I am just updating on my purchase of a used Radeon R9 290 from ebay.
I got it for $211 shipped reference cooler. The cooler is really loud so I decided to replace it with Kraken G10 and a Corsair H50. Default cooler was loud and hot. I would run the fan at 65% and still the GPU would get hot 85c. VRMs were good though about 72 and 69 or so for the VRM I and 2. I did some modifications for the Kraken G10. I had a 80mm to 120mm fan converter so I slapped that on the kraken and used a cooler master 120 mm(When I took the pictures I had used a Gigabyte cooler but replaced it with the coolermaster because it had a faster RPM). I used the 92 mm fan to blow air towards the VRM2. also bought some copper ram sinks and the gelid VRM pack for the 290.
Cost $
Card 211
Ram sinks 9
VRM sinks 11
H50 29
120 mm fan 1
Total 261
Now my temps are 52-56c depending on the game
VRM1 59-62c depending on the game
VRM 2 59-60 depending on the game
Idle temps are great too.
GPU 37
VRM1 33
VRM2 50
Now the bad. When I had the stock cooler I was able to oc the ram easily to 1350 now I can only do 1300 MHz. I have no idea why. VRM temps are a lot better now but my memory oc is worst
I did not pushed the core with the stock cooler since it was hot as it is. Also, my card unlocked to a R290x so I am not complaining I am just puzzled as to why I cannot oc the memory anymore
I got it for $211 shipped reference cooler. The cooler is really loud so I decided to replace it with Kraken G10 and a Corsair H50. Default cooler was loud and hot. I would run the fan at 65% and still the GPU would get hot 85c. VRMs were good though about 72 and 69 or so for the VRM I and 2. I did some modifications for the Kraken G10. I had a 80mm to 120mm fan converter so I slapped that on the kraken and used a cooler master 120 mm(When I took the pictures I had used a Gigabyte cooler but replaced it with the coolermaster because it had a faster RPM). I used the 92 mm fan to blow air towards the VRM2. also bought some copper ram sinks and the gelid VRM pack for the 290.
Cost $
Card 211
Ram sinks 9
VRM sinks 11
H50 29
120 mm fan 1
Total 261
Now my temps are 52-56c depending on the game
VRM1 59-62c depending on the game
VRM 2 59-60 depending on the game
Idle temps are great too.
GPU 37
VRM1 33
VRM2 50
Now the bad. When I had the stock cooler I was able to oc the ram easily to 1350 now I can only do 1300 MHz. I have no idea why. VRM temps are a lot better now but my memory oc is worst
I did not pushed the core with the stock cooler since it was hot as it is. Also, my card unlocked to a R290x so I am not complaining I am just puzzled as to why I cannot oc the memory anymore
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