Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Tri-X waterblock?

[themadnun]

Hello everyone,

I'm wondering how viable it is to attach a waterblock to my Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Tri-X, I know I should probably have bought a reference design card for watercooling, but they were all out of stock when I purchased my system.

So, underneath the giant heatsink and fan assembly, does anyone know if this is a reference board, or if it is a modified design? If so, are there any compatible waterblocks for this unit available?

Cheers,
themadnun

 

[ATMINSIDE]

http://www.coolingconfigurator.com/

Check here first, it'll tell you if the board is a reference design, and what EK water blocks will fit it.

If its reference, you can use any reference 290X water block.

Edit: Here's the page for your GPU, it's reference design.

 

[EarthDog]

That is a $750 REFERENCE card with a cooler on it? Ouch...

 

[Luke1978]

I think someone else was looking into something similar, and the location of some of the caps was different?

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Trix:

Reference:

I don't see a single difference.

 

[EarthDog]

Wow... $750 for a reference card... The LIGHTNING I just reviewed cost that much... damn are these things a rip off...

 

[Luke1978]

Trix:



I don't see a single difference.

It was a 7970 thread, not a 290. I wasn't sure and was headed out the door.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

It was a 7970 thread, not a 290. I wasn't sure and was headed out the door.

No, that picture is a reference 290.

 

[EarthDog]

He is saying that the thread he was thinking of, was a 7970 thread, not that your picture is of a 7970.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

He is saying that the thread he was thinking of, was a 7970 thread, not that your picture is of a 7970.

OH! I thought he was referring to the picture since that's what was quoted.
Whoops

 

[themadnun]

Thanks for the information Atmin, and to the guys mentioning the price, it was ~$700 when I purchased and was the only one available for about 6 weeks, which is why I just sucked it up and bought it.

If I were to add in a watercooling loop and another gpu, I would buy a reference card and a waterblock, which would cost roughly the same as the tri-x. For anybody without a watercooling system, I think it's a pretty good cooler. Considering the cards are meant to run at 95c, this one usually sits at 75c when being hammered and 77c when being hammered hard.

Cheers,
themadnun

 

[EarthDog]

$580 for reference now...but nothing you could have done about it. Expensive cooler.to throw away. Lol!