R9 290 are terrible or is it me ?

Space Monkey · 27 Jul 2014 at 14:46

Plus the CoolerMaster V series, made by Seasonic, I have the 1000W version, excellent PSU and also the same size as smaller PSUs so easy to fit if you're short on space?

Chris R-W · 27 Jul 2014 at 14:47

ok ill have a look at them as well

Orangey · 27 Jul 2014 at 14:49

Here are good review sites for PSUs:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/
http://www.hardocp.com

Find some gold award / 10 out of 10 or high-rated units and look for deals.

Chris R-W · 27 Jul 2014 at 14:50

ok. What about the be quiet units ?

Chris R-W · 27 Jul 2014 at 14:51

scrap that the cables look horrific lol

Chris R-W · 27 Jul 2014 at 14:52

the EVGA ones are too long. the max i can have is 160mm and they are 180mmm

Tonester0011 · 27 Jul 2014 at 14:53

Don't see how that PSU isn't enough unless its a faulty unit. You tried using another 6+2/6pin cables?

Chris R-W · 27 Jul 2014 at 14:55

yh ive tried both PCi cables on there own and both together

Doogles · 27 Jul 2014 at 15:13

Qitarah said:
EVGA "G2" units are well priced, 10 year warranty annnnd made my superflower. Check them out.

Unless the warranty sticker falls off like mine has and you forget to register it :/

kabir92 · 27 Jul 2014 at 17:37

Tonester0011 said:
Don't see how that PSU isn't enough unless its a faulty unit. You tried using another 6+2/6pin cables?

Yeah sounds like a faulty PSU, 650w is enough for stock specs, I think its worth enquiring to corsair or ocuk about the psu being faulty

Rich43 · 27 Jul 2014 at 19:06

I had this problem and it was due to rubbish gigabyte motherboard, switched to another brand and all is well

Chris R-W · 27 Jul 2014 at 20:11

only had the PSU since april but is it really worth sending it back for the cost of £20 when i could just upgrade to an 850 and sell mine on for about 75 as someone wants it already ?

Chris R-W · 27 Jul 2014 at 20:12

really ? i may as well just get a new PC by the sounds of it

Buckster · 27 Jul 2014 at 20:38

I feel your pain - but my 290 Tri-X has been flawless since I bought it 2 months or so ago

running it at 1100/1420

Chris R-W · 27 Jul 2014 at 20:39

thinking i5 4690k (devils canyon) and a gigabyte z97 chipset board ?

mikedigitales · 27 Jul 2014 at 21:05

Nice combo

I'd still investigate the psu problem and get it warranty swapped if faulty to fund the new build.

4737Joker · 27 Jul 2014 at 21:07

Sounds like a PSU issue for sure as above, i had it with my old system.

Not sure on the power consumption difference between your cpu and my 3570k but im running a 4.5ghz CPU overclock and an R9 290 with a 1200/1400 GPU overclock with a corsair TX 650w so unless AMD chips are a lot more power hungry then it might not be the wattage just a fault in general.

Chris R-W · 27 Jul 2014 at 21:12

yh ill get a new psu first and see what happens

KelDG · 27 Jul 2014 at 21:32

I got a duffer, worked fine for 3 days then started black screening, increased in frequency until it didn't even output a signal on startup.

Tested on 2 Psu's and on return to retailer and got a refund.

Loved it while it worked but grabbed a 270x I got at a cracking price.

8 Pack · 27 Jul 2014 at 21:33

Rm series PSU are not good. I think PSU too after brief read!!