GPU Brand of Choice

Definitely EVGA. My old GTX 470 didn't have any problems in 6-7 years I owned it. It was a little bit loud but worked perfectly except for that. Now I got XFX RX 580 8GB and its even better. Easily overclocks, isn't too loud at 100% (only gets to 100% during mining). It works nice in gaming, most games get 75+fps on 1080p, and I can make some extra cash mining.