R9 290X Owners Thread

bigmac121 · 24 Oct 2013 at 21:43

MOOGLEYS said:
Your PSU has 70A available on the 12v line. You will be absolutely fine with that.

What about Corsair TX850 V2?

MOOGLEYS · 24 Oct 2013 at 21:47

bigmac121 said:
What about Corsair TX850 V2?

Also has a 70A 12v line. Running a pair of 290x cards will be fine.

Jokester · 24 Oct 2013 at 21:50

You might run into issues if you get a decent overclock going on them.

Orangey · 24 Oct 2013 at 21:57

To the people who already have one, do you have a connect or did you somehow get it through conventional means?

thewanted · 24 Oct 2013 at 21:59

MOOGLEYS said:
Your PSU has 70A available on the 12v line. You will be absolutely fine with that.

I have the Corsair AX860 and I can see that it has 71A available. It's always good to know what to look for! Thanks

esoteric · 24 Oct 2013 at 22:05

Looking forward to seeing user opinions and results.

Ian Evey · 24 Oct 2013 at 22:06

Having a 650watt power supply myself i see the 290x says it needs a 750watt one, thats deffo me out then, Was toying with the idea of getting one all day, No more toying for me.

bigmac121 · 24 Oct 2013 at 22:06

MOOGLEYS said:
Also has a 70A 12v line. Running a pair of 290x cards will be fine.

Cheers fella

MrMoonX · 24 Oct 2013 at 22:09

wedding in December, Wedding in December

want a non-ref one of these so damn bad!

JBod · 24 Oct 2013 at 22:11

Here is my current PSU, suitable for the 290X?

http://www.coolermaster.com/service/support/model/RS-700-AMBA-D3/

Thanks

Edit: Ordered anyway, how long stock status take to update? Worried I didn't bag one of those HIS cards for Saturday delivery.

adwol48 · 24 Oct 2013 at 22:51

will be taking out my CF 6970's tomorrow and installing the 290x, not gonna OC but to begin with until my case and watercooling upgrade happens.

Kaapstad · 24 Oct 2013 at 22:56

If anyone is interested

If you post a pic of your new R9 290X with your name in front I can put you on a Roll of Honour in the OP.

MOOGLEYS · 24 Oct 2013 at 22:57

Ian Evey said:
Having a 650watt power supply myself i see the 290x says it needs a 750watt one, thats deffo me out then, Was toying with the idea of getting one all day, No more toying for me.

A decent 650w will be fine mine is running happily from a be-quite 630w.

MOOGLEYS · 24 Oct 2013 at 22:59

JBod said:
Here is my current PSU, suitable for the 290X?

http://www.coolermaster.com/service/support/model/RS-700-AMBA-D3/

Thanks

Edit: Ordered anyway, how long stock status take to update? Worried I didn't bag one of those HIS cards for Saturday delivery.

Will be fine with a single card.

JBod · 24 Oct 2013 at 23:11

MOOGLEYS said:
Will be fine with a single card.

Nice

I am not planning on XFire... at least not for a year or two when it needs more OOOMPFF.

Bart_Hunt · 24 Oct 2013 at 23:29

Thanks Moogleys. Looks like I can fit a watercooled 290x, barely

Still waiting till December, my 4770k watercooling gets a prio on my expenses list.

Krisali · 25 Oct 2013 at 00:23

Kaapstad said:
If anyone is interested

If you post a pic of your new R9 290X with your name in front I can put you on a Roll of Honour in the OP.

Kaapstad why dont you start with a pic of you holding your shiney new toys?

Kaapstad · 25 Oct 2013 at 01:01

Krisali said:
Kaapstad why dont you start with a pic of you holding your shiney new toys?

When my new toys get here I will post a pic.

Stanners · 25 Oct 2013 at 07:20

Mine should be here today, looking forward to seeing what it can do!

Kaapstad · 25 Oct 2013 at 07:25

Lets see who will be the first to get an entry on the Heaven 4 bench (it won't be me, I still have to build a PC to use mine).

At the moment the top 50 in Heaven 4 is all green, it could do with some red in there.