What 280x card to chose?

Hello everyone,

I'm looking for a videocard to put in my first pc. But I can't choose between the normal xfx 280x or the xfx 280x black oc edition. Are they just the same cards and with the oc edition just overclocked. Or are there some improvements with the card. Otherwise I could just overclock the card myself and it will save me 30 euro. But I don't know if I can overclock the black edition ever further. Im also temped to pick the Msi 280x gaming 3gb because then I could build a pc with a red colorscheme, but from the benchmarks it seems like the xfx is a little bit better. I don't know much about the build quality either. I think the xfx comes with a lifetime warranty, while the msi has military grade components. So I don't which is better. 

Can someone help me choose?

 

I think the MSI and XFX are both great cards, so just choose which you like more/is cheaper. Just get the normal version of each card as you can overclock how much you like. 

I would go with the r9 285 because:

less TDP

Free sync support

Once OC'd to 1110 its basically a 280x

Much cheaper

supports bridgeless crossfire

And true audio.