MSI R9 290 Replacing thermal paste

[jonzoo]

I was having temperature issues with my R9 290, very high temps during even casual internet browsing. Now that I changed the thermal paste from the old hard and dry paste to some new arctic silver 5 paste it has reduced temps by over 20 degrees Celsius.

 

[getochkn]

You didn't run the same preset settings so you can't compare performance. Yes its probably cooler but your screen shot shows different settings so i don't know what its supposed to prove.

 

[jonzoo]

Extreme Hd is a preset for ultra, I ran both on maximum settings, not just with benchmarks but with games also, temps lowered so much, I'm surprised

 

[Coolboy951]

Extreme Hd is a preset for ultra, I ran both on maximum settings, not just with benchmarks but with games also, temps lowered so much, I'm surprised

70-80c is fine for the 290, if its around 95 or more i would recommend applying new paste

 

[jonzoo]

I was getting 94 degree using unreal engine 4, In general applying new paste will help with heat distribution from gpu to heatsink I would say more than 20%

 

[Coolboy951]

I was getting 94 degree using unreal engine 4, In general applying new paste will help with heat distribution from gpu to heatsink I would say more than 20%

it will probally drop like 10c

 

[jonzoo]

I have an over 20 degree temp drop

 

[Coolboy951]

I have an over 20 degree temp drop

thats good