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How easy is it to take the XFX R290 DD apart
- Thread starter Phil2008
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What you need to do is ditch that 640gb hard drive and put the files on the 4tb as you must have space. Then stick a fan on the bottom blowing air up. Ditch the XFI Xtreme Music and get either a Asus Xonar DGX or DSX to aid with airflow. Even looks like you could get an AIO Water cooler on the front. Something like a Corsair H55 and use it on either the GPU with a bracket (Nzxt) or with the CPU. Also personally I wouldnt have strapped an SSD to top of a HDD that gets hot.
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Im a bit stumped as I dont think the redoing of the AS5 could have been done much better,, I am going to have another attempt tomorrow, but I dont think its going to be any different... It is only the gpu chip that needs the paste isnt it and I dont need todo anything with the memory chips do I?
Running furmark now the temp gets to 94c within 2mins. Before the temps got to 94c in about 5-6mins.
Running furmark now the temp gets to 94c within 2mins. Before the temps got to 94c in about 5-6mins.
Don't use Furmark, use Unigine Heaven or Valley.
How much thermal paste did you put on to the GPU and what paste did you use? did you follow any method of applying the paste or just a blob in the middle?
also how did you tighten the screws that hold the block in place, did you do each corner at a time or go from one corner to the opposite corner slowly tightening the screws
also how did you tighten the screws that hold the block in place, did you do each corner at a time or go from one corner to the opposite corner slowly tightening the screws
When you say AS5 do you mean Arctic Silver? Don't use that, it was the go to thermal paste years ago but there are much better alternatives now, Arctic Silver needs curing time for a start. Get something like this https://www.overclockers.co.uk/arctic-mx-4-thermal-compound-4g-th-003-ar.html It's easy to use/spread, non conductive & cheap 
If your using AS5 be careful, its conductive, i would use non conductive if you have any then you dont have to worry about putting too much on. Make sure you dont put too much on and get it on the components around the core.
If your temps have gone up then either your contact aint great or theres some contamination in the paste, a hair or dust can cause poor contact or maybe one of your thermal pads have moved when you took the heatsync off and are now preventing the core making good contact.
If you have good contact all the paste will be pushed out around the outside of the core and there will just be a square shaped stain on the heat sync with a line of paste around it.
Like ED says to tighten it back on you start by loosely fitting the 4 screws behind the core and then tighten them a little at a time on the opposite corners.
If your temps have gone up then either your contact aint great or theres some contamination in the paste, a hair or dust can cause poor contact or maybe one of your thermal pads have moved when you took the heatsync off and are now preventing the core making good contact.
If you have good contact all the paste will be pushed out around the outside of the core and there will just be a square shaped stain on the heat sync with a line of paste around it.
Like ED says to tighten it back on you start by loosely fitting the 4 screws behind the core and then tighten them a little at a time on the opposite corners.
I removed the old paste from gpu and heatsink and got them as clean as possible.
I then put a blob on AS5 in the middle of gpu.
With my finger in a plastic food bag, I spread it so it covered the chip as thinly as possible.
I then placed the cooler with the heatsink attached, as it was all in one, back onto the board as straight as possible, trying not to slide the heatsink around on the gpu
put the 4 screws in that holds down the heatsink, then put in the hunderds of screws in(lol)
I just don't know where I went wrong as the last gpu I had to redo the paste was on a 3870, and I didnt have any problems with that after.
I then put a blob on AS5 in the middle of gpu.
With my finger in a plastic food bag, I spread it so it covered the chip as thinly as possible.
I then placed the cooler with the heatsink attached, as it was all in one, back onto the board as straight as possible, trying not to slide the heatsink around on the gpu
put the 4 screws in that holds down the heatsink, then put in the hunderds of screws in(lol)
I just don't know where I went wrong as the last gpu I had to redo the paste was on a 3870, and I didnt have any problems with that after.
I have used AS5 forever and just bought some more todo this job with.. I use the spread way so I know for sure its not going anywhere else accept on the chip.
I will tighen the 4 screws up slower around the heatsink, as I did the first 2 diagonal screws finger tight first, then tightened them up.
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Yeah its fine using it, i thought i better just mention it so ya didnt splat it all over and wreck the card, you would be surprised how much some people put on 
Sounds like you know how to reapply paste so i dont know how your temps could have gone up. I assume you cleaned off all the old hard paste off.
EK recommends putting a big cross on the GPUs but i wouldnt wanna risk that with conductive paste as most of it will come out around the sides.
All you can do is take it back to bits and see if you can see whats caused the problem really, and if you cant see anything then just redo it.
Sounds like you know how to reapply paste so i dont know how your temps could have gone up. I assume you cleaned off all the old hard paste off.
EK recommends putting a big cross on the GPUs but i wouldnt wanna risk that with conductive paste as most of it will come out around the sides.
All you can do is take it back to bits and see if you can see whats caused the problem really, and if you cant see anything then just redo it.
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Just one random suggestion from looking at your setup in that lovely case with unfortunately very poor front intake: have your CPU cooler fan running high all the time, to help funnel air to the rear fan.
Also, I'd only buy that case for use with a hot GPU if I was going to mod the front panel.
Also, I'd only buy that case for use with a hot GPU if I was going to mod the front panel.
Thanks, I just hope I see an obvious problem when I take the card apart again. I did the cpu at the same time, the same way and no probs with the temps, cores in the high 60's running intel burntest on maximum stress,
The cpu temps are near enough at the same temps as they were in my fractal design r3 case, Its like the heat gets stuck in the lower part of the case and cant get rid quick enough.. I have the cpu fan set so it speeds up as the temp increases.
Yeah the front panel needs some fancy holes in the side like on the R3 case, but its got the big gap at the bottom, of the front panel.
The cpu temps are near enough at the same temps as they were in my fractal design r3 case, Its like the heat gets stuck in the lower part of the case and cant get rid quick enough.. I have the cpu fan set so it speeds up as the temp increases.
Yeah the front panel needs some fancy holes in the side like on the R3 case, but its got the big gap at the bottom, of the front panel.
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Arctic silver is fine, very little difference between that and any other.
Yeah cos you've got two hot HDD's in the bottom and one has a bloody SSD strapped to it keeping the heat in on the right HDD.
See my post on previous page you need a fan in the bottom blowing up !
Im really trying not to have more fans making noise and dust and I have raised up the ssd by a few mm so air can get under it, but I might put that where its suppose to go in the other chamber.
Sorted... Just taken it apart and notice the paste was patchy on the gpu, so I didnt apply enough. Plus this time I dismantle the card completely getting rid of all the dust inbetween the heatsink fins.
These are the temps now in burntest, remember it had always been hitting 94c since the case change within 5mins or so(24c room temp)
the temps playing dirt rally for about 30mins.
These are the temps now in burntest, remember it had always been hitting 94c since the case change within 5mins or so(24c room temp)
the temps playing dirt rally for about 30mins.
A good quiet fan in the bottom would improve air flow, reduce temps and not add too much to the sound.
Plus just buy fan filters for all the fans to reduce the dust.