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** TECH LABS EXPRESS GRAPHICS CARDS - TECH LABS QUALITY IN AN OFF THE SHELF PACKAGE **

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Hi Guys

As many of you may be aware, Gibbo has been very busy turning lowly 290 cards into resolution chomping 290X cards.
This service frankly puts Overclockers UK above and beyond the competition, nobody else is vigilant enough to spot these niche requirements that only our customers want!

Now comes the best bit.

I have spent my day taking these flashed and tested 290 graphics cards and attached our most attractive watercooling solutions to them.

The cards are in stock now and ready to ship. No waiting for our technical team to assemble them, they are good to go.

What makes this unique is that these cards are the start of our express versions of tech labs cards. Whilst we will still offer the customisable tech labs cards we always have, the Tech Labs Express offerings will be available for the customer who demands the best and also wants it as soon as possible.

there are only 10 available at this price, afterwards they increase to £499.99 so be quick!

oh yeah, and they come with a game called 'Battlefield 4' or something :confused:


OcUK Tech Labs EXPRESS - HIS Radeon R9 290 Pre-Flashed to R290X 4096MB Watercooled Graphics Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game Included @ £479.99 inc VAT

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Pre-flashed by Overclockers UK Technicians using a voltage unlocked R290X BIOS unlocking the additional stream processors, giving a total of 2816 stream processors. Also voltage unlocked as well and with a full guarantee and warranty.

This card comes with a waterblock pre fitted and is ready to ship now. <br>

Never has a pre built watercooled card been such a complete package! All of this cooling power would be wasted without the addition of the worlds leading cooling paste, included with this package. The paste is applied to the GPU to maintain supreme performance with the GPU block. The remainder of the paste will be sent with the card for future applications.

This card is hand assembled and tested in house by OcUK Technical Staff and is part of our new Tech Labs Express service. This means that the card is pre built and ready for you to order for immediate shipment.

AMD Radeon R9 290X is a new graphics card powered by the latest AMD Radeon™ R9 290X graphics-processing unit (GPU). 4GB of super-fast GDDR5 memory for the best gaming experience at the highest resolutions including 4k and incorporates AMD Eyefinity and TrueAudio technologies to enable expansive multi-display setups and more accurate environmental sounds. R9 290X also includes support for both DirectX® 11.2 and AMD's new Mantle application programming interface (API) for great handling of even the most-demanding PC games.


Specification
Radeon R9 290 Pre-Flashed to R290X
- GPU: Hawaii Pro flashed to XT
- Stream Processors: 2816
- Core Speed: 1000MHz
- Memory Speed: 5000Mhz
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB GDDR5
- Cooling: 2-Slot Blower Fan
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 750W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin required
- Display Outputs: 2x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
- Warranty: 2yr


Features
- Flashed to R290X
- Unlocked Voltage
- DirectX 11.2 Support
- Open GL 4.2 Support
- Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio support
- Crossfire Support upto 4-way: Native software crossfire (No bridge required)
- Gaming @ 4k Resolutions (UltraHD)
- Synergy with next-gen game consoles (Mantle)
- Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture - optimized from previous generation products


Was £499.99 Inc. VAT

Only £479.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW
 
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watercool your CPU and VGA card at the same time. silence and overclocking dominance :cool:

XSPC RayStorm 750 EX360 WaterCooling Kit @ £144.95 inc VAT

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The XSPC Raystorm 750 AX360 Universal CPU Water Cooling Kit comes complete with everything you will need to cool your CPU*. This kit is designed to handle your CPU and can be expanded to handle more blocks as well.

The kit uses the newest XSPC CPU block, the Raystorm as the core cooling component. This block has a pure copper base and is a top of the line in performance and looks. XSPC coupled this with their EX360 radiator which is a thin profile radiator giving more flexibility with compatibility.

The reservoir is a combination of the XSPC dual bay reservoir along with a XSPC X20 750 V4 pump. This pump has been revised and is much more reliable than previous revisions. It is now injection molded for seamless joints and this new revision 4 model is a black color.
This kit comes compete with all fittings, clamps, fans, mounting hardware and hose.*

Features:-
- RayStorm CPU Waterblock
- X2O 750 Bayres/Pump (Black) V4
- EX360 Triple Radiator

- G1/4" to 1/2" Barb (Black Chrome) x6
- Plastic Hose Clip x6
- XSPC 1650rpm 120mm Fan x3
- 120mm Fan Grill (Black) x3
- Intel and AMD RayStorm Brackets
- Socket 1366 and 1150/1155/1156 Backplates
- Socket AM2 and AM3 mounting kit
- 80mm to 120mm Radiator brackets
- 3mm Twin Blue LED with 4Pin Molex
- 5mm Blue LED with 4Pin Molex
- 2 Meters of Clear 7/16? Hose
- 24pin ATX Bridge Tool
- K2 Thermal Paste

Only £144.95 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW
 
Is there any details on temps / overclocks achievable with these cards?

Overclock depends how overclockable the core is in the first place.

Being on water pretty should see around 1200MHz for sure, but its no guarantee.

Temp wise, depending on your entire loop expect 35c - 55c under-load when overclocked, 60c maximum and of course in silence. :)
 
Just because something is not easy, does not mean it should not be attempted

The path with no obstacles, often does not lead to anywhere !
Unfortunately, for any business time = money. So easily £500+ for an air cooled version.

The other problem is transit. Whereas the water block is flat to the card, the air cooler is a big lump of a thing sticking off of the card and OCUK would have no way of putting it in it's original box, meaning they would need to pack them, and with no kind of injection molding packing to protect the heat sink from moving about during transit.

Cue lots of people plugging in their 290's and burning a hole straight through their desk :(
 
I noticed that OcUK have pre built watercooled cases. Is it possible for me to buy one of those cases and then simply add one of these watercooled 290 cards? I presume I would just need to attach a tube? or is there more stuff i'd have to build and buy? I guess it's not that simple, is it?
 
Just because something is not easy, does not mean it should not be attempted

The path with no obstacles, often does not lead to anywhere !

The path with no obstacles loads to being most viable quickest and cheapest. Its all time and motion
Would love custom air too but looking foward to new year ones
 
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