Hi Guys
Cant decide on what to do. I am building a M-atx bitfenix prodigy m green build for fun but cannot decide on what graphics card to get. I initially wanted to do a budget build but it got out of hand when my hx620 went pop so I went and I got green braided cables and an ax860i.
Spec
CASE: Bitfenix prodigy M Green (£75)
CPU: Pentium K (£50)
MB: Gigabyte sniper m5 z87 (£75)
Ram: Green Corsair vengeance 2133mhz 8gb (£75)
Cooler: H75 (£53)
PSU and Braided green cables (£260) Facefalm :l
FANS: Corsair SP120 Green LED x3 (£30)
I am struggling between gtx 960 and gtx970.
GTX960 Advantages
Cheaper
Only looking for 1080p card atm
No reports of terrible coil white (yet)
Lower temps for quieter operation
Disadvantages
2GB for dsr no thanks..
Crap sli performance
crappy price point
GTX970 Advantages
Better price vs performance that 960
dsr options on more games as 4gb (see if it actually looks any different)
Disadvantages
Cost
Coil Whine
Graphics card makes.
EVGA: I trust this brand as they have never let me down but the gtx 960 is plain looking and the 970 has the tiniest bit of blue on it :l not sure if they still pick the better chips for ftw series anymore as they have 2 classified series to feed...
MSI: 100 million edition that matches my whole green theme but doubt if they "cherry pick" gpu's for it as at the moment the 100million edition is the same chip as the gaming just with a back plate.
Gigabyte: Never used before but the G1 series has apparently cheery picked gpu's which might give a better temp for overclocking etc.
The 100 million edition would match bet but I have no idea if scan will ever stock a 960 100million edition or when the 970 version will come into stock and if it has a pants chip in it.
Thanks in advance
imgur.com/2W2eGFl
Old picture before I changed the fans and send the rm750 back for being too long


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