AMD Radeon RX 5700 CUSTOM Series Review Roundup

AMD Radeon RX 5700 Custom Series

The time has come to look at custom Navi designs. We waited for the most interesting custom models to be unveiled so that we could round up all reviews at the same time. The launch of custom RX 5700 series has surely brought some fresh air to Radeon market situation.

TLDR: ASUS and GIGABYTE have adopted existing designs for Navi. HIS launched a fully black IceQX2 cooler. ASRock unveiled Challenger series, but Phantom Gaming series is expected at any time now. MSI introduced black and gold EVOKE series and refreshed VENTUS design for MECH SKUs. Sapphire launched a new PULSE while we wait for the NITRO cards. PowerColor brought a 2.5-slot and triple-fan Red Devil, which is even available in Limited Edition. Lastly, XFX introduced RAW2 and refreshed 280X Double Dissipation-styled model and even came up with a wicked name for it: THICC2.

Now take a look at custom Navi designs we gathered in the following chart. We focused on RX 5700 XT models specifically.

AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Custom Models
VideoCardz.com	Model	Boost* Clock	Power Connectors	Design
	AMD REFERENCE	1755 MHz	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Blower | Dual-Slot
	ASUS ROG STRIX OC	1965 MHz	2x 8-pin	Triple-Fan | 2.5-Slot
	ASUS TUF X3	1870 MHz	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Triple-Fan | 2.5-Slot
	ASROCK CHALLENGER D OC	1795 MHz	2x 8-pin	Dual-Fan | 2-slot
	GIGABYTE GAMING OC	1795 MHz	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Triple-Fan | 2.5-Slot
	HIS ICEQX2	1755 MHz	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Dual-Fan | 2-slot
	MSI EVOKE OC	1775 MHz	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Dual-Fan | 2.5-slot
	MSI MECH OC	1815 MHz	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Dual-Fan | 2.5-slot
	POWERCOLOR RED DEVIL (LE)	1905 MHz	2x 8-pin	Triple-Fan | 2.5-Slot
	SAPPHIRE PULSE	1815 MHz	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Dual-Fan | 2-slot
	XFX RAW2	1755 MHz	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Dual-Fan | 2.5-slot
	XFX THICC2	TBD	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Dual-Fan | 2.5-slot
* AMD’s Game Clock = VideoCardz’s Boost Clock