AMD Radeon R9 390X cooler leaked

[The_Governour]

I cant believe all are bitching about how bad it looks and how they dont like the idea of a AIO cooler..... This cooler looks like the 295x2 and that cooler looked pretty nice - not as good as Nvidia reference of the 780´s but its a nice looking cooler.

Also I would think that a AIO cooler is a nice step, as we all know that water will cool better than air so i dont understand what all are moaning about. Look at the kraken and g10 - many are using it for the *nice temps* of water...

I welcome this AIO and most of us (if not all) have a 140/120 fan somewhere in our case.

 

[vorticalbox]

I cant believe all are bitching about how bad it looks and how they dont like the idea of a AIO cooler..... This cooler looks like the 295x2 and that cooler looked pretty nice - not as good as Nvidia reference of the 780´s but its a nice looking cooler.

Also I would think that a AIO cooler is a nice step, as we all know that water will cool better than air so i dont understand what all are moaning about. Look at the kraken and g10 - many are using it for the *nice temps* of water...

I welcome this AIO and most of us (if not all) have a 140/120 fan somewhere in our case.

it does add the question re they pushing design or temps.

if its the first that awesome, next step is to bundle cpu AIO and make it so they can connect and make a loop.

if its the latter like what is seems with the 295x2 then it's not great.

 

[SeekaX]

I cant believe all are bitching about how bad it looks and how they dont like the idea of a AIO cooler..... This cooler looks like the 295x2 and that cooler looked pretty nice - not as good as Nvidia reference of the 780´s but its a nice looking cooler.

Also I would think that a AIO cooler is a nice step, as we all know that water will cool better than air so i dont understand what all are moaning about. Look at the kraken and g10 - many are using it for the *nice temps* of water...

I welcome this AIO and most of us (if not all) have a 140/120 fan somewhere in our case.

The 295x2 looks like a radiator (not the ones in your PC).

 

[Kushiro]

I cant believe all are bitching about how bad it looks and how they dont like the idea of a AIO cooler..... This cooler looks like the 295x2 and that cooler looked pretty nice - not as good as Nvidia reference of the 780´s but its a nice looking cooler.

Also I would think that a AIO cooler is a nice step, as we all know that water will cool better than air so i dont understand what all are moaning about. Look at the kraken and g10 - many are using it for the *nice temps* of water...

I welcome this AIO and most of us (if not all) have a 140/120 fan somewhere in our case.

Well you need to realize what kind of fourm this is, also those of us that want to watercool will be slapping on a block from XSPC, EK, etc etc. Why would we want to pay more for an AIO that we wont use...

While it is a nice addition for regular users that will not be building a custom loop etc, it will also be inconvenient for multi card configs...

 

[SieB]

They need to spend the money on making a decent air cooled reference cooler. All these crap reference coolers they keep coming out with do nothing but harm for AMD because they cause nothing but negativity towards AMD GPUs.
Yes no one with a brain would buy a reference 290, but if they made a decent reference cooler people would buy a reference 290. They then wouldn't have people all over the net moaning about 290s being hot and loud.

Going down the AIO route with their reference coolers could be a good thing, but a lot of people don't like them and they cause even more of a negative image because people think that AMD cards need the AIO in order to keep them cool.

They just need to throw a bunch of money into making one good air cooled reference cooler design that they can use on all future reference cards.

 

[The_Governour]

Well you need to realize what kind of fourm this is, also those of us that want to watercool will be slapping on a block from XSPC, EK, etc etc. Why would we want to pay more for an AIO that we wont use...

While it is a nice addition for regular users that will not be building a custom loop etc, it will also be inconvenient for multi card configs...

I am saying that for a REFERENCE model of a card then its a nice touch as most people would have it stock on air anyways and now they have a AIO with much better temps etc.

As of the people (me included) that have a custom loop then it does not really matter as we would slap a custom block on it anyways, regardless if it was a blower style fan or AIO. Just for the general public then I think its a nice touch.

As of price - I dont think AMD will be charging more or raping our wallets any more than Nvidia has all ready done to us. What is 10-15$ IF it would be that when you will spend 120$++ on a water block anyways??

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

AMD selling cards stripped down (without a reference cooler just the card) for watercooling enthusiasts would be purely awesome.

 

[MadShadow]

AMD selling cards stripped down (without a reference cooler just the card) for watercooling enthusiasts would be purely awesome.

Actually, that would be quite cool!

 

[SeekaX]

They need to spend the money on making a decent air cooled reference cooler. All these crap reference coolers they keep coming out with do nothing but harm for AMD because they cause nothing but negativity towards AMD GPUs.
Yes no one with a brain would buy a reference 290, but if they made a decent reference cooler people would buy a reference 290. They then wouldn't have people all over the net moaning about 290s being hot and loud.

Going down the AIO route with their reference coolers could be a good thing, but a lot of people don't like them and they cause even more of a negative image because people think that AMD cards need the AIO in order to keep them cool.

They just need to throw a bunch of money into making one good air cooled reference cooler design that they can use on all future reference cards.

They wouldn't even have to release a proper reference cooler, not forcing the reference cooler on the card for the first few months would already be a huge step forward. The 79xx reference cooler was garbage and nobody cared about that.

 

[SieB]

AMD selling cards stripped down (without a reference cooler just the card) for watercooling enthusiasts would be purely awesome.

That would be pretty good actually, they would be cheaper as well without the added cost of the cooler.

No doubt you would get some idiots who try to use them as sold without a cooler or waterblock on them though

They wouldn't even have to release a proper reference cooler, not forcing the reference cooler on the card for the first few months would already be a huge step forward. The 79xx reference cooler was garbage and nobody cared about that.

I think they should do it more for getting less negativity from people more than anything. A lot of people just hear AMD cards are hot and loud, they see youtube vids of the reference cards and then their image of AMD GPUs, even non reference ones are tainted because of it.

If they made a decent reference cooler that did a good job like Nvidia's it would have a much more positive effect on people. There would be a lot less people posting everywhere about AMD GPUs being crap because they are hot and loud anyway

 

[Feronix]

That would be pretty good actually, they would be cheaper as well without the added cost of the cooler.

No doubt you would get some idiots who try to use them as sold without a cooler or waterblock on them though

Exactly, this is never going to happen

There will always be first time builders who wonder why that card is so much cheaper than the rest and buys that, runs it without installing a cooler then fries his card and wonders why :lol:

 

[barnsley]

AMD doesn't always make the best decisions sadly.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Or don't create a reference model and let the 3rd party's do it. Save money on AMDs end.

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

Or don't create a reference model and let the 3rd party's do it. Save money on AMDs end.

AMD would have to use a cooler on their marketing sheets and it wouldn't be nice to use any of the coolers of the makers because that wouldn't promote healthy competition.

 

[TPC]

AMD would have to use a cooler on their marketing sheets and it wouldn't be nice to use any of the coolers of the makers because that wouldn't promote healthy competition.

And dont forget the OEM people

 

[d1974]

Because AMD reference coolers are always well designed?
Non reference 290s now run cooler than most Nvidia gpus. AMD isn't Nvidia, they don't have a company that depends on the reference coolers (hello EVGA) and usually the only users of reference amd cards are OEM desktops, like Alienware. It changed with the 290/290x at launch but now anyone with common sense/not going watercooling doesn't buy reference 290/290xs.

I for one don't give a crap about power usage. If you're building a high end pc and care about your electricity bill, don't build something so high end. Besides AMD is usually cheaper so it'll take you a couple of years (atleast) to get any form of savings for going high end Nvidia over AMD.


AMD should have just paid Sapphire to design the cooler. Or even XFX or powercolor. Just not in house AMD, ok?

Agreed