The most important thing for a video card is the presence of good cooler which will cover the memory chips and the VRM zone. The backplate does not play a role, when present, this is a positive moment. Wonderful cards for the price / quality ratio are Palit jetstream, super jetstream series.
I am interested in the Gigabbte 1060 OC WF2 one 3GB ram OR MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Dual Fan GDDR5 1280 Core VR Ready Graphics Card
I see one had plate and one not, but the MSI is on special and like 15 to 17 % cheaper.. which i would rather prefer.
I am not sure though on speed and stuff what will i lose out on, or is there nothing to worry about?