Aftermarket Cooling Solution for AMD R9 290

[rip]

I got a great deal on an R9 290 reference card. As you probably know it sounds like a jet plane when the gaming (Witcher III) gets going. I'm wondering if anyone has found a fairly simple but effective aftermarket cooling solution for the R9 290. thanks,
Dana

 

[Stuka87]

Many people have used this one: https://www.arctic.ac/us_en/accelero-xtreme-iii.html

 

[rip]

Many people have used this one: https://www.arctic.ac/us_en/accelero-xtreme-iii.html

wow, that looks crazy awesome; and, it fits a LOT of cards. I was under the impression that it had to be pretty specific to the model #/ type/ generation......out of the loop too long . . .

 

[deathbyburrito2]

I used this on my 290 and really liked it. http://www.raijintek.com/en/products_detail.php?ProductID=46

 

[rip]

that looks great as well. thnks

 

[guskline]

I still have my EK 290 waterblocks for sale.

 

[Killrose]

I used this one, along with the standard coolers mounting frame, some mods required, but excellent results.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Zalman-VF30...574044?hash=item1a103cdd9c:g:u7IAAOSwvFZW7cSU

 

[codyray10]

Many people have used this one: https://www.arctic.ac/us_en/accelero-xtreme-iii.html

I use this cooler on my reference MSI 290. After applying my own thermal compound and installing this fan, my 290 stays in the low 70's as far as temps under load. It's also very quiet compared to the stock jet engine.

 

[Killrose]

Another thing to consider is your Power supply internal fan spooling up and causing noise. Before I installed my Zalman VF3000a cooler, I noticed using R9 290 fan monitoring that my computer was still noisey AFTER the 290 fan speed dropped. Turned out my PSU fan was over worked trying to cool itself due to the power requirements of the 290. I was putting all the blame for fan noise on the 290 reference blower when in reality quite a bit of it was due to the PSU fan.