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i have a gigabyte r9 290 and only on boot up after the card cools i get a grinding noise for the initial boot, i took the card apart and i couldn't see any cables it was grinding on or anything, does anyone have any ideal what that could be

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1 minute ago, thedivision1 said:

i have a gigabyte r9 290 and only on boot up after the card cools i get a grinding noise for the initial boot, i took the card apart and i couldn't see any cables it was grinding on or anything, does anyone have any ideal what that could be

 

can you post a recording of the noise?

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It's probably the fans, in which case the card itself is not at risk but the fans may break eventually. Even if they aren't touching anything the motor in them can deteriorate and give problems in time.

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If what @sauron said is true you can replace the GPU cooler with an aftermarket one like the Kracken G10 and a water cooler or try to find a cooler of your make on eBay or just replace the card.  

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because i got lucky and got this card for 20 dollars bc the guy i know could install the drivers right and thought the card was defective.... but i dont have a super alot of money to buy after market cooler even though ive been looking for the artic 3

 

my build 

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amd fx 8950

corsair 500 w bronze psu

radeon r9 290

 

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43 minutes ago, thedivision1 said:

because i got lucky and got this card for 20 dollars bc the guy i know could install the drivers right and thought the card was defective.... but i dont have a super alot of money to buy after market cooler even though ive been looking for the artic 3

 

my build 

msi 970 mother board

amd fx 8950

corsair 500 w bronze psu

radeon r9 290

 

There is no FX 8950. Did you mean 8350? 

 

With that CPU and GPU combo, both are very power hungry. You will be pushing that PSU close to it's limits. I would suggest thinking about upgrading to a 650w Gold rated PSU. 

 

As for this grinding noise from the GPU, it's most likely worn bearings in the blower fan. As you probably know, these blower coolers on the 290's really scream and as such, they will wear out over time. You can buy replacement fans for these coolers online for fairly low cost. The just unscrew from the cooler assembly. Can easily find tutorials on how to do this with a quick search. :)

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38 minutes ago, MEC-777 said:

There is no FX 8950. Did you mean 8350? 

 

With that CPU and GPU combo, both are very power hungry. You will be pushing that PSU close to it's limits. I would suggest thinking about upgrading to a 650w Gold rated PSU. 

 

As for this grinding noise from the GPU, it's most likely worn bearings in the blower fan. As you probably know, these blower coolers on the 290's really scream and as such, they will wear out over time. You can buy replacement fans for these coolers online for fairly low cost. The just unscrew from the cooler assembly. Can easily find tutorials on how to do this with a quick search. :)

sorry yea 8350

 

and that explains why i cant run both at 100%

 

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2 hours ago, thedivision1 said:

sorry yea 8350

 

and that explains why i cant run both at 100%

 

Well that depends on a number of factors. Depends which game you're running, if you have Vsync on/off, what graphics settings and resolution etc. At times, the GPU will be the bottleneck  (which is what you want), or the CPU will be the bottleneck (which you don't want). 

 

You wan the GPU at 100% or close to it while the CPU is at 80-90% or less (on all cores). Your PSU is probably not the bottleneck. You'd know because it would just shut off to save itself. ;)

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4 minutes ago, MEC-777 said:

Well that depends on a number of factors. Depends which game you're running, if you have Vsync on/off, what graphics settings and resolution etc. At times, the GPU will be the bottleneck  (which is what you want), or the CPU will be the bottleneck (which you don't want). 

 

You wan the GPU at 100% or close to it while the CPU is at 80-90% or less (on all cores). Your PSU is probably not the bottleneck. You'd know because it would just shut off to save itself. ;)

my gpu runs at 99 bc i have it toned down to 70 c for heat so my motherboard doesnt heat up and most games only run 4 cores at 100% leaving the other 4 cores at 1% the only game i really have that runs all cores is the division and that still only puts 4 cores at 75 and the other 4 at varous numbers

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