I just installed the Corsair H50 using the G10 Bracket. Immediately I saw a massive improvement. The core temperature never never exceeds 60c and my PC is whisper quiet and heat being expelled outside of the case. But we all expected that.
However, many reviews of the G10 all have the same thing to say about this mod.
PcPer said
Puget System said
I heard of other people doing the "ghetto mod" by cutting heat sinks from other manufacture and used zip tie to secure it to the card. I'm not really down for that. I want 100% compatibility and reliability.
So to get the around the VRM cooling problem I purchased the Gelid VRM kit for 290x and oh boy this thing is amazing. Not only did my VRM never went up it was was below when it was being cooled by the stock blower.
http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=FAN-ICY290
Here is the results.
Here is the stock cooler VRM Temps (stock cooler 290x runs at 95c so no screenshot of that)

And here the is the Core and VRM Temps with H50 Gelid VRM kit.


WOW, I was expecting low temps, but NOT THAT LOW. Even lower than stock
So to sum it up, I am completely blown away by the results.
The only thing missing from the 290x are the memory heat sinks, but when China send me the 16 pieces copper heat sink I still install and overclock this thing.
However, many reviews of the G10 all have the same thing to say about this mod.
PcPer said
There is a downside though - the temperature of VRM1 was approaching 100C with the NZXT cooler installed but only reached 65-70C with the reference cooler. Clearly the removal of heatsinks on the VRM is problematic and could cause issues with overclockability on some cards. Increasing the speed of the 80mm fan might help this but I think a better solution is to purchase some generic stick-on heatsinks to use in addition to the fan.
Puget System said
While the GPU core is certainly being cooled well in Furmark, the thermal images give us a great look at the problems associated with removing the stock heatsink. In short,there is a hot spot right on the VRMs for both the R9 290X and GTX Titan when using the Kraken G10. Our thermal image doesn't quite show the exact temperature since we are looking at the back of the card rather than the front, but we are still able to see that the VRMs are running at dangerous levels. In fact, GPU-Z is able to report thermal readings for the VRM on the R9 290X and reported temperature as high as 112 °C in Furmark! For reference, the same sensors on the R9 290X reported temperatures of only 84 °C when using the stock cooler.
I heard of other people doing the "ghetto mod" by cutting heat sinks from other manufacture and used zip tie to secure it to the card. I'm not really down for that. I want 100% compatibility and reliability.
So to get the around the VRM cooling problem I purchased the Gelid VRM kit for 290x and oh boy this thing is amazing. Not only did my VRM never went up it was was below when it was being cooled by the stock blower.
http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=FAN-ICY290
Here is the results.
Here is the stock cooler VRM Temps (stock cooler 290x runs at 95c so no screenshot of that)

And here the is the Core and VRM Temps with H50 Gelid VRM kit.


WOW, I was expecting low temps, but NOT THAT LOW. Even lower than stock
So to sum it up, I am completely blown away by the results.
The only thing missing from the 290x are the memory heat sinks, but when China send me the 16 pieces copper heat sink I still install and overclock this thing.
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