Which is the best 9070 XT out of these?

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Ok so I have a case that's got a max of 310mm room for video cards. So I'm somewhat limited in my choices of 9070's even though I'd love to get one of those bigger cards.

So out of these.. which is the best?:


Asrock 9070XT Steel Legend2x 8pinL:298mm W:58mm H:131mm


Powercolor 9070XT Reaper2x 8pinL:289mm W:41mm H:111mm


Gigabyte 9070XT Gaming OC3x 8pinL:288mm W:56mm H:132mm
 

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It looks like your post/list of GPUs was cut off. I only see one card, the Gigabyte.
 

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If your case can handle the extra 2mm thickness, Gigabyte Gaming OC is the sweet spot. 3x 8-pin, meaning more power delivery margin (and more stable clocks).
 

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Is that still the case?
Looks like it is fixed now. And yeah, you will likely get better OC results with the 3x8 pin power. Though I am not sure which has the best cooling design.
 

Indus

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Looks like it is fixed now. And yeah, you will likely get better OC results with the 3x8 pin power. Though I am not sure which has the best cooling design.

My Fractal R5 has a hard drive cage that's removable.. but I'm running 5 hard drives.. I'm not sure how I feel about leaving some of them on the floor of the case or maybe I'll have to DIY hack it.

Easiest would be going with a smaller card but it seems all the good cooled cards are extra length instead of width.

I mean just looking at the Powercolor reaper.. I don't know the reviews but based on the size of the depth of the cooler.. I'd say the thermals are not good.

So Gigabyte 3 x 8 pin or larger card sound right? (if I can find a way to make the hard drives lay flat on the case?
 

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I usually stick with XFX, Powercolor, and Sapphire when buying AMD.
 
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I usually stick with XFX, Powercolor, and Sapphire when buying AMD.
Recently I have considered ASRock, which seems decent. My sister got one. I wonder how the Acer cards are working out.
 
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Daniel Owens is using the Acer 9070 for testing, and it looks to be a solid offering. Availability looks terrible though, as the only stock is from Memoryc.com and they are way overpriced. Must be allocating the bulk of them to their own PCs?

I also have never delt with Acer RMA. The exclusive partners all have solid service.