Hello All,
I'll try not to be to wordy, so here we go. My budget for the gaming PC I'm building allows for me to get a full waterloop, waterblocks, etc. along with two reference r9 290s, OR two non reference(for thermal reasons obv.) r9 290Xs and no water, and I'm wondering which one is the better choice. According to my nooby mental calculations the fact that i most likely wont run into thermal throttling with the 290s under water SHOULD offset the (DISCLAIMER: the following is hearsay) ~5% performance boost of the 290 assuming no factory overclocks, and perhaps even outdo the 290Xs, so I'm leaning that way, but other peoples opinions are appreciated. The build I will most likely use (aside from the watercooling and graphics cards) is here btw.
I'll try not to be to wordy, so here we go. My budget for the gaming PC I'm building allows for me to get a full waterloop, waterblocks, etc. along with two reference r9 290s, OR two non reference(for thermal reasons obv.) r9 290Xs and no water, and I'm wondering which one is the better choice. According to my nooby mental calculations the fact that i most likely wont run into thermal throttling with the 290s under water SHOULD offset the (DISCLAIMER: the following is hearsay) ~5% performance boost of the 290 assuming no factory overclocks, and perhaps even outdo the 290Xs, so I'm leaning that way, but other peoples opinions are appreciated. The build I will most likely use (aside from the watercooling and graphics cards) is here btw.