Warranty though, so if you get the EVGA be sure to sign up and register it on the EVGA site before you install it

[Sapph]

EVGA. THe MSI Armor is crap. The cooler is horrible.

[sawdust3d]

I don't know the difference between all the individual varients of the GTX 10170TI, but I just got this one off NewEgg for ~$330 (they deducted the value of the free game + the sale for some reason).

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500429

I thibnk they had that Evga SC you were looking at too.

[Nightz]

Originally posted by Down Cat cs.money:

Hi! I'm planning to buy a new graphics card and i can't decide between these 2 cards, it would be great if i could have another person's opinion. Here are the links for the 2 cards:

MSI GTX 1070 TI Armor 8GB: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077PTV4WV/?tag=pcpapi-20&th=1

EVGA GTX 1070 TI SC Gaming: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076S4RH6K/?tag=pcpapi-20

Thank you!

MSI is the quietest but provides terrible cooling, go for EVGA they do great PSU's and GPU's

[r.linder]

I have an MSI 1070 Ti Titanium, and that would be a better pick from MSI because their Armor editions are typically cheap garbage.

[Monk]

The problem with the armour is the cooler is super cheap and weak, it's usually there to have A heat sink but is kind of expected to be replaced with a water block, so you aren't wasting money on a good cooler you won't use.

with that said, on other higher end models, the armour cooler is strapped onto their top of the line gaming X custom pcb, not the reference pcb.

to double check this I found a post I made back in December when this came up https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/11/1500126447404283498/

Year ago me and others agreed, the armor is in fact a gaming X/z/titanium custom pcb, which, is considerably better than the reference pcb you are looking at on the evga card, so... The armor Should overclock better, but, the cooler will likely hold it back a bit as, its not really that good.

So, yeah, coolers, are similar, evga may edge it out a bit, but the armor Is the better card.

So, yeah, you'd have the same card as escirve but at a lower price, fit an aftermarket cooler and you'll have a faster card at probably the same price.

[tiger305]

I'd take the evga also, but I'd hold out for the evga 1070 ti ftw ultra silent or
evga 1070 ti ftw ... both have dual bios and if you register any new card within 14 days
from purchase evga extends the warranty to 3 years ..........
I bought the 1070 ti ftw from amazon a few weeks ago for $399 ....... and
think its a very good cool/silent running card .........

good luck