Pros: Having a good time tweaking, it's a little challenging finding the best OC on this, but that's part of the fun. Crashes from 3dmark results in driver destruction, so I have to DDU but no big deal. So far, the cooling seems to be robust for the cards power draw, not loud at all. Though a 20-degree delta in junction temp initially led me to suspect mounting pressure issue, this appears to be common for 6000 series cards, so I haven't taken it apart to preserve the thermal pads. Speaking of which, there are no thermal pads making contact with the backplate, but I don't see it to be necessary on this card, thermals are fine. Speaking of the backplate, it is sturdy, feels metal with zero sag whatsoever, which is a huge change from my prior MSI card with the plastic backplate. This is screaming quality; it is my first XFX card, and I am very impressed. I will look to getting cards from them from now on.

Cons: The card exceeded my expectations in build quality, though thermal pads making contact with backplate is always a nice thing to have, so lacking it is a con, but not a big deal.

Overall Review: I recommend it. Fits a Siverstone RL06 with 240 arctic rad in the front just fine. RDR2 1080p everything ultra except for water quality, which is set to high, and no MSAA. Really quiet, 75FPS, looks great, performs excellent for the price. If you're running 1440p, maybe shoot for 6800 or higher, but you can make this work.

Pros: Silent as a crypt

Cons: None

Overall Review: Easy to install, wires are good. 12v kinda stiff but not a con just an observation. Careful dont let it slip out of your hands when handling it, its heavy and smooth. Replacing a 2 year old bronze evga with a dying fan. This one is a keeper.

Pros: Runs cool and quiet

Cons: Gpu sags

Overall Review: It’s a good card, the cooling seems very robust. I don’t know what the backplate is made of but the gpu does sag, not terribly, but definitely. However it makes up for it in cooler design, it does look like this thing will never ever get warm and loud, even in RDR2. Side note, it definitely doesn’t fit in a node 202, the thing is huge, probably the biggest dual fan card

Pros: Everything

Cons: Nothing

Overall Review: Went with the psu version, honestly am pleasantly surprised. Very easy to work in, a lot easier to route cables than expected. Super clean build, really a good looking case. 100% will recommend!

Pros: Performance

Cons: Toasty out of box

Overall Review: Runs well, though hot out of box with stock cooler/settings. There’s heat wave so my room is probably 82f, the chip dancing in the 60-70c range with a fresh windows install in a node 202. This is using kryonaut thermal paste with great care to seat the heat sink properly. Not my first rodeo. Put a -.05V offset and set a 65% fan speed, seems better. Without doing all this, its not going to overheat, but the fan noise is going to be pulsing from 75% to 100% every time it spikes in the 70s C

Pros: Everything works

Overall Review: Read review about MB not supporting Ryzen 3000 out of box. Wish I didn’t read it, would of saved me the trouble of pulling my 2600 from another computer. My MB came with Bios version 7A40vAB (2019-11-12 release date) which supports Ryzen 3000. Bluetooth works, wifi works right out of box. Cheap 3200 Corsair Vengeance ram that crashes at 3200 on my Asrock b450 Gaming K4 runs fine on this motherboard. Rock solid, good job MSI