[US] Smoking Hot: XFX R9 290 DD $335 AR and instant discount. PowerColor too!

mastrdrver · May 26, 2014

Saw this the other day so I'm not sure how much longer the XFX deal is good for: Newegg link

PowerColor deals that are good through Monday 5/26:
They also have a PowerColor with the reference cooler on it for ~$300 after a rebate and 8% instant discount.

For about $100 more, the PowerColor PCS+ 290x is $425 after the rebate and instant discount.

xvi · May 26, 2014

71% of reviews are 1 egg. Looks like a rather high failure rate on that ~~XFX~~ PowerCooler R9 290. =/

Edit: Yep. I thought something was odd about that. Thanks!

mastrdrver · May 26, 2014

xvi said:
71% of reviews are 1 egg. Looks like a rather high failure rate on that XFX R9 290. =/

You mean the PowerColor. The XFX one has very few 1 star reviews.

stinger608 · May 26, 2014

xvi said:
71% of reviews are 1 egg. Looks like a rather high failure rate on that XFX R9 290. =/

Of course it does, its a frigging Powercolor brand. Biggest POS's I have ever owned.
I have had 3 different Powercolor video cards and they have all failed. Worse than PNY. :banghead:

System Name	Money Hole
Processor	Core i7 970
Motherboard	Asus P6T6 WS Revolution
Cooling	Noctua UH-D14
Memory	2133Mhz 12GB (3x4GB) Mushkin 998991
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Tri-X OC R9 290X
Storage	Samsung 1TB 850 Evo
Display(s)	3x Acer KG240A 144hz
Case	CM HAF 932
Audio Device(s)	ADI (onboard)
Power Supply	Enermax Revolution 85+ 1050w
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Logitech G710+
Software	Windows 10 Professional x64

System Name	Rainbow
Processor	Intel Core i7 8700k
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390M GAMING EDGE AC
Cooling	Corsair H115i, 2x Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM
Memory	G. Skill TridentZ RGB 4x8GB (F4-3600C16Q-32GTZR)
Video Card(s)	ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity
Storage	2x Samsung 950 Pro 256GB \| 2xHGST Deskstar 4TB 7.2K
Display(s)	Samsung C27HG70
Case	Xigmatek Aquila
Power Supply	Seasonic 760W SS-760XP
Mouse	Razer Deathadder 2013
Keyboard	Corsair Vengeance K95
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	4 trillion points in GmailMark, over 144 FPS 2K Facebook Scrolling (Extreme Quality preset)

System Name	Money Hole
Processor	Core i7 970
Motherboard	Asus P6T6 WS Revolution
Cooling	Noctua UH-D14
Memory	2133Mhz 12GB (3x4GB) Mushkin 998991
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Tri-X OC R9 290X
Storage	Samsung 1TB 850 Evo
Display(s)	3x Acer KG240A 144hz
Case	CM HAF 932
Audio Device(s)	ADI (onboard)
Power Supply	Enermax Revolution 85+ 1050w
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Logitech G710+
Software	Windows 10 Professional x64

System Name	Dean Machine/2020 Ryzenfall
Processor	Intel 4790K/AMD Ryzen 3700X
Motherboard	MSI 1150 Gaming mATX/Gigabyte AORUS ELITE B550
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED/SilverStone AH240 AIO
Memory	16 gigs Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer/16 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 1660 Super/Gigabyte GTX 1660
Storage	Crucial SSD 256 and 2TB spinner/Dual Samsung 980 Pro M2 NVME 4.0
Display(s)	Overlord 27" 2560 x 1440
Case	Corsair Air 540
Audio Device(s)	On board
Power Supply	Seasonic modular 850 watt Platinum/EVGA T2-850 Titanium
Software	Windows 10 Pro/Windows 10 Pro

[US] Smoking Hot: XFX R9 290 DD $335 AR and instant discount. PowerColor too!

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xvi

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