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AMD Radeon R9 290X with Hawaii GPU pictured, has 512-bit 4GB Memory

I get slightly better temps with the case closed, but that's mostly because there's a side exhaust fan on it. With the side off the air can't escape very quickly.
 
Buckster said:
I added a side intake fan for my GTX480 ....

my temps went up

I tried it as an exhaust - my temps went up

so re-blocked it up :)
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I've found that having an intake bottom fan helps a lot - the cool air is pulled up from under the case, hitting my GPUs, and is pushed out the side. The CPU cooler pulls in air from the top front of the case and the rear exhaust lets it out.
 
Gregster said:
I guess I get rid of all this water cooling nonsense and back to Air cooling and never the need to take the side of my case off again :D
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That can't be you case Greg, It's all mint and pristine, with no sign of half the carpet blown in from the auxiliary benchmark fans :D ...I'm impressed, that's a credit to yer :)
 
Jakus said:
That can't be you case Greg, It's all mint and pristine, with no sign of half the carpet blown in from the auxiliary benchmark fans :D ...I'm impressed, that's a credit to yer :)
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But I need to get the rads and pipework outside the case for better airflow apparently :(:p:D

Sorry Humbug but like I said originally, I take the side of my case off and it drops the temps by a couple of degrees. I wasn't looking to be told where I was going wrong but thanks for taking the time to help :)
 
teppic said:
I've found that having an intake bottom fan helps a lot - the cool air is pulled up from under the case, hitting my GPUs,
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Yup, you got that right, a big filtered 140mm in the bottom of the case even ducted right up the chuff of any Blower type card works wonders ;)

personally I still much prefer blower type coolers for GFX cards, the downside is you just can't get them as quiet if you want low temps :(
 
Jakus said:
Yup, you got that right, a big filtered 140mm in the bottom of the case even ducted right up the chuff of any Blower type card works wonders ;)

personally I still much prefer blower type coolers for GFX cards, the downside is you just can't get them as quiet if you want low temps :(
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Yeah, I've got a 140mm fan in the base, 120mm on the side. The side and rear exhaust fans run at a constant speed, with the intakes on motherboard fan controls. I added the bottom and side fans when I got SLI, as they were dumping too much heat into the case.

I find that on a CPU stress test I get cool air from the side, warm out the back. On a GPU stress test, warm air from the side, cool out the back. In gaming, both warm. So that seems to be working.
 
Gregster said:
But I need to get the rads and pipework outside the case for better airflow apparently :(:p:D

Sorry Humbug but like I said originally, I take the side of my case off and it drops the temps by a couple of degrees. I wasn't looking to be told where I was going wrong but thanks for taking the time to help :)
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I really should invest in a water setup, it has to be the best solution in the long run :)
 
drunkenmaster said:
Why do people care about the temp, at all. Why is it okay for an Intel cpu to run at 80C when an AMD cpu runs at 65C, people move from AMD to Intel and you get threads of "OMG, wtf, my cpu is burning up, the house is about to explode, if I was at that temp I'd be dead".
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I don't think AMD CPUs run cooler than Intel ones, it's just AMD don't care about their customers enough to put working temperature sensors on their chips so you have to read the socket temps. I could be wrong of course.


As for the 290X beating the 780, well duh it's what 5 months newer?
When Nvidia released their 480 (well the entire 400 series) a number of months after AMD released their 5000 series Nvidia released a card with better performance. It wouldn't surprise me if in 5 months time Nvidia release a GPU that can better the 290X. I expect technology to improve over time, even in 5 months, it's generally how things work. So top end parts get faster over time, did anyone really expect the 290X to come in with only slightly better performance than the 7970 after all that time? This is AMD's GPU arm not their CPU arm, you would expect them to be competitive! (or at least I would)
 
Well, i've personally decided to actually go for a Asus 280X. I was holding out for the 290 (non X) but it'll be another ref cooler that's only slightly cooler/quieter than the 290X.

Plus, the blower fan just wouldn't suit me at all and i'm not waiting 4ish+ weeks for non-reference.
 
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