Asus R9 290x directcu ii water cooling

Primalz · Feb 18, 2015

Sup peoples im wanting to water cool my asus 290x dcuii. I live in Australia & so far i've only found one shop PLE computers selling the kits. They have EK & XSPC.

Does anybody know of some shops selling asus 290x dcii kits in Australia?

Caring1 · Feb 18, 2015

Umart has a branch in Brisbane.
https://www.umart.com.au/umart1/pro/Products_list.phtml?id=10&bid=6&id2=261

SirKeldon · Feb 18, 2015

Are you sure you want a full block? I thought it in the past regarding my HD6850 and thinking about upgrades I decided to go with one universal (currently Switfech MCW-82) which served perfectly for the 6850 and now the GTX770, also I used the same copper heatsinks for memory so no new costs when changing GFX rather than the GFX itself and not 120$ from a full solution. Also EK and AlphaCool sell universal block solutions with a heatsink for the whole VRM and memories. Just my 5cents. IMHO I prefer that, cause WC is an investment and as long as you can take profit of it changing just the "needed".

Talking about temps, the GTX 770 after 14 hours folding are 34ºC on the GPU and 49ºC at the VRM, using just MCW-82, copper heatsinks and a small 60mm fan blowing into the VRMs just for "safety". And I know, i just watercooled 2 cards ... but in both happened the same, once you remove the "stock" cooler, a lot of airflow affects directly to memories and VRMs w/o needing of the extra fan and they remain more cooler than without the heatsink (if you have a good possitive air pressure inside the case)

BUFDUP · Feb 21, 2015

none of the blocks on that site are in stock. tbh i don't know if there are many place in Aus that sells water blocks. I'd just buy from the manufacturer. i bought from EKWB and they deliver pretty quick. it took around 4 days to deliver from Europe to Sydney. They use UPS and DHL, so they are a lil pricey. Last thing i bought from them was 2 x GTX 980 Waterblock and 2 Backplates. They don't charge you the 22% VAT, so prices will be lower than they appear.

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Asus R9 290x directcu ii water cooling

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SirKeldon

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