290 and 290x what should we buy and should we get a custom one and what questions do you have about it.

cobrastrike · Jan 8, 2014

The xfx R9-290A-ENBC is 499.00 at ncix.ca and 539.00 newegg.ca Canadian dollers. The custom 290 price is around 570.00 to 600.00 and that is not even the 290x. I was going to ask do you guys know what the sp is of the fans becuase it is static pressure and a good heatsink on the card that would chill it down good right? I was thinking a blower fan design is the best for static pressure right or wrong ? and what if you just purchased a usb extender 10$ and hmdi extender 10$ and put it in a closet with 80% or more fan speed on a stock 290 blower design. I have seen most custom r9 290s is 70$ or 100$ more and the same if you buy a aftermarket cooler it's around 100$ for it and the same thing goes with 290x prices. The stock card is 76,7 dBA with 100% fan on.

Novuake · Jan 8, 2014

Avoid the stock design at all costs!

It is not just temp problems, its noise. Massive amounts of noise.

cobrastrike · Jan 8, 2014

Novuake :

That is why I was talking about usb and hdmi cable extenders for a spare room or closet if you had one. That blower fan must have good static pressure. I seen a 1040 clock with a 290 with a blower fan design on 80% but yes the noise is killer but if you could spend 20$ and get that much of a oc why not it's 76,7 db with 100% fan.

Makkfej · Jan 8, 2014

The custom r9 290 is very well worth it. The much better (and quieter) coolers- for example the Sapphire tri-x will keep your card at 74 °C under Furmark, which is the max temp you could ever get.
Just read this: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7601/sapphire-radeon-r9-290-review-our-first-custom-cooled-290

Novuake · Jan 8, 2014

76db is extremly loud in an enclosed space.

Jet takeoff (200 feet) 120 dBA
Construction Site 110 dBA Intolerable
Shout (5 feet) 100 dBA
Heavy truck (50 feet) 90 dBA Very noisy
Urban street 80 dBA
Automobile interior 70 dBA Noisy
Normal conversation (3 feet) 60 dBA
Office, classroom 50 dBA Moderate
Living room 40 dBA
Bedroom at night 30 dBA Quiet
Broadcast sstudio 20 dBA
Rustling leaves 10 dBA Barely audible

cobrastrike · Jan 8, 2014

Makkfej :

Tri-x 290 models are based on reference design pcbs with custom cooling developed by SAPPHIRE and is around 70$ more 80$ with tax just about the same with the a custom cooler or 20$ extender cords for my closet. MSI is all around custom right?. I think the xfx R9-290A-ENBC you could mod it after and most other places dont let you . I think it comes with a pre-oc a 980 clock speed so they can't void it if you push it a tad more . I will have to look into this more.

cobrastrike · Jan 8, 2014

Novuake :

With all this money spent on a video card that is all my bedroom will hit 30dBA

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