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System Name | Vamos |
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Processor | Ryzen 5 3600 |
Motherboard | Gigabyte B450 I Aorus Pro WiFi |
Cooling | Dark Rock Slim |
Memory | 2x8GB XPG 3600MHz |
Video Card(s) | RX 5700 XT PowerColor |
Storage | WD SN550 1TB, Seagate 2TB HDD |
Display(s) | AOC CQ32G1 |
Case | Jonsbo V8 |
Audio Device(s) | Logitech G633, Presonus E3.5 |
Power Supply | Fractal Design Ion SFX-L 650W Gold |
Mouse | Logitech G502 |
Keyboard | Logitech G513 Carbon |
Software | Win 10 Home |
First some background, had gtx960, hd7970, then rx470 (died), for last year rx560 4gb while waiting for vega 56 price to come down. I got tired of waiting, as here in Sweden they still cost roughly 550€, up untill a month ago 600+, so I bought used ref. Gigabyte R9 290, thinking it can stay up till Navi or whatever comes in next 2-3 years.
First cleaned it and changed thermal paste (NT-H1), tried undervolting with Afterburner, managed -50mV, was not pleased, then tried using wattman. For now got it from 1265mV down to 1090mV, stock clock 947MHz, tested with some games I have installed and occt+heaven, so far so good. Will try lower it further. As I can't change fan curve in wattman, I use afterburner to put a tiny bit more aggressive curve.
Next I have checked with MemoryInfo and CUInfo and it turns out I could unlock it to 290X, and that brings me to my question.
So what I wanted to ask is what is my best option, should I flash 290X bios and invest in aftermarket cooler, and overclock it. If so, options are:
Kraken G12 with 120/240 water cooler (has fan but no heatsinks on VRAM, VRM, but GPU sits low near intake fans full card length)
Arctic Accelero xtreme 4 (3-fan big air cooled heatsink for GPU, no heatsinks on VRAM, VRM, but has some big heatsink on the back of the GPU, possible incompatibility with my CPU cooler)
Arctic Accelero xtreme 3 (3-fan big air cooled heatsink for GPU, heatsinks for everything on board)
Raijintek Morpheus 2 (heatsinks for everything on board, but needs 2 fans, but that brings card to almost 4 slot thick)
Leave it as is, undervolted 290 bios, save money for next GPU.
So far, I'm leaning towards xtreme 3 (has heatsinks and cheapest at around 65€ with delivery). Would like to hear your opinions, thanks in advance and sorry for this wall of text.
First cleaned it and changed thermal paste (NT-H1), tried undervolting with Afterburner, managed -50mV, was not pleased, then tried using wattman. For now got it from 1265mV down to 1090mV, stock clock 947MHz, tested with some games I have installed and occt+heaven, so far so good. Will try lower it further. As I can't change fan curve in wattman, I use afterburner to put a tiny bit more aggressive curve.
Next I have checked with MemoryInfo and CUInfo and it turns out I could unlock it to 290X, and that brings me to my question.
So what I wanted to ask is what is my best option, should I flash 290X bios and invest in aftermarket cooler, and overclock it. If so, options are:
Kraken G12 with 120/240 water cooler (has fan but no heatsinks on VRAM, VRM, but GPU sits low near intake fans full card length)
Arctic Accelero xtreme 4 (3-fan big air cooled heatsink for GPU, no heatsinks on VRAM, VRM, but has some big heatsink on the back of the GPU, possible incompatibility with my CPU cooler)
Arctic Accelero xtreme 3 (3-fan big air cooled heatsink for GPU, heatsinks for everything on board)
Raijintek Morpheus 2 (heatsinks for everything on board, but needs 2 fans, but that brings card to almost 4 slot thick)
Leave it as is, undervolted 290 bios, save money for next GPU.
So far, I'm leaning towards xtreme 3 (has heatsinks and cheapest at around 65€ with delivery). Would like to hear your opinions, thanks in advance and sorry for this wall of text.