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best cooling choice for my R9 290

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August 25, 2014 11:23:58 AM

At christmas i will be having a budget of £400-500 to do some upgrades to my already very high end pc and my first thought would be to counter my heat (and noise) issue that im currently having.. so what i was thinking was either getting a NZXT Kraken G10 and a NZXT X40 or x60... BUT then i looked and it was going to be £90-£110 for all of that and i said, whats the point as i will still have general heat and ALOT more wires... so then i thought about getting a full watercooling setup, im not a noob, i know how to do it, and my dad has setup man of these in his time, it will cost about £200 but it will cover my cpu, gpu and POSSIBLY ram if i decide to go that route...
I am also wanting some more ram as i only have 1x 8gb stick at the moment and would like to have some more as i get to about 50-75% usage when im just on chrome (ALOT (average 30) of tabs lmao) and i would like some more of that and im just wondering if the £100 extra is going to be worth it... basically ive already got a Corsair H100 on my cpu as it is, but i could easily enough sell that and get maybe £50 for that, which is all i paid for it in the first place, and its not even 1 year old... just give me some ideas, and give me parts that i will be needed and you recommend i get, as in water blocks, reservoirs, tubing... im looking to go for a red and black colour scheme and if you could help me along as much as possible that would be amazing!

My Specs btw:
AMD 8320 CPU - Stock clocks
ASROCK Extreme3 990FX
Sapphire R9 290 GPU
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600mhz RAM
Corsair H100 cooling the cpu
Sandisk 128gb SSD as boot
Samsung 1TB 7200rpm
WD 500gb 7200rpm

Help me out as it will be much appreciated!

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August 25, 2014 11:30:28 AM

Sapphire makes the best coolers.
If you want to go further, then I suppose you'll need a water cooling block, or a closed loop cooler, like those G10s.

It's all up to you on how far you want to go.
Personally I'd just get a waterblock over a G10's closed loop.
It'll keep the entire card cool, unlike a G10.
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August 25, 2014 11:42:39 AM

yeah, ive heard the g10 is hit or miss on keeping the vrm cool, but is very good for keeping the core cool... i am shifting towards the fully watercooled setup, but i need to know what waterblocks you recommend for both the 8320 and 290, and what reservoir and pump...
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August 25, 2014 11:38:17 PM

I personally would use the Kraken G10 or the upcoming Corsair closed loop cooler, as long as you have those little heatsinks attached to each individual VRM AND VRAM.
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August 26, 2014 1:40:36 AM

Jay Lavistria said:
I personally would use the Kraken G10 or the upcoming Corsair closed loop cooler, as long as you have those little heatsinks attached to each individual VRM AND VRAM.


I heard about the corsair Cooler, the HG10, that was also another option i was thinking of, any ideas on price?
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August 26, 2014 2:15:23 PM

I believe that one requires you to have a stock model before using, since it requires the stock blower fan for that VRM/VRAM cooler.
It'll probably be priced equally if not a little lower, since they dont provide a fan.
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August 26, 2014 3:28:06 PM

Jay Lavistria said:
I believe that one requires you to have a stock model before using, since it requires the stock blower fan for that VRM/VRAM cooler.
It'll probably be priced equally if not a little lower, since they dont provide a fan.


the stock cooler is what i wanna get rid of lmao, it sounds like an aeroplane at 60+ lol, suppose it isnt worth a try

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August 26, 2014 5:59:52 PM

The thing about the blower fan is is that it's speeding up the hotter it gets.
Since the water cooler is keeping the GPU cool, obviously the blower fan will spin slower in conjunction to the cores.
As long as you place additional heatsinks to the VRM and VRAM the blower should in theory cool them at a nice medium speed, below any airplane wooshing.
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August 26, 2014 6:09:23 PM

Jay Lavistria said:
The thing about the blower fan is is that it's speeding up the hotter it gets.
Since the water cooler is keeping the GPU cool, obviously the blower fan will spin slower in conjunction to the cores.
As long as you place additional heatsinks to the VRM and VRAM the blower should in theory cool them at a nice medium speed, below any airplane wooshing.


Now you mention it, seems like simple logic, just wasnt thinking about it like that haha, thanks for your help buddy
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August 26, 2014 10:02:04 PM

I don't work at Corsair, I dont know how they'll make that work.
The pump will probably be at a constant speed, same with the radiator fan.
I assume they'll keep the blower fan plugged into the fan port on the GPU, so it'll THINK it's cooling the GPU really really good, and slow down, while the pump and radiator do the actual work.
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August 27, 2014 2:07:32 AM

Yeah hopefully but things just never seem to end up as good as they sound...
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August 27, 2014 8:20:29 AM

Well my CPU is watercooled and I think it's very happy.
I think a GPU would love that treatment too.
As long as you have a 120/140mm fan slot ready, you can watercool.
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