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AMD R9 290 Best Aftermarket Heatsink ?

Apache14

Apache14

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Hello all,

Im looking for a quick upgrade for my 290 (to stop the 95'C throttle). Can anyone recommend a widely available aftermarket cooler ?

I was looking at the R9 290 Vapour-x but couldn't justify the hassle of selling this one ;)
 
most of the aftermarket coolers are the same.

The peter 2 and the Morpheus are both pretty good. RJK tested the morpheus on his 290x before release had no complaints about it says it stopped the throttling.
 
TwsT said:
most of the aftermarket coolers are the same.

The peter 2 and the Morpheus are both pretty good. RJK tested the morpheus on his 290x before release had no complaints about it says it stopped the throttling.
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Ohh the Raijintek Morpheus looks like a good deal with all of the needed RAM / VRM heat-sinks as well :D (goes review hunting)
 
Tom's point is if you leave the temp target at 95c but set the max allowed fan speed to 100% the card will remain quieter without throttling than any other setup for a reference card. It won't get anywhere near 100% fan speed that's for sure. :p
 
JediFragger said:
Sheesh, any more than 50% and I wanna jump through the window!!! I do have 2 though :p
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I had three running in a rackmount mining rig in an air conditioned server room, with stock fan profiles they never went over 76c, one day I decided to set 100% speed for a lol, they drowned out a Powervault 122T dual SDLT unit, they drowned out the air con, they drowned out a bunch of DL380 and DL320's and they drowned out the industrial fans in the roof of the rack cab lol.
 
LtMatt said:
Tom's point is if you leave the temp target at 95c but set the max allowed fan speed to 100% the card will remain quieter without throttling than any other setup for a reference card. It won't get anywhere near 100% fan speed that's for sure. :p
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Yeah my bottom card only hits 45%. Not too bad.
 
LtMatt said:
Tom's point is if you leave the temp target at 95c but set the max allowed fan speed to 100% the card will remain quieter without throttling than any other setup for a reference card. It won't get anywhere near 100% fan speed that's for sure. :p
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Humm good point (i forgot that the MAX allowed fan speed was adjustable) that should work for the time being.

TBH iv settled on getting a NZXT KRAKEN (pay day impulse buy FTW).... but whenever i'm ready to order the VRM heat-sink pack is out of stock :P (happened twice now ;) )
 
Apache14 said:
Humm good point (i forgot that the MAX allowed fan speed was adjustable) that should work for the time being.

TBH iv settled on getting a NZXT KRAKEN (pay day impulse buy FTW).... but whenever i'm ready to order the VRM heat-sink pack is out of stock :P (happened twice now ;) )
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What AIO cooler will you be using though?
 
We are waiting on vrm heatsinks the manufacturer eol'd it despite it being so successful we have suggested to a couple of other manufacturers that some slack could be picked up here. Rajintek were one of these as they make them already.
 
TwsT said:
We are waiting on vrm heatsinks the manufacturer eol'd it despite it being so successful we have suggested to a couple of other manufacturers that some slack could be picked up here. Rajintek were one of these as they make them already.
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IMO these sets of smaller heat-sinks are extremely useful
 
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