MSI or Sapphire Radeon 7870 HD?

[kriviful]

Well I wanted to buy Sapphire one, it has good reviews but recently it went up like 30$ more expensive than this MSI one. Problem is I can't find any reviews on this MSI because it isn't Hawk nor Twin Frozr. So which one should I buy http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1160&lid=1&pid=1473&leg=0 or http://www.msi.com/product/vga/R7870-2GD5T-OC.html ?

 

[Greenlepricon]

Are you going to overclock? If you don't either one should be fine. The Sapphire might be just a little better at getting your speeds up.

 

[kriviful]

Hmm that's fine. Btw what is the difference between this MSI 7870 and Twin Frozr one?

 

[HNNstyle]

Sapphire makes less noise. I don't overclock so that's what I look for.

 

[Dstoop]

In my latest build, I put the MSI 7870 HAWK in it. Big mistake.

The first one literally fried itself out after a week. The second one had inconsistent power state issues while idle and frequently locked up the system. By the time I RMAed both cards and went back to read the user reviews, apparently i'm not the only one who had similar issues with these cards.

I sent it back and went with a Gigabyte 7950, havent had an issue since. I've personally used Sapphire cards almost exclusively before this build and never had an issue with one. Obviously it's only my experience, but after my recent experience with MSI I think i'd pay the extra $30 for a Sapphire card every time.