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R9 290X Owners Thread

Jay794 said:
Whats wrong with the 290X with the Kraken watercooler attached?

I actually love the look of it and being a complete noob at watercooling, I think it's a good way to go, I also have a H100 cooling my CPU
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Woah woah


Let me say this which ahs been bugging me for a long time and i have not been allowed to proclaim it in the WCing forum due to the number of hate posts i would likely get back.


All in one loops are NOT watercooling. They are an alternative to air but definitely not watercooling. If you can call AIO loops water cooling, than i can call AMD reference cooler a Vapour cooler!
 
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Avenged7Fold said:
Woah woah


Let me say this which ahs been bugging me for a long time and i have not been allowed to proclaim it in the WCing forum due to the number of hate posts i would likely get back.


All in one loops are NOT watercooling. They are an alternative to air but definitely not watercooling. If you can call AIO loops water cooling, than i can call AMD reference cooler a Vapour cooler!
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I always thought the WCing forum was the best place to post that :D
The brotherhood is strong there ;)
 
Uncle Petey said:
I always thought the WCing forum was the best place to post that :D
The brotherhood is strong there ;)
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You underestimate the number of heretics hiding in the case gallery!

TBH i think WCing forum should be for just custom loops, as the AIO users have better luck posting in the overclocking and cooling subsection, where there is actually a greater number of AIO users.
 
Avenged7Fold said:
You underestimate the number of heretics hiding in the case gallery!

TBH i think WCing forum should be for just custom loops, as the AIO users have better luck posting in the overclocking and cooling subsection, where there is actually a greater number of AIO users.
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Yes i never quite understood why ocuk made AIO users post in the water cooling section all of a sudden.
 
Avenged7Fold said:
You underestimate the number of heretics hiding in the case gallery!
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Genuine LOL :D

TBH i think WCing forum should be for just custom loops, as the AIO users have better luck posting in the overclocking and cooling subsection, where there is actually a greater number of AIO users.
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Well, I don't suppose it hurts to let them think they're in the club.

Wow, I never realised I was such an elitist ****, but there you go eh?
 
I think it's just that when you have the realisation of how easy and beneficial it is to have water blocks and adequate radiator-age, it's difficult not to put emphasis on just how in vain peoples overclocking efforts are on air /AIO :p

We've all trodden the same path so it shouldn't be offensive :p
 
MjFrosty said:
I think it's just that when you have the realisation of how easy and beneficial it is to have water blocks and adequate radiator-age, it's difficult not to put emphasis on just how in vain peoples overclocking efforts are on air /AIO :p

We've all trodden the same path so it shouldn't be offensive :p
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But unlike air cooling AIO looks stupid as fuark lol
 
Uncle Petey said:
Genuine LOL :D



Well, I don't suppose it hurts to let them think they're in the club.

Wow, I never realised I was such an elitist ****, but there you go eh?
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Yer, never mind AMD Vs nVidia, Water cooling is elite and AIO coolers can do one and air coolers....Pfffft, don't get me started, they may as well buy a console and be done with it :p
 
Tell the truth, I was originally going to say "Wow, I never realised I was such an elitist ****. Next thing you know, I'll be rocking Nvidia". But I'm not that brave though :D
What :confused:

Beefy air coolers>AIO btw ;)
 
Haha, i didn't think of myself as elitist but going by what i have said so far, i suppose i am.

Just think its a little silly going into the custom cooling section and seeing 5 posts asking how they should mount their h100i to their case.
 
70C @ 1.5v

MSI, you've done well.

Shame the scores still a bit ****e. Ordered block :p


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Physics still low there.
 
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60c and quiet as a mouse with no adjustment to the stock fan profile.

Spent a short while finding gaming clocks. This cooler really does just lap it up as though Hawaii is a cool runner.

In contrast although it is an amazing cooler - it is also probably a testament to how bad the reference cooler really is lol.
 
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MjFrosty said:
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60c and quiet as a mouse with no adjustment to the stock fan profile.

Spent a short while finding gaming clocks. This cooler really does just lap it up as though Hawaii is a cool runner.

In contrast although it is an amazing cooler - it is also probably a testament to how bad the reference cooler really is lol.
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With the reference cooler before it died.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/2364780
 
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