Not a GPU thing but I've not had the best experience with MSI products either-

-my MSI 970 motherboard has an issue where if the USB traffic reaches a certain amount (and that amount isn't even that high, I'm talking 'if I start a Skype call or open Facebook') then every single USB device attached to the computer disconnects for 30 seconds and then reconnects afterwards. Makes the Internet pretty much unusable as you can imagine, so I have to run ethernet cables through the house whenever nobody's about. It's not a Windows issue or a PSU issue, I have tried a clean install, fiddling with USB power management and a different PSU. Problem started when I got the motherboard.

-my sister has an MSI gaming laptop and this summer the secondary disk on it stopped showing up, which sent her into an endless spiral of attempts to get it repaired. A few weeks after a new secondary disk had been put in, the main SSD stopped being recognised too... meaning it won't boot.

Now that I write this I realise I should probably attempt to contact MSI support :P... but I'm just sharing my out-of-the-box experiences for anyone thinking about choosing brands.