VRM cooling on 290x?

[xnoobftw]

Anyone has any idea how to cool the VRMs further on a tri-x 290x? (With the cooler on too of course)

 

The only way i can think of is to replace the thermal pads...

[Stefan1024]

2 hours ago, xnoobftw said:

Anyone has any idea how to cool the VRMs further on a tri-x 290x? (With the cooler on too of course)

 

The only way i can think of is to replace the thermal pads...

If you have the room for, you can attach a cooler to the backside of the PCB.

If you place it rigth under the VRMs it works quite good.

[xnoobftw]

9 minutes ago, Stefan1024 said:

If you have the room for, you can attach a cooler to the backside of the PCB.

If you place it rigth under the VRMs it works quite good.

Do you have any pics or other people who had done it and show it to me?

I really dont wanna screw a gpu that i paid 700SGD for

[Stefan1024]

8 minutes ago, xnoobftw said:

Do you have any pics or other people who had done it and show it to me?

I really dont wanna screw a gpu that i paid 700SGD for

There used to be coolers like the Thermalright HR-11. A little bit of modding and you can stick it onto the VRM section instead of the core.

As slong as you use thermal pads for the whole contact area it can't short something and it's save.

 

[xAcid9]

Which 290x Tri-X? I recall there's 2 version of it. One with ref PCB and one with custom PCB.

[xnoobftw]

1 hour ago, Stefan1024 said:

There used to be coolers like the Thermalright HR-11. A little bit of modding and you can stick it onto the VRM section instead of the core.

As slong as you use thermal pads for the whole contact area it can't short something and it's save.

 

Woah holy crap this looks crazy LOL

 

1 hour ago, xAcid9 said:

Which 290x Tri-X? I recall there's 2 version of it. One with ref PCB and one with custom PCB.

290x OC edition (probably ref pcb)

[xnoobftw]

1 hour ago, xAcid9 said:

Which 290x Tri-X? I recall there's 2 version of it. One with ref PCB and one with custom PCB.

It's the old edition

http://www.sapphiretech.com/productdetial.asp?pid=640A98CD-0CF0-4191-B75C-CA2800111ADB&lang=eng

[Stefan1024]

3 minutes ago, xnoobftw said:

Woah holy crap this looks crazy LOL

You can also take the backside cooler of the Accelero Xtreme IV 280(X). But buying the whole cooler just for the backside cooler is insane.

 

[xnoobftw]

15 minutes ago, Stefan1024 said:

You can also take the backside cooler of the Accelero Xtreme IV 280(X). But buying the whole cooler just for the backside cooler is insane.

 

How much would that cost?

And dayum nice passive 500w build! How much did that cost you? 

I wanna do that type of build someday... sadly i dont have access to so many materials as an 18 year old student in a relatively pc-naive country D: 

[afyeung]

16 minutes ago, xnoobftw said:

How much would that cost?

And dayum nice passive 500w build! How much did that cost you? 

I wanna do that type of build someday... sadly i dont have access to so many materials as an 18 year old student in a relatively pc-naive country D: 

Have you removed the cooler? Does the heatsink make contact with the VRMs directly? VRM1 gets the hottest and thats the strip of chips next to the row of capacitors at the front of the PCB. If the heatsink doesn't make contact with the PCB, you can purchase the GELID solutions 290x vrm kit which I just bought for my 390x. Very pricey for what you get though. I paid $20 usd for about 3 cents worth of aluminum. They are supposed to lower VRM temps significantly though. If the cooler already makes contact with the VRMs, you can replace the thermal pads which is a very easy fix. 

[xnoobftw]

1 hour ago, afyeung said:

Have you removed the cooler? Does the heatsink make contact with the VRMs directly? VRM1 gets the hottest and thats the strip of chips next to the row of capacitors at the front of the PCB. If the heatsink doesn't make contact with the PCB, you can purchase the GELID solutions 290x vrm kit which I just bought for my 390x. Very pricey for what you get though. I paid $20 usd for about 3 cents worth of aluminum. They are supposed to lower VRM temps significantly though. If the cooler already makes contact with the VRMs, you can replace the thermal pads which is a very easy fix. 

It was the VRM temps that made me remove the cooler the first time

Not sure... Should i just replace the thermal pads anyways?

Does the GELID solutions fit even with the tri-x cooler attached? Isnt that made to synergise with kraken g10? 

[afyeung]

1 hour ago, xnoobftw said:

It was the VRM temps that made me remove the cooler the first time

Not sure... Should i just replace the thermal pads anyways?

Does the GELID solutions fit even with the tri-x cooler attached? Isnt that made to synergise with kraken g10? 

If there's already contact with the VRMs then it won't fit. Just replace thermal pads

[Stefan1024]

4 hours ago, xnoobftw said:

How much would that cost?

And dayum nice passive 500w build! How much did that cost you? 

I wanna do that type of build someday... sadly i dont have access to so many materials as an 18 year old student in a relatively pc-naive country D: 

You can get the Accelero S3. It has the same backside cooler and costs "only" 52$.

 

Nice to see you like my passive build! The cost for the build was spread out over several month and I didn't keep track. I estimate 3 - 4k$.

iamdarkyoshi is considering doing the same but on a much lover cost:

 

 

 

[xnoobftw]

5 hours ago, afyeung said:

If there's already contact with the VRMs then it won't fit. Just replace thermal pads

I guess i'll try that! Ordering thermal pads now:)

 

4 hours ago, Stefan1024 said:

You can get the Accelero S3. It has the same backside cooler and costs "only" 52$.

 

Nice to see you like my passive build! The cost for the build was spread out over several month and I didn't keep track. I estimate 3 - 4k$.

iamdarkyoshi is considering doing the same but on a much lover cost:

 

 

 

Ouch! 52$?!  I guess my VRMs will be running hot aha

Holy crap that's pretty expensive... Did like half of your budget went into the heat sinks/ copper blocks and heatpipes? 

[Stefan1024]

6 hours ago, xnoobftw said:

Ouch! 52$?!  I guess my VRMs will be running hot aha

Holy crap that's pretty expensive... Did like half of your budget went into the heat sinks/ copper blocks and heatpipes? 

Yes about halfe the budget was for heat sinks, custom bent heat pipes, impedance matched PCIe riser, metal.....

[xnoobftw]

1 minute ago, Stefan1024 said:

Yes about halfe the budget was for heat sinks, custom bent heat pipes, impedance matched PCIe riser, metal.....

Was it worth it?  

[Stefan1024]

Just now, xnoobftw said:

Was it worth it?  

As a silent PC: no

As a hobby I do with passion and spend hundreds of hours: Yes!

[xnoobftw]

1 hour ago, Stefan1024 said:

As a silent PC: no

As a hobby I do with passion and spend hundreds of hours: Yes!

Is it like radiating alot of heat right beside you?

 

[Stefan1024]

1 hour ago, xnoobftw said:

Is it like radiating alot of heat right beside you?

 

In the morning it's about 18,5°C in my room. So I start F@H and the 400 watt heater kicks in. After one work unit it's comftable 22°C.

Also then my fingers are cold I can put them onto the 40°C warm heat sinks. Is very nice in winter

 

Also the PC is designed to be very power efficient. So it's not generating that much heat compared to the compute performance.

[xnoobftw]

22 hours ago, Stefan1024 said:

In the morning it's about 18,5°C in my room. So I start F@H and the 400 watt heater kicks in. After one work unit it's comftable 22°C.

Also then my fingers are cold I can put them onto the 40°C warm heat sinks. Is very nice in winter

 

Also the PC is designed to be very power efficient. So it's not generating that much heat compared to the compute performance.

Why didnt you sought for sponsers when you were prepping for this?

Are sponsers hard to get?

[Stefan1024]

Just now, xnoobftw said:

Why didnt you sought for sponsers when you were prepping for this?

Are sponsers hard to get?

For the next build I may be looking for sponsors. But for this one I hadn't something to show off, as I haven't done  some serious modding before.

[xnoobftw]

1 hour ago, Stefan1024 said:

For the next build I may be looking for sponsors. But for this one I hadn't something to show off, as I haven't done  some serious modding before.

Good luck with your next build

What type of build are you going for next?

[Stefan1024]

1 minute ago, xnoobftw said:

Good luck with your next build

What type of build are you going for next?

here you are: