R2 290x Vapor X waterblock

[Tolemac]

Hi guy's me again for advice
I recently bought a Sapphire R9290x Vapor x what I would like to know is if its worth including in my loop and would I need to add another 120mm rad to the loop atm the vaporx idles ar 38 degrees celcius and never goes over 70 degrees c under load my cpu idles at 23 degrees celcius and doesn't go over 35C under load

I dont want to waste money on a block if its not really going to benefit me that much

Thanks in advance

 

[Kushiro]

Do you plan on going triple cards? If no, then dont bother. Those Vapor X coolers are excellent.

 

[Tolemac]

I just plan on having the one card as I only game at 1080P thanks for the advice and yes the Vaporx coolers are excellent

 

[Kushiro]

You could easily OC with that cooler without having to worry too much anyways Just make sure your case has a good exhaust :lol:

 

[Tolemac]

You could easily OC with that cooler without having to worry too much anyways Just make sure your case has a good exhaust :lol:

so far I have tinkered with overclocking it got at 1130/1350 atm

 

[JR23]

If you could find room for another 240mm and already have a decent pump, well a D5, then it would definitely be worth including it in my opinion. Just because quiet more so than temps, plus overclocking fun times.

JR

 

[Kushiro]

Well from OPs post, they dont appear to be a person who would want to drop that much dough on the extra block etc just for silence when the Vapors cooler already does a perfectly fine job of cooling it.

 

[Tolemac]

I don't actually have a D5 atm I got the XSPC RAYSTORM 750 240mm kit so I guess that's my next upgrade seeing as the mrs wants me to watercool her rig now as for another 240mm radiator I could possibly fit a 30mm thick in the front but that would require some minor modding thanks once again for the advice it's very much appreciated

 

[NeverBackDown]

I don't actually have a D5 atm I got the XSPC RAYSTORM 750 240mm kit so I guess that's my next upgrade seeing as the mrs wants me to watercool her rig now as for another 240mm radiator I could possibly fit a 30mm thick in the front but that would require some minor modding thanks once again for the advice it's very much appreciated

I'd give her your kit and get yourself a new one. The 750 pumps that come with the XSPC kits aren't that strong. Anything more than 1 rad and 1 block would be kinda pushing it since for another GPU block, you would need to add another rad. That's pretty safe to say it won't do well. A D5 pump vario version should be one you want for a setup like that and it would still have room to add more blocks if needed.

 

[Tolemac]

Thanks that's what I will do 1st give her my old pump and get a D5 vario 1st cheers for the advice

 

[NeverBackDown]

Thanks that's what I will do 1st give her my old pump and get a D5 vario 1st cheers for the advice

No problem, let us know if you need any more help or have any more questions^_^

 

[guskline]

For 1 290 Vapor X no. I decided to custom water cool both my R9 290s in CF. Worth it.

 

[guskline]

The Vapor X is not a reference PCB so it needs a special waterblock

 

[Tolemac]

The Vapor X is not a reference PCB so it needs a special waterblock

That much I do know