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[WTB] R9 390X Reference PCB

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#1 ·
Okay, since the 290X i bought on Amazon died a glorious death due to a PSU failure, i am once more again looking for a 390x. However, this time i am looking only the 390X, no 290X's this time, as i've gone 4K and i need the 8 GB VRAM.

I know the RX 480 is a newer architecture and Vega is around the corner, but let me reuse my parts as long as i can, as waterblocks don't really come cheap and otherwise i wouldn't get use out of it.

Looking for cards in this order:

AMD Radeon R9 390X "Reference cooler" (saw one on sale on the forums a few months ago)
XFX Radeon R9 390X DD (ONLY with reference PCB, before the VRM cooling revision)
Anything else Grenada-based with 8 GB VRAM that can be fit a 290X waterblock.
I have gotten rid of my 780 Classy (this time 4 real, got really fed up with Nvidia), thus i am in need of a reference PCB 290X or 390X. Card is to be watercooled with a EK FC R9-290X, but i don't really have time to tear down my loop right now due to work, so also looking for any decent air cooled version with reference PCB to last me while i can.

Looking for cards in this order:

XFX Radeon R9 390X DD (ONLY with reference PCB, before the VRM cooling revision)
Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X
XFX Radeon R9 290X DD
PowerColor R9 290X PCS+
Any reference 290X with aftermarket air cooler (not hybrid)
Any other reference cooler 290X (blower style)
 
#2 ·
Got it on Amazon, might need another one down the road, but for now i'm done.
 
#3 ·
Reopened to look for a 390X
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#5 ·
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Originally Posted by chris89 View Post

You won't regret this. As I tested the 290X and 390X both great cards. The RX 480 8GB is in fact an Upgrade and handles 4k the same as 390X.
I am fully aware of the RX 480's capabilities, however i want a 390X because i don't want $130 to go down the drain which is how much my waterblock cost me, nor spend another $130, which is how much a new waterblock would cost. They are not that dissimilar in raw performance, actually the 390X is slightly faster, the 480 wins in power consumption though.
 
#7 ·
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Originally Posted by chris89 View Post


If I'm coming close to an rx 480 on 390x, would be pulling 500 watts off PCIe power. Just saying man.
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500w? My old rig, while OCing the GPU and running BOINC pulled almost 550w on full load as per my Kill-a-watt. I sincerely doubt an E5-2670 (8c/16t 115w TDP SB-E CPU), a RIVBE, 32 GB of DDR3, 2 SSD, 1 HDD, some LEDs, 6 fans, 2 pumps and some other misc stuff pulls only 50w. The only card that can pull that much wattage is a 295x2, or a 290X under LN2. Either that, or you have a really low efficiency PSU, and you shouldn't be using that in a high end rig to begin with.

It is not a question of power, it is not a matter of heat. I simply want this GPU to reuse components i have. Also, i don't just game (i don't own Xeons and Intel Big Socket platforms just for the e-peen), i do BOINC (or i would if i had a working card) and i do some rendering. That is where the extra bandwidth and ROPs go to, which is something the RX 480 simply lacks.
 
#8 ·
I understand, however reference 390x lasted like a week last year and all sold out. It was HP Ares 390X 8GB, I bought one for 225.

After clocking the card to 1250mhz @ 1415-1425mv & Ram up to 1758mhz (450gb/s). The one card could suck down all of a dedicated 1000 watt psu I had to use with it. Since my main PSU could not handle it up in this range.

Now I'm using the RX 480, achieving basically the same performance and sometimes better on less than 200 watts. Actually 192 watts input to 182 watts output basically.
 
#10 ·
@Starbomba you can go buy a newer 480...wanna sell that waterblock? I think it will fit my 390
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let me know!
 
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