liquid coolling 390x

[CrisisRunner]

Yes Im needing some help as i have a non-reference r9 390x made by Visiontek, i am wanting to find the best cooling for the buck but cannot seem to find any real advice on what to get for it. Closed loop prefered.


System Specs Are AMD FX8370, Liquid Cooled with LEPA Aquachanger 120mm, Visiontek R9 390X 8GB GDDR5, 16GB Kingston Hyper X FURY,
On Msi 970A G43, with Antec Quattro 1200Watt, With Triple Monitor Display, With Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM Green Edition (Primary) Western Digital 1TB 7200 (Secondary) For games

 

[kanewolf]

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Question from CrisisRunner : "liquid colling 390x"

Yes Im needing some help as i have a non-reference r9 390x made by Visiontek, i am wanting to find the best cooling for the buck but cannot seem to find any real advice on wat to get for it. Closed loop prefered.


System Specs Are AMD FX8370, Liquid Cooled with LEPA Aquachanger 120mm, Visiontek R9 390X 8GB GDDR5, 16GB Kingston Hyper X FURY,
On Msi 970A G43, with Antec Quattro 1200Watt, With Triple Monitor Display, With Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM Green Edition (Primary) Western Digital 1TB 7200 (Secondary) For games

 

[n0ns3ns3]

your best bet to look at Arctic Hybrid II or III and alphacool eiswolf gpx.

 

[CrisisRunner]

Isnt the Artic Twin hybrid dual fans or am i thinking of another artic model

 

[n0ns3ns3]

https://www.arctic.ac/worldwide_en/accelero-hybrid-iii-140.html
https://www.arctic.ac/worldwide_en/accelero-hybrid-iii-120.html

 

[CrisisRunner]

Also the temperature is getting the highest of 188 farenhieght after a few hours of full load causing my room to heat up much, so this is really needed, but i know for my model its harder to find anything for these, anymore names sites ideas is greatly appreciated.

 

[CrisisRunner]

Also my r9 390x is factory overclocked if that helps

 

[n0ns3ns3]

watercooling will help with the GPU temperature, but the room will remain the same as it will be the same amount of heat dumped into the room. it's just watercooling moving heat from GPU to the room more efficiently.

 

[CrisisRunner]

Water cooling will also drop the gpu overall temps. Right so thhat would make the room have less overall heat in it ccorrect

 

[CrisisRunner]

I would ggett Cryovenom from visiontek but they dont make it for 390x

 

[n0ns3ns3]

no, it will not make your room cooler, just the GPU.
think about it, your card consumes 250-300watt and outputs it as heat. with liquid cooling, it will still output the same amount heat. this heat will be still dumped into your room. same 250-300 watt.

 

[gtr22]

Try the NZXT Kraken G12, depending on the cooler you buy, might need a copper shim. Also VRM heatsinks. https://www.nzxt.com/products/kraken-g12-white

 

[CrisisRunner]

How would i go about getting vrm heatsinks

 

[Gam3r01]

I wouldnt invest any more money into an an R9 series card.
You arent going to gain anything from doing so, and the money would be better put towards a newer, cooler, and faster card.

Watercooling anything less than a current generation flagship is never worth it.

 

[CrisisRunner]

with my 390 its still can keep up with the Radeon RX models out there, but they aren't on the same frequency's though, and also i wont buy the RX Class chipset because i get great transfer rates on everything, these new ones from my manufacturer aren't the cards i prefer anyway especially the blower types https://www.visiontek.com/products/graphics-cards/graphics-upgrades/amd-radeon-rx-500-series.html , https://www.visiontek.com/radeon-r9-390x-8gb-gddr5-4m-2x-dvi-d-dp-hdmi.html

 

[CrisisRunner]

Specifications

Graphics Engine: Radeon R9 390X
Video Memory: 8GB GDDR5
Memory Interface: 512-bit
DirectX® Support: 12
Bus Standard: PCI Express 3.0 x16
Core Speed: Up to 1050MHz
Memory Speed: 1500MHz (6Gb/s)
Number of Monitors Supported: Up to Four

Specifications:

Graphics Engine: Radeon RX580
Base Clock: 1257 MHz Base
1340 MHz Boost
1366 MHz Turbo
Video Memory: 8GB GDDR5
Memory Interface: 256-bit
DirectX® Support: 12
PCI Express compliant motherboard with one x16 slot

these cards are both the same brand as well,
i would rather buy another 390X card for crossfire before i upgrade unless the High End Vega comes out before my next PC Build

 

[gtr22]

You can buy thermal tape, exactly what the 390x has, at least my MSI one has. Or heatsinks, from Amazon, Newegg. $5-12.

 

[CrisisRunner]

Can i get some links for it since i dont now much on gpu work, i know everything on the pc but the parts for the gpu

 

[gtr22]

https://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Aluminum-Cooling-Heatsinks-cooler/dp/B007XACV8O/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1493084977&sr=1-2&keywords=
heatsinkshttps://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Thermal-Pad-0-5-Conductivity/dp/B00UYTT3I2/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1493085445&sr=1-6&keywords=thermal+tape#Askhttps://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835708012&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-VigLink2-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=8167372&SID=j1wx0krwvz000a1700053 The aluminum heatsinks don't stick so well, the thermal pads are good to cut to fit your vrms.

 

[CrisisRunner]

Do you think to bring down the gpu temp to try and put new thermal past on? The card was made back in 2014 could it be in due for new paste maybe as a cheaper option im thinking this to try

 

[gtr22]

Yes, I would change the paste. check the thermal pads, see if they are worn also. There are different thermal tapes, search Newegg, google.https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2W046D7311&cm_re=thermal_pad-_-2S7-009N-00010-_-Product This pad looks good.

 

[CrisisRunner]

So i have a heatsink already on the gpu

 

[CrisisRunner]

Well not the ones for the fans

 

[CrisisRunner]

so it seems it was the paste https://imageshack.us/i/poY5ctx8j https://imageshack.us/i/pod2mewWj

 

[gtr22]

You never mentioned the temps, must have been pretty high, and after new paste? Probably 25c lower I bet.