** Prolimatech MK-26 Multi VGA Cooler - R9 280/290/290X Compatible

rjk · 24 Oct 2013 at 08:50

Hi Guys

We can confirm that our best selling aftermarket VGA cooler is compatible with the new cards.

This cooler offers massive cooling potential and improves capability for overclocking.

The main reason to go for an MK-26 cooler is the option to use quiet fans on the cooler which drastically reduces the noise output.

Whilst stock coolers are the only option on cards currently, the MK-26 is an ideal choice.

Prolimatech MK-26 Multi VGA Cooler @ £51.98 inc VAT

The Prolimatech Mk-26 is meticulously crafted. Designed and engineered for maximum cooling capabilities and efficiency. Compatible with most popular graphics cards, the MK-26 provides a quieter alternative to other inferior VGA coolers.

Technical Details:
- Dimensions: 257.1 x 47.1 x 146 mm (W x H x D)
- Material: Nickel-Copper (base plate, heat pipes), nickel-plated aluminum (blades)
- Weight (without fan): 590g
- Heatpipes: 6 x 6 mm Ø
- Fan (optional): 2x 140/120 mm
- Compatibility:
AMD Radeon (reference design):
HD 3850/3870
HD 4830/4850/4870/4890
HD 5830/5850/5870
HD 6790/6850/6870/6950/6970
HD 7750/7770/7850/7870/7950/7970
R9 280/290/290X
NVIDIA GeForce (reference design)
7800/7900 GS / GT / GTX / GTX512
8800 GS / GT / GTS (G80) / GTS (G92) / GTS512 (G92) / GTX / Ultra
9500/9600/9800 GSO / GT / GTX / GTX +
GT 130 (OEM)
GTS 150 (OEM) / GTS 240 (OEM) / 250/450
GTX 460 SE / 460/480
GTX 550 Ti / 560 SE / 560/560 Ti / 570/580/670/680
- Contents:
High and flat RAM cooler
voltage transformer cooler block
2 x 2 brackets for mounting two fans
PWM splitter cable to connect the two PWM fans at the VGA connector
2-g tube Prolimatech thermal compound PK-3
Needed more space between the motherboard and case side panel, depending on the VGA Type:
ATI Radeon HD 7970: 175 mm

Only £51.98 inc VAT.

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Prolimatech Black Series MK-26 Multi-VGA Cooler @ £56.99 inc VAT

The Prolimatech Mk-26 is meticulously crafted. Designed and engineered for maximum cooling capabilities and efficiency. Compatible with most popular graphics cards, the MK-26 provides a quieter alternative to other inferior VGA coolers.

Technical Details:
- Dimensions: 257.1 x 47.1 x 146 mm (W x H x D)
- Material: Nickel-Copper (base plate, heat pipes), nickel-plated aluminum (blades)
- Weight (without fan): 590g
- Heatpipes: 6 x 6 mm Ø
- Fan (optional): 2x 140/120 mm
- Compatibility:
AMD Radeon (reference design):
HD 3850/3870
HD 4830/4850/4870/4890
HD 5830/5850/5870
HD 6790/6850/6870/6950/6970
HD 7750/7770/7850/7870/7950/7970
R9 280/290/290X
NVIDIA GeForce (reference design)
7800/7900 GS / GT / GTX / GTX512
8800 GS / GT / GTS (G80) / GTS (G92) / GTS512 (G92) / GTX / Ultra
9500/9600/9800 GSO / GT / GTX / GTX +
GT 130 (OEM)
GTS 150 (OEM) / GTS 240 (OEM) / 250/450
GTX 460 SE / 460/480
GTX 550 Ti / 560 SE / 560/560 Ti / 570/580/670/680
- Contents:
High and flat RAM cooler
voltage transformer cooler block
2 x 2 brackets for mounting two fans
PWM splitter cable to connect the two PWM fans at the VGA connector
2-g tube Prolimatech thermal compound PK-3
Needed more space between the motherboard and case side panel, depending on the VGA Type:
ATI Radeon HD 7970: 175 mm

Only £56.99 inc VAT.

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AvengerUK · 24 Oct 2013 at 16:45

Interesting... I think in my case for two, it's probably too big

Bring out the measuring tape!

Marine-RX179 · 24 Oct 2013 at 16:49

rjkoneill said:
Hi Guys

We can confirm that our best selling aftermarket VGA cooler is compatible with the new cards.

This cooler offers massive cooling potential and improves capability for overclocking.

If you truly wanna shift these heatsinks/coolers, get Gibbo or 8 Packs to do some benches and overclock with one of these and see how high they can push the overclock

Got a feeling Gibbo's gonna curse me for not getting enough sleep XD

Uncle Petey · 24 Oct 2013 at 16:52

AvengerUK said:
Interesting... I think in my case for two, it's probably too big Bring out the measuring tape!

On your card and with fans, it'll take up 4 slots, so I dunno about 2 of them

MrMarvelous · 24 Oct 2013 at 16:57

Judging by the TTL review this or WC looks like a must for the 290X.

AvengerUK · 24 Oct 2013 at 17:44

Uncle Petey said:
On your card and with fans, it'll take up 4 slots, so I dunno about 2 of them

Yeh that'd probably never happen, I'll have to see.

Probably have to wait for AC to come out with something (if they do)

rjk · 24 Oct 2013 at 18:04

Marine-RX179 said:
If you truly wanna shift these heatsinks/coolers, get Gibbo or 8 Packs to do some benches and overclock with one of these and see how high they can push the overclock

you must be new here

stock clocks and fan speeds

85'C in heaven on Stock cooler

55'C in heaven on MK-26 cooler with random case fans we found in the office

Overclocked at 1200 Core + 1.4V

stock cooler at 85'c with 100% fan speed

MK-26 cooler at 72'C with silent fans.

rjk · 24 Oct 2013 at 18:08

OcUK Tech Lab Custom R9 290X 4096MB GDDR5 Prolimatech MK-26 Cooled Graphics Card

The New, Ultimate Solution

The OcUK Tech Lab H2O Custom R9 290X combines the fastest Single Core Graphics Solution on the planet with the most effective cooling solution.You can expand your visual real estate across three HD displays in jawdropping 3D and experience immense framerates with blistering graphics.

The Prolimatech Mk-26 is meticulously crafted. Designed and engineered for maximum cooling capabilities and efficiency. Compatible with most popular graphics cards, the MK-26 provides a quieter alternative to other inferior VGA coolers.

Choose between the MK-26 and the MK-26 Black Edition.

This Graphics Card is shipped without fans. In order to operate correctly, you must fit 2 fans to the cooler.

This cooler is compatible with 2x 120mm or 2x 140mm fans.

We suggest Noiseblocker Black Silent Pro series fans for quiet operation and great cooling performance

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.

Features:-
- 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

Specification:-
- GPU: Hawaii XT
- Stream Processors: 2816
- Core Speed: 1000MHz
- Memory Speed: 5000Mhz
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB GDDR5
- Cooling: 2-Slot Blower Fan
- Fan Speed: 20% - 40% (Quiet Mode) & 20%-55% (Uber Mode)
- 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

From £551.99 inc VAT.

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drunkenmaster · 24 Oct 2013 at 18:28

Could you take a few pics of the stock heatsink detached and show a pic of all the heatsinks attached(before the main cooler).

I remember issues with 7970(or maybe 6970? it seems ages ago I just can't remember how long ago

) heatsinks, the AC ones IIRC that people were using and didn't realise there was an extra chip that needed cooling and a few cards died. From the pics I saw a while ago of a 290x it looked like there was one extra chip that needed cooling or at least had some frag tape on, but sometimes it's there as an insulator rather than cooling.

AFAIK prolimatech aren't officially stating support for the 290-x on the cooler?

EDIT:- shame, they've done away with the fan bracket and gone with the extra weight all attached to the heatsink/card instead. While it's easier, the fan bracket was a much "safer" way to go about it. For such an expensive cooler it would be nice to have the clips and the bracket so you can choose.

Uncle Petey · 24 Oct 2013 at 18:30

The little heatsinks are generally universal, as is the main cooler. But yes, it would be good to know if there are any specific spots that could go overlooked.

The Alpenfohn Peter universal cooler should fit this too. (ignore the product pics as they're of the 79xx version)

LtMatt · 24 Oct 2013 at 18:32

Fair play to ocuk for doing this and still offering a warranty. That said it does bump the price a bit but if you want complete peace of mind and a quieter 290x then its worth it. With the performance it has vs a 780 and a titan its still not a bad price considering.

My two cents having manually installed an accelero onto my ocuk bought 7970 back in the day.

drunkenmaster · 24 Oct 2013 at 18:43

Uncle Petey said:
The little heatsinks are generally universal, as is the main cooler. But yes, it would be good to know if there are any specific spots that could go overlooked.

The Alpenfohn Peter universal cooler should fit this too. (ignore the product pics as they're of the 79xx version)

Just looking at the prolimatech site, certainly comes with extra ickle sticky bits that should be able to go on any excess bits that had thermal tape on under the stock sink.

Would be great if AMD just bought someone like Prolimatech and mass produced this dropping the price by like 80% and made this the "stock" sink. Blower coolers are woeful, have always been woeful, will always be woeful, and all to help the 0.5% of sales to people with crap cases and 3-4 cards in xfire/sli.

Nvidia seemingly have marginally better blower fan/heatsinks, though no where near as much as people say(the guys who insist the 100% fan noise is insane therefore the cooler is unbearable for AMD.... ) but non blower heatsinks are so so superior for either company, still irks they focus on a blower design for the minuscule part of the market that runs multiple cards.

Gibbo · 24 Oct 2013 at 18:46

Hi there

Tested max OC, no improvement, simply as with 1220MHz / 1.4v with RAM also at 6400MHz the card is still hitting 85c, just quietly.

This cooler I'd recommend for people wanting to run a high overclock 24/7 for gaming with low noise.

I am sure if you strap some crazy fans to it, then a better OC can be achieve, but maybe only 20MHz peak or so at the expense of being just as loud as stock cooler.

At 1150 / 6000 speeds with around 1.35v temps should stay below 80c in a nice quiet environment too.

Uncle Petey · 24 Oct 2013 at 18:48

drunkenmaster said:
Would be great if AMD just bought someone like Prolimatech and mass produced this dropping the price by like 80% and made this the "stock" sink. Blower coolers are woeful, have always been woeful, will always be woeful, and all to help the 0.5% of sales to people with crap cases and 3-4 cards in xfire/sli.

That would be lovely, but not many people are willing to sacrifice 4 pci slots for one gpu

ED: And there are a number of cases that this thing wouldn't even fit.

Gibbo said:
Hi there

Tested max OC, no improvement, simply as with 1220MHz / 1.4v with RAM also at 6400MHz the card is still hitting 85c, just quietly.

This cooler I'd recommend for people wanting to run a high overclock 24/7 for gaming with low noise.

I am sure if you strap some crazy fans to it, then a better OC can be achieve, but maybe only 20MHz peak or so at the expense of being just as loud as stock cooler.

At 1150 / 6000 speeds with around 1.35v temps should stay below 80c in a nice quiet environment too.

Gimme an Alpenfohn Peter universal with a 290X and I'll show you how it's done

LtMatt · 24 Oct 2013 at 18:50

Gibbo said:
Hi there

Tested max OC, no improvement, simply as with 1220MHz / 1.4v with RAM also at 6400MHz the card is still hitting 85c, just quietly.

This cooler I'd recommend for people wanting to run a high overclock 24/7 for gaming with low noise.

I am sure if you strap some crazy fans to it, then a better OC can be achieve, but maybe only 20MHz peak or so at the expense of being just as loud as stock cooler.

At 1150 / 6000 speeds with around 1.35v temps should stay below 80c in a nice quiet environment too.

What's the stock voltage Gibbo? 1.35-1.4 seems awfully high?

Gibbo · 24 Oct 2013 at 18:56

LtMatt said:
What's the stock voltage Gibbo? 1.35-1.4 seems awfully high?

1.25v is stock.

LtMatt · 24 Oct 2013 at 18:57

Gibbo said:
1.25v is stock.

That's 7950 boost voltage. I bet its possible to lower stock voltage and still achieve decent clocks. AMD do love to add excess voltage to low asic boost cards. What are the asics, did you check? Under 75% id bet.

Gibbo · 24 Oct 2013 at 19:03

LtMatt said:
That's 7950 boost voltage. I bet its possible to lower stock voltage and still achieve decent clocks. AMD do love to add excess voltage to low asic boost cards. What are the asics, did you check? Under 75% id bet.

I don't bother with it, I find it a load of tosh, I've had 55% beat 80% cards, it seems to mean absolutely nothing when it comes to how well a GPU can overclock.

Of course I am not interested in how low of voltage I can go on something, I just want to push to the max OC.

LtMatt · 24 Oct 2013 at 19:06

Gibbo said:
I don't bother with it, I find it a load of tosh, I've had 55% beat 80% cards, it seems to mean absolutely nothing when it comes to how well a GPU can overclock.

Of course I am not interested in how low of voltage I can go on something, I just want to push to the max OC.

I agree it has no bearing on overclock as well. Its just how much voltage a card requires to be stable at a given clock. Just wondering if it is low asic as i expect. I actually think lower asic cards benefit overclocking more as they accept more voltage easier. That's how it was on Tahiti cards anyway.

Zeed · 24 Oct 2013 at 19:33

hmm if we could drop voltage to lets say 1.2 and keep 1000mhz. That would make card run cooler and stop it from down clocking.
AMRITE ??