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So I bought the R9 290X as soon as it went on sale. I considered waiting until custom coolers were sold with the cards, but I'll be running on Intel HD until the actual card arrives, so, didn't particularly want to wait.
Looking at the reviews, it would seem that the 290X has something of a problem with heat and noise stock. Not only does it seem to run at 95C constantly, it seems to clock down to maintain that, rather than increasing fan speed, and while speed can be increased, this gets very noisy, and with the Fan's design, it looks like all the cooling of my case isn't going to count for much.
Ideally, the card would run at the max 1Ghz or so and not exceed 70C, without sounding like a lawnmower. I imagine the Twin Frozr and DirectCU II etc. varieties of the card will without much issue, but apparently not the stock blower I will have. While I've assembled computers for a while now, I've never actually changed out a GPU cooler. I've got plenty of room / cooling in my case, though I don't really need something massive, nor expensive nor tricked out. I'm also not in a massive hurry; I can run stock for a while.
That being said I'm looking for recommendations for Aftermarket Coolers, that are:
- Compatible with the R9 290x
- Not particularly expensive
- More Effective at cooling than stock assuming good airflow
- Not Water Cooled
Optionally, it'd also be:
- (Relatively) Easy to install
- Not Massive
- Relatively Quiet
- Available via Amazon.com (free shipping to APO)
I understand that few people have had a chance to actually test any of these things on the specific card yet, but if you have any recommendations that should probably work, feel free to post them. I'll make sure to do research to make certain before buying, anyway.
Looking at the reviews, it would seem that the 290X has something of a problem with heat and noise stock. Not only does it seem to run at 95C constantly, it seems to clock down to maintain that, rather than increasing fan speed, and while speed can be increased, this gets very noisy, and with the Fan's design, it looks like all the cooling of my case isn't going to count for much.
Ideally, the card would run at the max 1Ghz or so and not exceed 70C, without sounding like a lawnmower. I imagine the Twin Frozr and DirectCU II etc. varieties of the card will without much issue, but apparently not the stock blower I will have. While I've assembled computers for a while now, I've never actually changed out a GPU cooler. I've got plenty of room / cooling in my case, though I don't really need something massive, nor expensive nor tricked out. I'm also not in a massive hurry; I can run stock for a while.
That being said I'm looking for recommendations for Aftermarket Coolers, that are:
- Compatible with the R9 290x
- Not particularly expensive
- More Effective at cooling than stock assuming good airflow
- Not Water Cooled
Optionally, it'd also be:
- (Relatively) Easy to install
- Not Massive
- Relatively Quiet
- Available via Amazon.com (free shipping to APO)
I understand that few people have had a chance to actually test any of these things on the specific card yet, but if you have any recommendations that should probably work, feel free to post them. I'll make sure to do research to make certain before buying, anyway.
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