MSI R9 290 gaming 4G Temperatures

Luisfer · May 17, 2014

Hi,

I have this card and when I am not playing with the fan at 40% the card is about 37º but when I am playing even with the fan at 90% the card get really hot (90º or even 94º).

Is this situation normal??? I have read other people with the same card ant they get much better temperatures... The rest of the components are always with good temperatures (no more than 60º), so I am thinking it´s something of the card.

CrispyChips · May 17, 2014

Have you replaced the thermal paste on it?
That's the first thing many people do when buying a new card. Replace the (usually) cheap Thermal paste with something higher grade,like Arctic Silver 5.

CooLWoLF · May 17, 2014

This is normal. I have the same card. Unless you water cool it, there's not much to do. The 290's run very hot. Great performance, but the temps are terrible.

RobCrezz · May 17, 2014

Whats your case airflow like? Many case fans?

Coolers like these require good airflow as they dont exhaust out the back like the blower coolers.

Them temps are a bit high for non reference cooler, although its not unsafe.

CooLWoLF · May 17, 2014

Even maximizing your airflow will not do much. Your dumping a bucket of water on a forest fire here. These 290's (reference and non-reference) are just very hot. And the MSI 4G version just dumps its heat into the case.

The issue I am dealing with, is that my AIO water cooler has its tubing hang less than 1 inch from the top of my 290. So the tubing is absorbing all that heat and causing my CPU temps to be very high. Never had this issue with my 7850. I have a mid-tower case, so my configurations are limited.

RobCrezz · May 17, 2014

CooLWoLF :

I have a AIO on my gpu, its great, much quieter and cooler.

Luisfer · May 17, 2014

Thank you for replies.

I have 3 case fans and I have bought a new one better, but I think It wont help much, but well at least it´s something. I will try to replace the thermal paste as well.

CooLWoLF · May 17, 2014

RobCrezz :

CooLWoLF :

I have a AIO on my gpu, its great, much quieter and cooler.

I want to do the same but my case is not big enough unless I start cutting.

RobCrezz · May 18, 2014

CooLWoLF :

RobCrezz :

I want to do the same but my case is not big enough unless I start cutting.

On the Cm scout II? Tons of places for a 120mm rad isnt there?

CooLWoLF · May 18, 2014

RobCrezz :

CooLWoLF :

On the Cm scout II? Tons of places for a 120mm rad isnt there?

Eh, not really. Only really feasible place is the rear exhaust, which I already had a 120 rad on. The top won't work because then the rad will hit the Ram. I have been trying to figure it out.

RobCrezz · May 18, 2014

CooLWoLF :

RobCrezz :

Eh, not really. Only really feasible place is the rear exhaust, which I already had a 120 rad on. The top won't work because then the rad will hit the Ram. I have been trying to figure it out.

The bottom next to the PSU and run it in pull as an intake?

CooLWoLF · May 18, 2014

I was gonna try that, but I do not have a modular PSU. My power cables are bundled up at the bottom of the case. I think that would work if I changed to a modular, not sure if I want to do that though.

I removed part of my hard drive cage today for better air flow, and it definitely helped. I could probably McGuiver the case a but to rig a radiator into the hard drive cage where I removed part of it.

RobCrezz · May 19, 2014

Or move your CPU rad to the top and gpu rad to the rear exhaust?

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