I know GIGABYTE uses military components in their build (or Im pretty sure they do) I have a GIGABYTE G1 970 and that thing is a beast. It overclocked well, it stayed very cool with the 3 fan cooler design, it barely ever throttled frequency only at temps above 70C and it's one of the better looking cards IMO. So if your leaning towards a brand besideds EVGA I'd say your best bet is going with GIGABYTE.

Well, I caved in a got an EVGA 08G-P4-6284-KR GeForce GTX1080 Gaming ACX 3 for $582. Used jet.com no free returns, paid with debit card and used shop10 for an extra $50 off. I'll be happy with a 1900mhz boost OC which should be fairly easy to hit. 
 
Thanks for the help guys...I couldn't stay away from EVGA or the beefy looking million phase EVGA boards.