AMD Radeon r9 290x Cooler

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matthewjacko

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Hi guys,

I realise this topic has been covered a lot, but I have a question I can't find the answer too.

I am a University student who has been saving up all year for my first PC build.

I was set on buying a R9 290x (or a 290), but having read the reviews on the card and what not, it just runs to hot and loud for my liking.

My question is this; if I was to purchase a reference model now.. Would I be able to buy an after market cooler (lets say the Vapor-X one from Sapphire), and slap it on my card?

I ask this because I have had the money to build my system for a while now, and I am just getting sick of waiting for bloody non-reference coolers..

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you for your time
 
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airplanegeek
you cant really just buy a cooler from a company, they don't sell their coolers individually. What you might be able to do though is to get something like the arctic accelero III and maybe it will fit. But ya, it will probably void your warranty
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you cant really just buy a cooler from a company, they don't sell their coolers individually. What you might be able to do though is to get something like the arctic accelero III and maybe it will fit. But ya, it will probably void your warranty
 
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wdmfiber

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The Asus CUII coolers are good and quiet. That is the only one I would wait for. And I don't know about getting a Sapphire(or Asus, ect...), non-reference cooler later on. Plus it would be way overpriced.

Just spend a bit more and get an Arctic, it will be better anyway. I've ran the mono and it was very good. I just plugged it into a 4 pin molex (7v jumper vs. the faster 12volt). That with an H100(CM SI2 fans) and my system is cool and quiet. You'll prob want the Accelero Xtreme III or the Hybrid.
http://www.arctic.ac/us_en/products/cooling/vga/accelero-xtreme-iii.html
I used CoolerMaster Thermal Fusion 400 paste. And it's a lot better vs the crappy supplied Arctic paste (I observed high single digit degrees(C) drop).
 
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I'm not sure you will be able to buy coolers off other cards, I've never seen it, but there will be aftermarket coolers made for the 290x.

An alternative could be to buy a mature GTX780 which is cheaper and with a decent cooler and o/c it.
 
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