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

No probs mate :) Despite going to water, I had a hell of a lot of fun doing the aircooling thing and still find this stuff fascinating.

Use an eraser to clean the sticky pad residue from the VRAM/VRMs and it's probably best to use TIM cleaner/Arcticlean/vodka (:D) for the die. I just used a bit of kitchen roll to wipe it clean tbh :o

You'll see what screws need to be removed to get the main cooler off the card. Remember the two small ones attaching it to the PCI bracket too!

You may have to give it a slight twist and/or a bit of leverage to free it from the stock TIM and the thermal pads though. Don't use too much force and with small movements it should pop off without too much trouble.
 
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Nice one, found an eraser at work, realised I haven't used one since school 10 years ago lol!

One last question, honest! Looking at Gibbo's image of the 290X layout as below:

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The square piece of metal surrounding the die, I assume this is just a support system for the heatsink and doesn't need any thermal paste applied to it. I only need to apply paste directly to the die in the middle correct?
 
Uncle Petey said:
Yes, just the chip. Remember to make extra sure there is no excess if you're using AS5 :)
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Yes I will be careful, I might use the paste that comes with the Prolimatech if it looks up to the job & is 100% non-conductive. I am going to use the spread method on the die only, although common advice is to use combination of spread and a small blob on the base of the heatsink? :confused:

I have only ever applied thermal paste to CPU's using just the spread method (no additional blob on the heatsink). This has proved a good method for me (25 degrees idle/60 degrees load on my 2500K @ 4.7GHz 1.38v), so think I will do this with the 290X too - unless I can be convinced otherwise...

Wish me luck! :D
 
rjkoneill said:
the PK-3 paste is excellent :)
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Yep will be using this, will likely reseat my h100 with it too based on the reviews I've seen!

So can you confirm that you didn't need to use any shim between the heatsink base and the gpu die? Also with the vrm sink did you just use the pre applied thermal pad on the prolimatech sink and stick it on? The vrm bit is the only thing im unsure about now.

Cheers
 
Ah I see, wondered why I was jumping between the two and not seeing them both in the same place... Gonna switch to posting in just the other one now.
 
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