R9 290X with Kraken G10 Video review.

[gar818]

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Hey fellas, just reviewed the Kraken G10 equiped with the Kraken X40 running in Push Pull

 

[Excessionoz]

Looks pretty good, although, having to worry about extra heat-sinks for the VRM, is a bit of a hassle, I wish he would have shown a before/after shot of his suggested solution :/

 

[crun]

Well, 92c VRM after 1.5minutes of heaven in a small window... Metro LL would definately reach over 100c with this setup

 

[gar818]

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follow up video with vrm heatsinks installed.

 

[Gumbi10]

Nice results! Running it without VRM sinks in the first place was a bit foolish

I'd like to see some results with heavier overclocks. Maybe try getting 1200 on the core and overclock the the memory more. A faster core clock will probably require overvolting which will heat up the VRMs more.

 

[mesyn191]

Thanks for the video and info.

That Kraken is doing a very good job of keeping that 290X cool if temps never get above 50C under load. You could probably do a decent amount of overclocking with it.

 

[That's_Corporate]

follow up video with vrm heatsinks installed.

Awesome results!
Just wish he would have pumped up the voltage - who spends that kind of cheddar on cooling NOT to push the card, anyways?

 

[EvilViking]

What case is that in the video? I like it

Edit:
it's a Corsair carbide 540. He just changed the front emblem.

 

[gar818]

Thanks for the video and info.

That Kraken is doing a very good job of keeping that 290X cool if temps never get above 50C under load. You could probably do a decent amount of overclocking with it.

yeah but my card is a dud, no matter what voltage, it wont pass 1150.