Cooling Solutions for Reference R9 290

[rip]

I'm interested in you successes/failures in an efficient cooling solution for a reference R9 290.

 

[Headfoot]

Aftermarket air like the Accelero don't sufficiently cool the VRMs so dont really enable more overclocking, though they are quieter.

The best method currently is to get a G10 AIO Water Cooler bracket, and the Gelid VRM Heatsink kit for 290 and install an AIO cooler ont he 290. It'll run extremely cool and quiet, and your VRM temps will be pretty good too provided you have enough case airflow.

 

[n0x1ous]

corsair hg10 a1 + corsair AIO of your choosing tamed mine. the bracket is custom fit for hawaii reference and cools the vrm and ram unlike the nzxt g10. mine are usually aroung 68C under full load. VRMs are usually in the low 70s and mine are overclocked to 1125mhz and +100mv overvolted

 

[thilanliyan]

I'm using a GPU-only water block with Gelid VRM heatsinks on my reference 290s. Works extremely well.

Watercooling is not absolutely necessary for 290s though. From what I understand, some of the aftermarket versions run very cool and quiet on air.

 

[guskline]

Mine are both custom water cooled.

 

[spat55]

Get the gelid VRM kit for R9 290 then wack either the G10 with AIO or go for a Gelid Icy Vision, it works well and I can overvolt +50mv without issues and not going over 100c on VRM 1. I'd buy a aftermarket one though rather than go through all that again.