R9 290 - Which manufacturer should I go for?

[Constantine]

one thing you can do to avoid permanently adding heatsinks with thermal paste (it hardens and actually adheres the heatsinks) is to get a piece of copper, use a dremel to get it to be the right shape, use the existing screw holes on the card, and then secure the heatsinks with that, and thermal pad underneath. it'll take another 20 dollars or so and a dremel, but it makes it much easier to go back to stock if you ever plan on doing so. I'm going to do this with my 7970 when the copper sampler from amazon gets here. (15 dollars)

 

I was thinking this as well but I'd have to take a closer look with the mounting screws that come with the g10. In the meantime, I'm planning to just give it clear access from the front intakes to the VRAM or maybe not to overclock my GPU memory at all.

[carolkarine]

I was thinking this as well but I'd have to take a closer look with the mounting screws that come with the g10. In the meantime, I'm planning to just give it clear access from the front intakes to the VRAM or maybe not to overclock my GPU memory at all.

 

I was talking about for the power phases. for the memory it might be a bit more difficult.

[Constantine]

I was talking about for the power phases. for the memory it might be a bit more difficult.

 

Oh that, the Kraken g10 comes with a small fan (80mm? 92mm?) that cools the power phases so I'm not as worried about it

[carolkarine]

Oh that, the Kraken g10 comes with a small fan (80mm? 92mm?) that cools the power phases so I'm not as worried about it

 

I have a g10 on my 7970 right now. anything higher than 1.2 volts and the fan just doesn't cut it. don't rely on the fan alone if you're OC'ing at all.

[TheNinjaNextDor]

EVGA ACX

Go for a Tri-X, Windforce, or (what I would do) DCUII.

[JigglyPufflez]

I have a g10 on my 7970 right now. anything higher than 1.2 volts and the fan just doesn't cut it. don't rely on the fan alone if you're OC'ing at all.

Get a nice 80mm fan? Or would it still just not be able to provide the cooling? 

[Constantine]

EVGA ACX

Go for a Tri-X, Windforce, or (what I would do) DCUII.

 

I think EVGA only makes Nvidia cards

[carolkarine]

Get a nice 80mm fan? Or would it still just not be able to provide the cooling? 

 

I have the 92mm fan that came with it. I'm sure any other fan would be able to push as much air at 3500rpm, it's just a question of how quiet it would be.

 

I don't think the solution is a better fan. that's why I'm gonna ghetto rig a mount for some heatsinks.

[Knocxville]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-290-and-290x,3728.html

 

This should help.