390 crossfire or Fury X

[suchamoneypit]

my friend is building a PC, and the most expensive option is to get two R9 390's and crossfire them. I was thinking though, would a single Fury X or even Fury be a better option as they are single cards? I haven't done crossfire before and i'm not sure how the scores will compare. Also, the processor will be a i5-4690k, I dont think this would have any problems running 2 GPUs, am I correct on this assumption?

[Aytex]

390x2 is a hella lot of heat, so i'd just go for a fury x

[suchamoneypit]

390x2 is a hella lot of heat, so i'd just go for a fury x

yeah that was one of my concerns, any idea what 2x R9 390 in crossfire would score in something like firestrike?

[Enderman]

fury X, and add a second in the future

[App4that]

Crossfire gives you great benchmark score, to look at. Not too many games to play though.

Go with the Fury X

[Godlygamer23]

Even though two R9 390s will perform better than a Fury X, multi-GPU support isn't present in every game, including the recent Arkham Knight, and sometimes you can have games not work at all due to a Crossfire setup and therefore, it's better to go with a Fury X for compatibility purposes.

 

Yes, the 4690K is fast enough for two R9 390s.

[Aytex]

yeah that was one of my concerns, any idea what 2x R9 390 in crossfire would score in something like firestrike?

twin 390's should have more raw power then a single 980 ti but the heat output and wattage

Also crossfire isn't supported by every game

[suchamoneypit]

another note, the case will be a Rosewill Rise as i've used that case and its a decent budget case. But with this case im having a hard time considering where I would mount the Fury X's radiator, especially if he eventually buys a 2nd one. The CPU will have a 212 Evo on but its only real options are to exhaust directly on the Fury X radiation or blow against the intakes. Any suggestions on layouts or possible a different case in the same price range?

 

Also thanks for all the super quick input and feedback, LTT forums are awesome.

[Godlygamer23]

another note, the case will be a Rosewill Rise as i've used that case and its a decent budget case. But with this case im having a hard time considering where I would mount the Fury X's radiator, especially if he eventually buys a 2nd one. The CPU will have a 212 Evo on but its only real options are to exhaust directly on the Fury X radiation or blow against the intakes. Any suggestions on layouts or possible a different case in the same price range?

One option would be to have the radiator mount in the back with an exhaust fan at the top. I would definitely not blow against the intakes. That won't help at all.

[suchamoneypit]

One option would be to have the radiator mount in the back with an exhaust fan at the top. I would definitely not blow against the intakes. That won't help at all.

on the 212 evo, isn't my only option to have in blow air either towards the front of the case or the back? I didn't think when I installed one for a friend that I could rotate the main block as then the heatpipes would interfere with the bracket that mounts it to the motherboard.

 

I thought that an easy solution would be an AIO liquid cooler just exhaust it but with a budget for the cooler around 40-50$ I didnt think i could get a decent dual radiator cooler and a single radiator cooler would look weird as on the top there is space for 2 fans.

[Godlygamer23]

on the 212 evo, isn't my only option to have in blow air either towards the front of the case or the back? I didn't think when I installed one for a friend that I could rotate the main block as then the heatpipes would interfere with the bracket that mounts it to the motherboard.

I believe it'll still mount even with the cooler sideways, though you might want to verify that. The mounting bracket is adjustable.

[App4that]

another note, the case will be a Rosewill Rise as i've used that case and its a decent budget case. But with this case im having a hard time considering where I would mount the Fury X's radiator, especially if he eventually buys a 2nd one. The CPU will have a 212 Evo on but its only real options are to exhaust directly on the Fury X radiation or blow against the intakes. Any suggestions on layouts or possible a different case in the same price range?

 

Also thanks for all the super quick input and feedback, LTT forums are awesome.

With a C70 case and a 290 and 390 in crossfire my starting case temperatures were 51c. Not GPU or CPU, the air in the case. Now I got that down to 35c, but it took some work. And your case temps won't care if another fan isn't ion the budget.

[Najuno]

I´d go for the Fury X because a powerful single GPU is always better than 2 weaker GPUs in CF or SLI. CF or SLI is only to recommend for enthusiasts, benchmarkers and such that are in need of the extra juice for 4K or 5K.

 

EDIT: And for me personally SLI or CF makes only sense with highend chips then.