Need your Help SG. what is the cheapest for GTX 1070? (some gibs for your help)

i guess that's the one! so go for it, i had an EVGA 980 ti SC+ and it was awesome.

Pretty much all 10 series cards are created equal due to the OC limitations of the architecture (as long as they're not blower versions). So not only is that just about the cheapest currently within $10 but it also has one of the best manufacturers to have warranty claims with.

I'd just say avoid PNY no matter what the price is and Zotac comes in a very close second to that recommendation. PNY don't back up their products like everyone else does and Zotac barely does any better but the overall quality of Zotac is good enough IF you're willing to risk a crappy warranty situation. But my fans are failing on my 1080 Amp Extreme and they don't offer anything until they fail fully or at all depending on who you talk to. Then their "fan stop" never worked properly, nor has every been acknowledged by them as the fans are unable to maintain a fan curve below 30% power so you'll hear them gulp and blow, turn on and off - literally every single second. They call it a feature but I didn't pay for an enthusiast card with a huge cooler to hear the fans. I was expecting, like almost all other cards, for the fans to work between 10% and 20% with 20% being a very realistic expectation. If they ran constantly at 20% the card would be cool all the time and virtually silent. (Instead im stuck at 31% minimum and while quiet enough it took my silent computer to an audible computer. First world problems, right?) The fan stop feature is supposed to be that the fans stop until the threshold is hit then turn on. Not gulp and blow and regardless of that feature or the semantics of it, I haven't seen fans that wouldn't work at at least 20% power in two decades.

Aaannnny ways....In my experience, EVGA is generally the best followed in about equal measure to ASUS, MSI, and Gigabyte (those are the only ones coming to mind atm, might be a few more decent places)

But what the internet says about PNY and Zotac is not at all exaggerated.

I have 1070 MSI and trust me batman AK and Witcher 3 is so pretty in full HD in nearly 80 fps <3

I wouldn't trust EVGA after the whole cards bursting into flames ordeal from a few months back.

Maybe this can help a little.
http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1070-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1070/3609vs3609
http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Nvidia-GeForce-GTX-1070-vs-Nvidia-GeForce-GTX-1070#performance

Best benchmark Gigabyte (maybe a little cheaper, if you look at costs per frame) But I don't think you will see that big of a difference between all those brands.

Worst bechmark EVGA (probably lowest price)

I recommend the Asus GTX 1070 Dual or even better Asus GTX 1070 Strix

I'd go with Asus Strix personally but that's far from the cheapest, EVGA is solid too (usually, not so much with those 1080s, yikes). You're lucky to buy them so cheap compared to my local prices, they're at the cheapest 500$ for the risky ones.

I'd recommend my card :P but since you say cheapest, there are lots of cheaper cards than Evga. But if you aim Evga (which is completely logical) you can go for SC (currently on sale at Amazon) but imo you shouldn't buy SC Black Edition (the one you linked) because it has no backplate

Can't go wrong with your EVGA choice. I'm currently using an older EVGA GTX970 but it's trouble free so far! :)

Bump!

Anything but zotac.
I tested zotac twice, it was all good actually until you stop using them for a while, probably the dust. then it blows up without throttling first. I had Gtx 760 and 1060, both had the same problem.

Gigabytes have best cooling for vrm and ram, according to some reviews, that also use ir cameras in their tests.

Can't link now, but you may want to research this matter.

There was a Zotac GTX 1070 AMP! Edition on sale a couple days ago for $285 at Micro Center. Pretty sure it was a mistake, but that's the cheapest I've ever seen. Earlier this month, you could get an EVGA Superclocked model for like $318 from Jet.com (assuming you were a new customer).

Typically, when I'm looking for a specific computer part, I set up a deal alert on Slickdeals (I'm sure there are other sites that can do the same). Usually the best deals only last minutes, but you end up saving a lot of money if you can snipe them. If you're willing to watch for the next month, you could very well save $50 or more.

With regards to warranty experience, EVGA has been great to me (although I miss their lifetime warranty). I'd echo avoiding PNY. ASUS can be hit or miss. They make very good cards, but their customer service can be quite careless and is a huge step below EVGA with regards to consistency. I've heard great things about Gigabyte as well, but never had to use their service (I have a motherboard from them in another system). Can't really go wrong with MSI, either, but I can't comment on the warranty.

I've actually got the EVGA Superclocked 1070. I'm regularly pushing 180fps 1080p in Overwatch at medium settings and 300fps in Unturned medium/high. Cooling is a bit of an issue though, even though I've got three fans with two push and one pull.

With my fan hub at maximum voltage, temps hover around 76 degrees in-game. Turning my fan hub power down increases temps past 80 degrees and will thermal throttle regularly, so I just leave it on max. Overall it's a pretty powerful card, I haven't tried overclocking the card yet but if noise is an issue for you maybe find another graphics card.

I have a VG248QE.

bump! :3

i'd go for silent work over price, cause listening to music and game sounds is much better than listening to fans :D