Recent content by ToastyBunz

Too bad with China stopping cryptocurrencies and others to follow suit, as well as governments looking for a way to tax them its going to be a rough stretch for miners coming real soon.

When they start talking DLC right after launch I start talking about 50% off sales on steam and waiting for the game.

Its not Amazon, but Newegg has them in stock. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487259&cm_re=1070_ftw-_-14-487-259-_-Product

Save some funds and buy a cheap aftermarket cooler. Stock coolers are horrible, so you should spend the money before you melt the chip and are out even more money.

When you run Battlefield if the fan doesn't already ramp up to 100% and sound like a fighter jet get Precision X16 or MSI Afterburner, don't play with the OC setting but at least set a more aggressive fan curve and see if that helps some.

Whats your fan curve look like?

Run 1920x1080 and adjust icon size?

40-60 Fps in High beats 150-250 in ultra low.

Theres a difference between cpu speed and cpu usage, it will ramp it self up with the turbo boost if it has the power and temp room to do so, so id say its fine.

Case is totally your preference just make sure it has a spot to seat a minimum 240mm radiator. Then you need 2 290x waterblocks, tubing, fittings, a pump, and a reservoir. http://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc-r9-290x.html Heres a site that has all that stuff, take a look.

It doesn't come factory overclocked, possibly a weaker binned chip cause its not a higher model and it will run hotter cause the ref cooler is only 1 small fan.

You've got a lot of power packed in a Mid tower, if you could (ie. money wise and space wise) grab a nice full tower and you could put more fans for more air or it would depending on the model have a bit of room for a water loop for the GPU's and CPU if you wanted. Also what are your ambient...

970

980 or fail at life.