EVGA 780 FTW or Classified

[Jeremy1998]

I am looking at buying a GTX 780. The Classified is $60 more than the FTW edition. I plan to put the card under water, but I might upgrade to the 800 series when it comes out. Do you think I would get better performance (under water) out of the Classified, and do you think I could get the extra paid out of it if I sold the card?

FTW: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130951
Classified: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130943

 

[jamesriley94]

The FTW doesn't have any waterblocks for it according to cooling configurator.

If's a difficult choice though. Personally, I wouldn't want to spend an extra $60 on something that's near enough the same, and performance will be down to the silicone lottery anyway really.

Would it be cheaper to get a reference card if you're planning on watercooling?

 

[Jeremy1998]

The FTW doesn't have any waterblocks for it according to cooling configurator.

If's a difficult choice though. Personally, I wouldn't want to spend an extra $60 on something that's near enough the same, and performance will be down to the silicone lottery anyway really.

Would it be cheaper to get a reference card if you're planning on watercooling?

Well crap. I thought the FTW had a reference PCB. Guess I was wrong about that. And there are actually a lot less options for a block for a Classified card than I thought, so that takes that one out of the question.

So that makes my options:
Reference: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130917
Superclocked ACX: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130918

Which one do you think would have better resell value later?

EDIT: I went for the Superclocked ACX one. It was $10 cheaper and should have better overclocking. Hopefully I made the right choice!