The Radical Red, 290X Ligtning w/ FX 8350 cooled by 480mm Custom Loop

[CoolaxGaming]

Parts -

AMD FX 8350 (Overclocked duh...) Alphacool waterblock

480mm custom loop

Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0

Corsair Vengeance 16GB (8x2) (Overclocked)

MSI Lightning R9 290X (Overclocked again!) Ek waterblock

Corsair AX1200i 1200 watt PSU

Phanteks Enthoo Primo Special Edition - RED

AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240GB

Corsair FORCE LS 60GB (Cache SSD)

Seagate Barracuda 1TB

Asus VG248QE

Windows 10

This build is supposed to be built in a "radical" way. I know Intel is a better option and I should not be spending money on AMD. But I will be upgrading to Intel X99 in the coming months, maybe sooner, the Sata controller on AMD cant be shitier

I know I posted a log before, but I seem to have lost it (I had the pic and the text saved on Onedrive) and it was already overflowing with junk anyways.

So letz go -

Current progress -

[givingtnt]

''calls it the radical red''

''picks a yellow gpu''

[thekeemo]

You should have gone with a reference gpu

[CoolaxGaming]

''calls it the radical red''

''picks a yellow gpu''

I got $300 at disposal on may 1. Probably gonna get h220x+ek water block or save up for x99.

You should have gone with a reference gpu

Yup, the reference 290x runs at 40c furmark when on 30 ambient.

On a more serious note, it looks quite a lot better

[thekeemo]

I got $300 at disposal on may 1. Probably gonna get h220x+ek water block or save up for x99. Yup, the reference 290x runs at 40c furmark when on 30 ambient.

On a more serious note, it looks quite a lot better

eh mine got to 95 on the stock fan curve

but 85 on a much better one

[CoolaxGaming]

eh mine got to 95 on the stock fan curve

but 85 on a much better one

Really?

65ish on stock fan curve on the lightning

[thekeemo]

Really?

65ish on stock fan curve on the lightning

I paid $160

now talk

[CoolaxGaming]

I paid $160

now talk

New? I paid 350ish

[thekeemo]

New? I paid 350ish

new is for suckers

[tyson.b]

New is for people that like stability. They just recently made a video about this in their scrapyard builds, etc. Used parts are nothing to brag about.

 

Lightning cards have the best air cooler on the market. While it may be 3 slots, that 290x puts out something like 450w of heat or something like that, not to mention overclocking.

[thekeemo]

New is for people that like stability. They just recently made a video about this in their scrapyard builds, etc. Used parts are nothing to brag about.

 

Lightning cards have the best air cooler on the market. While it may be 3 slots, that 290x puts out something like 450w of heat or something like that, not to mention overclocking.

not even close to 450watts... And I have 100% stability from my used parts the only thing I had fail was a NEW part which is my PSU

[CoolaxGaming]

                                                      ----------UPDATE #2----------

 

Well, seems like I am doin everything right. Most of the stuff seems setup. Sorry for the potato camera anyways - 

 

[Norman_the_Owl]

Oh man, more lightning cards!

I'd get a second if they were only 2 slots

[Clyne]

i did the other way

i have 3.5ghz on 1.29v on my 8320

[CoolaxGaming]

UPDATE!

System is gonna be water cooler with a 480mm rad!

The current system (all plugged in except the GPU wires)

And here is the WC stuff!