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I installed my G10 without heatsinks for the VRM's because i have no patience and didn't want to wait. I have been reading that without heatsinks the VRM's burn up. Although the below temps are at stock clocks i am very surprised and satisfied with the low temps and silent card i now have. I have great airflow in my case so im sure that helps keep them relatively cool. I paired the G10 with a cheap H55. If anyone has a reference card and is on the fence about taking this route, i suggest you do it. My heatsinks are in the mail and i will report temps once they are installed.

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Still suggest you put on the VRM

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that leaves a lot of room for overclocking.

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You should probably check the VRM temps which are not in that screenshot..

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Put it on... It's always better to be safe than sorry.

I actually couldn't underclock my 5 year old GPU to make it as slow as a next-gen console.

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You should probably check the VRM temps which are not in that screenshot..

Did you look at the pic or you just cant see?
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Do people even read? I said I would report temps once I put them on. Im sure that means I plan on using them.

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Did you look at the pic or you just cant see?

Was on mobile, my bad. Opened up the pic on my phone which didn't go full screen or something.

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Do people even read? I said I would report temps once I put them on. Im sure that means I plan on using them.

I keep trying to tell people this as well. The heatsinks are not required. I have gamed for 2 hours and not gone above 70C on the back side of the VRM or VRAM. However I have done more lengthy gaming sessions of straight non stop 90% usage for 4-6 hours and I have gotten temps on the backside over 85C. I suggest you be cautious, but I have been running my video card without heatsinks and have yet to have a problem. Im not overclcoked and Im using a 780 ti not a r9 290. I have had the heatsinks since day one but they fell off and I have to lazy to put them on. 

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I keep trying to tell people this as well. The heatsinks are not required. I have gamed for 2 hours and not gone above 70C on the back side of the VRM or VRAM. However I have done more lengthy gaming sessions of straight non stop 90% usage for 4-6 hours and I have gotten temps on the backside over 85C. I suggest you be cautious, but I have been running my video card without heatsinks and have yet to have a problem. Im not overclcoked and Im using a 780 ti not a r9 290. I have had the heatsinks since day one but they fell off and I have to lazy to put them on.

I wouldn't even be concerned with 85c. I know lots of people who dont use the heatsinks and have good temps. I have been playing BF4 and have not gone above 70c. I will be putting them on though because I am curious of the difference.
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I wouldn't even be concerned with 85c. I know lots of people who dont use the heatsinks and have good temps. I have been playing BF4 and have not gone above 70c. I will be putting them on though because I am curious of the difference.

I checked the other day after playing AC black flag for 4 or 5 hours (i lost track of time) and the temps were near 85C, unfortunately im using back of card temps being read by a IR temp reader as Nvidia doesn't have sensors on the VRMs. Someone that installed the heatsinks seemed to lose 15C off his back card temps. However I have played Euro truck for the same length of time and never gone past 75C so it really depends on the usage. 

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I'm looking for heatsinks, as I am looking to do the same thing with my R9 290. What sizes should I get? And could someone point me in the right direction as to a reputable site with decent quality products?

 

Sorry if I seem ignorant about this, but this would be my first major "mod" to a card, and I have everything else figured out, except where to get the right heatsinks from...

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I bought my G10  and the Gelid R9 290 VRM kit on Newegg..though eBay actually.  The Gelid kit was the simplest way to get great VRM cooling.  I also bought stick-on copper sinks for my RAM chips though they are far less necessary than the VRM sinks.

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This is with the Gelid VRM kit. Temps dropped nicely.

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I'm looking for heatsinks, as I am looking to do the same thing with my R9 290. What sizes should I get? And could someone point me in the right direction as to a reputable site with decent quality products?

Sorry if I seem ignorant about this, but this would be my first major "mod" to a card, and I have everything else figured out, except where to get the right heatsinks from...

Newegg sells the kit. Gelid VRM kit for 290/290x
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This is with the Gelid VRM kit. Temps dropped nicely.

Very nice.    What did you use to attach them with? 

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Newegg sells the kit. Gelid VRM kit for 290/290x

Thanks! Will be getting those shortly!

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Very nice @Razzaa this is what I love to see! Tests done to provide information to others. Before and after temperatures like this are so helpful. It shows that VRM heat sinks while.not necessary, do show a tangible improvement. VRM temps can get as high as 100 before anything bad happens. Even at 85C you are within the safe zone. Great test, thank you for your contribution, I will be referring people who are hesitant or skeptical about the G10 mod to this post.

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Very nice. What did you use to attach them with?

The little heatsink has two sided adhesive and the other one comes with a thermal pad and screws. It literally takes 2 minutes. I am going to do some overclocking later and report back. I am very pleased with this solution so far. My GPU and vrm's idle under 30c. I am especially happy with the lack of noise lol
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The little heatsink has two sided adhesive and the other one comes with a thermal pad and screws. It literally takes 2 minutes. I am going to do some overclocking later and report back. I am very pleased with this solution so far. My GPU and vrm's idle under 30c. I am especially happy with the lack of noise lol

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Why are you only getting 55.9fps?

 That is average FPS for a stock 290 in Valley. My score is consistent with other stock 290's.........

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OC'd to 1150Mhz

 

Core - 55c

VRM #1 - 69c

VRM #2 - 60c

 

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 That is average FPS for a stock 290 in Valley. My score is consistent with other stock 290's.........

 

My point is the performance gap between an R 290 and 780 in this benchmark is pretty big since I score a 69 FPS. I didn't think it was that much. 

 

 

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