The only reason why I watercooled my system was 1)I always liked it visually, 2)quieter running, and 3)cooler temps. But, the price for cooling with a custom loop is expensive.
So true!!! I think the power consumption on these newer parts are so high that open loop starts to make practical sense though. A custom CPU block can cost 150 bucks but that big fancy air cooler isn't cheap and many of those AIO are >200. More GPU's should come with water blocks already installed and more motherboards should come with mono blocks.
I have a 3070Ti and would like to migrate it in an ITX custom loop with soft tubing setup. Reason is I have to travel every 2 weeks by plane for 2 hours. Is it a good idea to build a setup like this and is it safe to say a compact custom loop would be okay if I drain it before boarding the plane?
@@MakemeSumMuffins if there is not much room for radiator support, you would probably be better off air-cooled because you need a lot of radiator space to dissipate the heat, and a fan to move it out of the system
“Why would you buy this card if you want to custom cool it?” - 2021 answer: It was the only one you could get your hands on. That’s the answer for my Gigabyte 3080. It wasn’t the one I wanted, it was the one I COULD get. Ha
You might want as well a twice binned GPU instead of playing silicon lottery with founders. It's an option too x). I doubt basic models from AIB boost over 2000Mhz out of the box even being factory OC models.
I'd love for you to take a look at barrow and bykski blocks. They are much cheaper than many of the brands you typically discuss, and I'd love to see how good the value proposition is.
It's great, I'm using it rn! It has far more design as compared to the brand most youtubers typically discuss. Don't understand why they didn't discuss about Barrow/Bykski, who knows.
It is so nice having the thermal pads already cut to size and placed on the block!!! That alone makes the whole process so much nicer! Also, WTF EK? $50 extra for a backplate. So $185 + $50 = $235 for the EK block and you still have to waste time to cut and place all the thermal pads or $170 for the Corsair with a backplate included and thermal pads ready to go. I've always used EK in the past but I went with Corsair this time. EK needs to step up their game if they don't want to lose more customers in the future.
I like Corsair but gosh they are slow in learning how to make proper waterblocks. Jay 2 cents already discovered problems with inlets (leaks cos of no screw in middle) -> they fixed it. Now this!
@@BlackPhilosopher I spend tons of money on corsair products and from experience can tell they put more money into marketing rather than R&D and quality materials. I don't have a single corsair product in mind that doesn't have superior analog.
@@BlackPhilosopher as PSU's go I choose EVGA for warranty and good OEM's. Their wireless headsets are fine but I grew from that level of audio years ago. And I find their keyboards absolutely atrocious, but that's coming from somebody who only uses custom build boards.
I've water-cooled my 3080 recently including an active backplate, and I went from a 97 percentile card to a 99.9 percentile card with a much better overclock. On top of that watercooling is silent as well
I was surprised by how much power changes when watercooling. Didn't notice it too much with the 2080, but the 3090 ran at 44W in idle on air, and 38W on water, simply by running at 28° instead of 50..
@@Alex-qq1gm Normally 12 to 25W depending on how fast you run the pump. That's for DDC and D5, which are used in most cases. Though for a CPU + GPU block you can actually run the pump 50% speed and you'll have more than enough flow, so 18W or around that. Anyway both overclocking and water-cooling are basically over-engineering: so no one is looking for budget too much when they do it. They should know it's about getting the last 10-15% of performance in a silent and/or aesthetic manner even if it costs more than what you get out of the box. Just saying. Well, at least I do it being aware of this fact.
I hope you do a video on comparing Aquacomputer and Watercool's (when they finally get around to releasing it) blocks. They are the most interesting in terms of cooling design.
Have a 2080ti from MSI(Gaming Trio). When I was just buying it, my thoughts were "Why would I need watercooling, MSI should provide the cooling I desire". Then I launched something like FF XV, Borderlands 3 and so on, heard my a moment ago silent pc go "Vacuum cleaner of the 90s" rage mode(and I'm the person, who likes quiet environments with no sounds beside the ones, which are intended). So now I completely resolved my fears of "oh no, watercooling is dangerous cause it may leak" and planning to go watercooling.
5:49 This looks really bad. Like you said it is just a matter of also sealing of the middle part of the block.......not only the outside. Corsair has called for help with there fittings (Bitspower) and radiators (HW Labs)........WHY did they not do the same with there blocks??? Because if they did......They would absolutly not make this kind of mistakes. I have the cpu block from corsair because All my lights go true iCue and I really LOVE my cpu block because it looks great.......but the build quality is bad.......very bad. One big plus is that once installed......you dont see the bad build quality.
I remember one TH-camr slightly bending the part where you attach tubings and it started leaking from that spot. Apparently it was a major design flaw on Corsair graphics card blocks
well, my 2080Super on air did 2065 max and +1,200 on memory. now with a 480mm radiator, and that radiator is OUTSIDE using 60/40 water to coolant ratio/swiftech industrial pump. we have -15C outside temps here in chicago.. i currently run my card at +1,500 on memory and 2265 on core. im in 2080ti performance territory
The water block doesn't make much sense on a Strix 3070, since it shares the cooler that is designed for a 450W version of the 3090. That air cooler will have no problem keeping a 3070 very cool and staying quiet. I have an MSI Gaming X Trio 3070, and it runs in the low 50s under load with the fans set to 60%. Same situation, it's got the same cooler as the same model 3090. The water blocks make more sense on a 3080, and the most sense on a 3090. Now, if it was for a 3070 model that had a weak cooler out of the box, then that would also make sense.
Did you have any issues with pad sweat? I just saw a review saying people were having issues with their thermal pads on this block sweating and causing issues. They suggested swapping out the stock pads for a better quality.
EK -blocks are pain; have to cut thermal pads to right size, have to check pad thickness and which pad goes where. And they force you to buy backplate separately.
4 months late, still good content. I was impressed by the difference between stock and watercooled clocks by GPU boost only. The block didn't get the GPU into the high 40c range, but did well. FPS was the same, but with a minor overclock to get the temp somewhere around the mid or slightly higher 50c range might get some fps benefit without the stock temps. I wonder what the watt difference would be if you underclock the card back to stock gpu boost levels with the water block compared to the stock cooler would be.
Thanks for another entertaining and informative video, Roman - although I cannot buy (no stock, or greatly over-priced) and probably never will buy an Ampere or Navi 2X GPU. My 2017 all-AMD processor rig with first gen Zen Ryzen R7-1700 Summit Ridge and last gen GCN5 Polaris 10 Vega 64 Greenland are a fine gaming match for my R1900 IPS 3440x1440 75Hz monitor. Good for another couple of years. By 2025, HDR ray-tracing AAA games may convince me to upgrade. I enjoy your cat's antics. I trained mine not to jump on me or on others or on food preparation surfaces at an early age with a water pistol. And dull those killer claws - my early trimming and filing became very easy later. Domestic cats don't need really sharp claws.
I have Asus ROG STRIX RTX 3090 OC whic i'm running a custom loop on. EK XE 360 and EK PE 360. So basically since i'm keeping my temps much lower around 42C at max usage. My GPU Boost i running alot higher and alot more stable which also gives me more fps. So running a custom loop can sure be beneficial, i ran the card with the big ass air-cooler that came along with it and temps were around 75C and the fans were were noisy compared to runnning all my 120 fans (10x) at 1000rpm.
those tiny air flow-indicating air bubbles look so cool... I wonder if there's a way to safely "aspirate" your loop to keep them in there for the aesthetics without degrading performance or pump lifespan
How are you liking that C8DH? I got mine in last Saturday and, after much screwing around, I got Win7 to work on it. Seems like a really stable board so far compared to my CH7.
I'm wondering, even though he said the flow direction didn't matter, if it would have a different effect on the air bubbles if it were flowing left to right? Also, what about horizontal installation?
I like my PC cool and quiet, fat rads, low rpm fans. I like big speakers opposed to headphones and having my PC close to inaudible is worth it for me. It also looks pretty AF.
another comment : switched to gpu water cooling end of 2020, to sum it up : it works even better than cpu, one advantage you usually don't hear about is the way the temp drops instantly when not in use, an air cooled gpu once hot will cool very slowly and keep pumping out massive heat in your case, unless you have fans maxed, with water cooling it goes 40-50°C->28°C in 1-2 seconds (I do have 3x360mm rads heh) the backplate which is usually also boiling hot will be a good 10-20°C colder with WC, overall your PC case and room temperature will be noticeably colder and much quieter when gaming because a maxed out air cooled card (try borderlands 3 in ultra/badass) becomes very noisy
I have to watercool my system for a reason that's rather unique. My motherboard has 6 PCIe slots (one x8 and rest x16), and I need all of them down to the last lane. If I were to drop normal GPU there with 2+ slots wide cooler (PCI-e card in next slot blocks fans, as it's full height/full length like a GPU too), I'd simply lose any practical value of that system. This is also why I am triggered every time I see a card with HDMI/Display Port/USB/DVI bumped into second row on IO bracket. Back in the day of multi-card setups being popular it was very important (For Quad-SLI you couldn't even have single network or sound card), and even now, when GPU computing (rendering!) is being more and more important, it's much much cheaper to watercool 7 cards than buy dedicated backplane (mining risers sometimes simply won't do).
Can I test a water block alone without hooking it up to the gpu? In other words, just have the water going through the block to make sure water flow is working well first?
I was thinking about doing the same thing with my Nitro+ 5700XT, since I haven't been able to get a reference edition 6800 XT which I would put a waterblock on. But the air cooler keeps the junction temps below 105c peak gaming. I also have a Vega 64 w/Alphacool water block and it never got over 50c OC. But I did get more performance. The Nitro+ is OC already. I get a steady 2060 Mhz while gaming in the division 2. Kinda hard to justify vs. waiting for a new card to become available. It's not like it can't game 1440p\144hz. But I am going to build a "new" system out of my old parts and sell at least one. I'd just hate to part with my rx 480 Nitro+ 8Gb. I may just buy a 1050ti to put in it to sell. Although a 5600XT would be ok at MSRP but not the current pricing of +$100. Thanks for this I will wait for the reference editions to come back into stock. I waited a year after Vega launched to get mine, then 8 mos later I got the water block. The year after that RDNA, now I wait for RDNA 2, but RDNA 3 may be launched before RDNA 2 stock is fulfilled. Too much of our electronics are made in Asia, we need greater diversification of our manufacturing, like back to our home countries.
On air my 3090 boosted to 2025 MHz and cyberpunk ran at max settings, 32:9 1440p, DLSS performance at 60+ FPS. At DLSS quality I was getting a dips in frames. After water cooling my card, it boosts to 2190 MHz and I can run cyberpunk at DLSS quality at a stable over 60 FPS, it removed a lot of visual artifacts that were slightly annoying me (yes I know I can lower some settings but it’s a 3090 for crying out loud).
Would this fit any brand 30 series card? Just asking because I have a Dell RTX 3070 but it seems to have the same PCB as the founders edition but a traditional PSU port.
Thx for the video Corsair manual tells almost nothing and I wasn't sure if they wanted me to re-use the original card pads or something and it had no stock so bought another brand (alphacool) temp wise alphacool is awesome, visually absolutely awful, super plastic super cheap you can see CNC grind on it and the RGB is the worst I have ever seen (a strip with very obvious led sources) EK or Corsair look 1000x better p.s. it's pretty easy to remove air bubbles you need to shake and tilt your case it only takes a few minute, max your pump speed, lay your PC on the side or whichever way is required to make the bubbles go up the outlet and they will go away my corsair hydroX cpu block has zero visible bubbles unlike an official Corsair marketing video >
I bought a Zotac 3080 AMP HOLO and then watercooled it. Why buy the HOLO version and the remove the HOLO part from the card? Because I bought the only 3080 on stock.
@@dustinmock46 🤔 have not seen that one before either, it would be nice to know, I wonder if there is someone who has done a review of all the Programs like this to show how they affect performance too, cant seem to find one.
can anyone please suggest best RGB block compatible with gigabyte 3080 gaming OC ... I wanted EK but they don't have it, and finding compatible water blocks is out of my understanding what to look at
Thanks for the review, 1 thing i'm wondering is what is a good water temperature during load. I've always tried to keep it under 35°c but i guess that won't be possible when i cool my 3080. (haven't got more room for an extra radiator)
Mimimi.. I wish all manufacturers would preapply the thermal pads.. Water is not going through the fin stack.. No big deal?! -5%?! XD Trapped air restricts the flow.
Corsair blocks are 'easy' but then again so are Phanteks blocks and they are FAR more reliable with a FAR better build quality. If you're spending $150+ on a water block it better have better manufacturing than the corsair block... unacceptable that the water flows around the channels rather than through them
I dropped Corsair completely after many problems- 2 Commander Pro's literally fried themselves. And I went thru 3 pumps because the impeller would stick after PC being off for a few hours. Then the horrendous iCue software and 2 k60 keyboards not charging, k95 keys sticking, 2 mice that lost connection while I'm trying to shoot someone in Division 2. For 2080ti, I have Bitspower with 45 max @130% power and have Asus Ekwb 3090 with 45 max gpu and backplate only gets to 42 C (I have a thermistor stuck on it with a thermal pad). And Alphacool for msi x trio 6800xt with 9900k in same loop and gpu max 50 c. All of these are with 60-80 Lph pump speed. If I max the ek D5 speed, 2080ti maxes at 40 c. Something is very very wrong with those Corsair temps.
I bought my TUF 3080 because it was actually on the shelf :)
Wow. I spent 2 hours cutting thermal pads on my EK block. Good job Corsair.
The only reason why I watercooled my system was 1)I always liked it visually, 2)quieter running, and 3)cooler temps. But, the price for cooling with a custom loop is expensive.
So true!!! I think the power consumption on these newer parts are so high that open loop starts to make practical sense though. A custom CPU block can cost 150 bucks but that big fancy air cooler isn't cheap and many of those AIO are >200. More GPU's should come with water blocks already installed and more motherboards should come with mono blocks.
@@allanwilmath8226 Do you think it's worth it to buy a 400$ EK Water block and active Backplate for my 3080ti?
@@zkilla4611 Yes
I have a 3070Ti and would like to migrate it in an ITX custom loop with soft tubing setup.
Reason is I have to travel every 2 weeks by plane for 2 hours.
Is it a good idea to build a setup like this and is it safe to say a compact custom loop would be okay if I drain it before boarding the plane?
@@MakemeSumMuffins if there is not much room for radiator support, you would probably be better off air-cooled because you need a lot of radiator space to dissipate the heat, and a fan to move it out of the system
I have this GPU block and its fantastic. They addressed the issue with the 2080ti blocks in this model as well.
“Why would you buy this card if you want to custom cool it?” - 2021 answer: It was the only one you could get your hands on.
That’s the answer for my Gigabyte 3080. It wasn’t the one I wanted, it was the one I COULD get. Ha
Same here with my Palit RTX3070 Gaming pro oc and plastic backplate on it. But that was only one card available for that moment under 700€ (Italy)
You might want as well a twice binned GPU instead of playing silicon lottery with founders. It's an option too x). I doubt basic models from AIB boost over 2000Mhz out of the box even being factory OC models.
I'd love for you to take a look at barrow and bykski blocks. They are much cheaper than many of the brands you typically discuss, and I'd love to see how good the value proposition is.
It's great, I'm using it rn! It has far more design as compared to the brand most youtubers typically discuss. Don't understand why they didn't discuss about Barrow/Bykski, who knows.
It is so nice having the thermal pads already cut to size and placed on the block!!! That alone makes the whole process so much nicer! Also, WTF EK? $50 extra for a backplate. So $185 + $50 = $235 for the EK block and you still have to waste time to cut and place all the thermal pads or $170 for the Corsair with a backplate included and thermal pads ready to go. I've always used EK in the past but I went with Corsair this time. EK needs to step up their game if they don't want to lose more customers in the future.
Why you get a specific 3080: It was available...
People always nitpicking like always over some damn bubbles. As long as the damm block doesn't leak it's a go for me.
@ 3:05 "Oh shi- the GPU clockspeed graph is about to roll over, quickly record the english version!" 😜
I think he should just start to do voice overs...
I can't understand why the hell are the pre watercooled EKWB block Asus cards using some crap PCB and low power limits though.
Roman is being very generous with his words about corsair blocks lool.
I like Corsair but gosh they are slow in learning how to make proper waterblocks. Jay 2 cents already discovered problems with inlets (leaks cos of no screw in middle) -> they fixed it. Now this!
@@BlackPhilosopher I spend tons of money on corsair products and from experience can tell they put more money into marketing rather than R&D and quality materials. I don't have a single corsair product in mind that doesn't have superior analog.
@@not_your_business666 K63 Wireless keyboard. Wireless headphones also nice. Rebranded power supplies from Seasonic too.
@@BlackPhilosopher as PSU's go I choose EVGA for warranty and good OEM's. Their wireless headsets are fine but I grew from that level of audio years ago. And I find their keyboards absolutely atrocious, but that's coming from somebody who only uses custom build boards.
corsair blocks are shit
always have been
go with a company that knows how to make them like EK or Phanteks. Heard good things about heatkiller too
I've water-cooled my 3080 recently including an active backplate, and I went from a 97 percentile card to a 99.9 percentile card with a much better overclock. On top of that watercooling is silent as well
I was surprised by how much power changes when watercooling. Didn't notice it too much with the 2080, but the 3090 ran at 44W in idle on air, and 38W on water, simply by running at 28° instead of 50..
How many watts does the pump use?
@@Alex-qq1gm Normally 12 to 25W depending on how fast you run the pump. That's for DDC and D5, which are used in most cases. Though for a CPU + GPU block you can actually run the pump 50% speed and you'll have more than enough flow, so 18W or around that.
Anyway both overclocking and water-cooling are basically over-engineering: so no one is looking for budget too much when they do it. They should know it's about getting the last 10-15% of performance in a silent and/or aesthetic manner even if it costs more than what you get out of the box. Just saying. Well, at least I do it being aware of this fact.
hehehehe on the end clip ( you are in my way human )
you are my way up human
@@cartoonhead5819 hehehehehe
I hope you do a video on comparing Aquacomputer and Watercool's (when they finally get around to releasing it) blocks. They are the most interesting in terms of cooling design.
Watercooling is always fun just finished my own build
wew, are you saying that we can use any waterblock (ekwb / corsair) of rog strix rtx 3080 ti, rtx 3090 for rog strix rtx 3070 ti?
Have a 2080ti from MSI(Gaming Trio). When I was just buying it, my thoughts were "Why would I need watercooling, MSI should provide the cooling I desire". Then I launched something like FF XV, Borderlands 3 and so on, heard my a moment ago silent pc go "Vacuum cleaner of the 90s" rage mode(and I'm the person, who likes quiet environments with no sounds beside the ones, which are intended). So now I completely resolved my fears of "oh no, watercooling is dangerous cause it may leak" and planning to go watercooling.
5:49 This looks really bad. Like you said it is just a matter of also sealing of the middle part of the block.......not only the outside.
Corsair has called for help with there fittings (Bitspower) and radiators (HW Labs)........WHY did they not do the same with there blocks???
Because if they did......They would absolutly not make this kind of mistakes.
I have the cpu block from corsair because All my lights go true iCue and I really LOVE my cpu block because it looks great.......but the build quality is bad.......very bad.
One big plus is that once installed......you dont see the bad build quality.
I remember one TH-camr slightly bending the part where you attach tubings and it started leaking from that spot. Apparently it was a major design flaw on Corsair graphics card blocks
@@AVINIDE They've changed the design to stop that.
I suffered from this same air problem inside the EK VECTOR STRIX 3090. I only managed to solve it by "turning" the PC (turned on) almost upside down.
Hello. Are you still going to do a video on the bios flash on the red devil?
well, my 2080Super on air did 2065 max and +1,200 on memory. now with a 480mm radiator, and that radiator is OUTSIDE using 60/40 water to coolant ratio/swiftech industrial pump. we have -15C outside temps here in chicago.. i currently run my card at +1,500 on memory and 2265 on core. im in 2080ti performance territory
The water block doesn't make much sense on a Strix 3070, since it shares the cooler that is designed for a 450W version of the 3090. That air cooler will have no problem keeping a 3070 very cool and staying quiet. I have an MSI Gaming X Trio 3070, and it runs in the low 50s under load with the fans set to 60%. Same situation, it's got the same cooler as the same model 3090. The water blocks make more sense on a 3080, and the most sense on a 3090. Now, if it was for a 3070 model that had a weak cooler out of the box, then that would also make sense.
Do all waterblocks match across 3090, 3080 and 3070 for a specific aib card? E.g. I have a Gigabyte 3070 gaming OC, will the 3080 gaming OC block fit?
Did you have any issues with pad sweat? I just saw a review saying people were having issues with their thermal pads on this block sweating and causing issues. They suggested swapping out the stock pads for a better quality.
EK -blocks are pain; have to cut thermal pads to right size, have to check pad thickness and which pad goes where. And they force you to buy backplate separately.
4 months late, still good content. I was impressed by the difference between stock and watercooled clocks by GPU boost only.
The block didn't get the GPU into the high 40c range, but did well. FPS was the same, but with a minor overclock to get the temp somewhere around the mid or slightly higher 50c range might get some fps benefit without the stock temps.
I wonder what the watt difference would be if you underclock the card back to stock gpu boost levels with the water block compared to the stock cooler would be.
Thanks for another entertaining and informative video, Roman - although I cannot buy (no stock, or greatly over-priced) and probably never will buy an Ampere or Navi 2X GPU. My 2017 all-AMD processor rig with first gen Zen Ryzen R7-1700 Summit Ridge and last gen GCN5 Polaris 10 Vega 64 Greenland are a fine gaming match for my R1900 IPS 3440x1440 75Hz monitor. Good for another couple of years. By 2025, HDR ray-tracing AAA games may convince me to upgrade.
I enjoy your cat's antics. I trained mine not to jump on me or on others or on food preparation surfaces at an early age with a water pistol. And dull those killer claws - my early trimming and filing became very easy later. Domestic cats don't need really sharp claws.
I have Asus ROG STRIX RTX 3090 OC whic i'm running a custom loop on. EK XE 360 and EK PE 360. So basically since i'm keeping my temps much lower around 42C at max usage. My GPU Boost i running alot higher and alot more stable which also gives me more fps. So running a custom loop can sure be beneficial, i ran the card with the big ass air-cooler that came along with it and temps were around 75C and the fans were were noisy compared to runnning all my 120 fans (10x) at 1000rpm.
Will the vram get the cooling too ?
will this work on a 3070ti?
In theory it should allow for a higher sustained boost if the temps are lower and won't drop your boost down if it gets too hot.
those tiny air flow-indicating air bubbles look so cool... I wonder if there's a way to safely "aspirate" your loop to keep them in there for the aesthetics without degrading performance or pump lifespan
Gonna do a water cooled build soon with a strix 3090 and this block 💪
How are you liking that C8DH? I got mine in last Saturday and, after much screwing around, I got Win7 to work on it. Seems like a really stable board so far compared to my CH7.
I got a 3090 Strix and waiting for this block to be in stock from corsair. The only ones I could find are overpriced to about 300 bucks
I'm wondering, even though he said the flow direction didn't matter, if it would have a different effect on the air bubbles if it were flowing left to right? Also, what about horizontal installation?
love this, does it only work with the STRIX 3070?
Most honest man on TH-cam
does anybody know how the system will look with colored coolant? since the water seeps and doesmt always follow the water path
I want to change the default thermal pads . Which thickness I shud choose 0.5 or 1.5 ?
I like my PC cool and quiet, fat rads, low rpm fans. I like big speakers opposed to headphones and having my PC close to inaudible is worth it for me. It also looks pretty AF.
another comment : switched to gpu water cooling end of 2020, to sum it up : it works even better than cpu, one advantage you usually don't hear about is the way the temp drops instantly when not in use, an air cooled gpu once hot will cool very slowly and keep pumping out massive heat in your case, unless you have fans maxed, with water cooling it goes 40-50°C->28°C in 1-2 seconds (I do have 3x360mm rads heh) the backplate which is usually also boiling hot will be a good 10-20°C colder with WC, overall your PC case and room temperature will be noticeably colder and much quieter when gaming because a maxed out air cooled card (try borderlands 3 in ultra/badass) becomes very noisy
Room temperature is colder with water cooling? So you're breaking the laws of physics then. Great job.
can this water block be used for RTX 3060 ti ?
I’m my founders edition 3090 I used the bitspower block well happy with it no issues 43 c under load 😁
That's the worst block on the market. Tiny finstack that's rotated 45 degrees for no reason.
What is that monitoring program ingame that he is using at 2:50?
I have to watercool my system for a reason that's rather unique. My motherboard has 6 PCIe slots (one x8 and rest x16), and I need all of them down to the last lane. If I were to drop normal GPU there with 2+ slots wide cooler (PCI-e card in next slot blocks fans, as it's full height/full length like a GPU too), I'd simply lose any practical value of that system. This is also why I am triggered every time I see a card with HDMI/Display Port/USB/DVI bumped into second row on IO bracket. Back in the day of multi-card setups being popular it was very important (For Quad-SLI you couldn't even have single network or sound card), and even now, when GPU computing (rendering!) is being more and more important, it's much much cheaper to watercool 7 cards than buy dedicated backplane (mining risers sometimes simply won't do).
So is the XG7 worth it if you're only interested in reducing noise levels?
Can I test a water block alone without hooking it up to the gpu? In other words, just have the water going through the block to make sure water flow is working well first?
I was thinking about doing the same thing with my Nitro+ 5700XT, since I haven't been able to get a reference edition 6800 XT which I would put a waterblock on. But the air cooler keeps the junction temps below 105c peak gaming. I also have a Vega 64 w/Alphacool water block and it never got over 50c OC. But I did get more performance. The Nitro+ is OC already. I get a steady 2060 Mhz while gaming in the division 2. Kinda hard to justify vs. waiting for a new card to become available. It's not like it can't game 1440p\144hz. But I am going to build a "new" system out of my old parts and sell at least one. I'd just hate to part with my rx 480 Nitro+ 8Gb. I may just buy a 1050ti to put in it to sell. Although a 5600XT would be ok at MSRP but not the current pricing of +$100. Thanks for this I will wait for the reference editions to come back into stock. I waited a year after Vega launched to get mine, then 8 mos later I got the water block. The year after that RDNA, now I wait for RDNA 2, but RDNA 3 may be launched before RDNA 2 stock is fulfilled. Too much of our electronics are made in Asia, we need greater diversification of our manufacturing, like back to our home countries.
This is so. Much. Nicer. Than the new Corsair link blocks
Where did you get the radiator to pump fittings?
for the strix the custom bios and vrm is a good reason to buy it and water cool
You should do a hybrid cooling system with a resistor hack to oc it!
That would be amazing
On air my 3090 boosted to 2025 MHz and cyberpunk ran at max settings, 32:9 1440p, DLSS performance at 60+ FPS. At DLSS quality I was getting a dips in frames. After water cooling my card, it boosts to 2190 MHz and I can run cyberpunk at DLSS quality at a stable over 60 FPS, it removed a lot of visual artifacts that were slightly annoying me (yes I know I can lower some settings but it’s a 3090 for crying out loud).
Awesome stuff want to do the same with my 3080 Strix
No mention of heatkiller blocks?
What app you useing to display stats when gaming?
Would this fit any brand 30 series card? Just asking because I have a Dell RTX 3070 but it seems to have the same PCB as the founders edition but a traditional PSU port.
Using colored fluid that block would look horrible due to the fluid traveling over those points that should be sealed.
You should try XSPC blocks. I use them, look stunning and perform as good if not better than the likes of EKWB.
Does it work on a 3060 😭
4:50 no fan for passive cooling of other parts ??
from 0 to 10 I give it a almost 7
Hi nice vid. What about the 3090? Should I cool the back of the card too?
Considering all the memory on the back, I'd say you have to.
Thx for the video Corsair manual tells almost nothing and I wasn't sure if they wanted me to re-use the original card pads or something and it had no stock so bought another brand (alphacool) temp wise alphacool is awesome, visually absolutely awful, super plastic super cheap you can see CNC grind on it and the RGB is the worst I have ever seen (a strip with very obvious led sources) EK or Corsair look 1000x better p.s. it's pretty easy to remove air bubbles you need to shake and tilt your case it only takes a few minute, max your pump speed, lay your PC on the side or whichever way is required to make the bubbles go up the outlet and they will go away my corsair hydroX cpu block has zero visible bubbles unlike an official Corsair marketing video >
Anyone know if the 3070ti ventus 3x shares the same pcb of the 3080 ventus 3x??
Di You know if this block would work on a rtx 3060 ? I can't find a block for that card but this looks compatible
I bought a Zotac 3080 AMP HOLO and then watercooled it. Why buy the HOLO version and the remove the HOLO part from the card? Because I bought the only 3080 on stock.
I just put an EKWB on my MSI 3080 Gaming Trio X with a 360Slim.
When you benchmarked the card at the end what program was the statistics overlay you used?
G'day Dustin, I think you mean the one with the Red Bars showing Clock Speed, it is GPU-Z
@@shaneeslick I should've time-stamped it. 8:36. Just after the gpuz graphs.
@@dustinmock46 🤔 have not seen that one before either, it would be nice to know,
I wonder if there is someone who has done a review of all the Programs like this to show how they affect performance too, cant seem to find one.
So? How the hell do you get the bubbles out?
What is the best replacment cooling for 3090 blower from gigabyte?
Now I curious if Bykski AIO cooler for Rog Strix 3090 will fit Rog Strix 3070 as well, anyone tried this?
can anyone please suggest best RGB block compatible with gigabyte 3080 gaming OC ... I wanted EK but they don't have it, and finding compatible water blocks is out of my understanding what to look at
water cooling Fitting 1/2'‘(12.7mm) ID x 3/4'‘(19mm) is ok for this GPU?
Test with manual silicon seal between acryl and metal. Might be extremly stupid, but data is data.
lol, Sheek!
What pump is he using?
I would love to water cool my RTX 3070 but I also don't want to void my warranty since these cards are absolutely impossible to get now
im nervous to do watercooliong im worried water will spout out all over my computer
Is 120mm radiator enough for rtx 3070 or should i use 240mm?!
0:58 Q: "why did you even buy this card in the first place?"
A: because it was in stock ;)
Moin du bist nice, mach so weiter
can i use this on gigabyte 3070 gaming of
Is it compatible with the asus dual rtx 3070 oc?
Thanks for the English!
I somehow read "More FPS due to RGB?"
You don't need a video for that. The answer is yes, obviously.
Does it fit with an asus rog strix rtx 3060 ti?
will this work on gigabyte aorus rtx 3070?
Thanks for the review, 1 thing i'm wondering is what is a good water temperature during load. I've always tried to keep it under 35°c but i guess that won't be possible when i cool my 3080. (haven't got more room for an extra radiator)
Will this work on a NVIDIA 3070?
Gibt es das Video auch auf Deutsch ??
Ja
I'm a Bykski man myself, cheap and effective.
Mimimi.. I wish all manufacturers would preapply the thermal pads..
Water is not going through the fin stack.. No big deal?! -5%?! XD
Trapped air restricts the flow.
I think it's not air bubble but cavity because the flow is to fast
Looks like der8auer needs a metal back plate as well. Lol.
I missed the end when the cat jumped on him lol
Bro why he looking this hot like Jimmy Neutron????
A water block on a 3070 model that is already nearly as expensive as a 3080. If that is what you care about, I guess.
Corsair blocks are 'easy' but then again so are Phanteks blocks and they are FAR more reliable with a FAR better build quality. If you're spending $150+ on a water block it better have better manufacturing than the corsair block... unacceptable that the water flows around the channels rather than through them
I dropped Corsair completely after many problems- 2 Commander Pro's literally fried themselves. And I went thru 3 pumps because the impeller would stick after PC being off for a few hours. Then the horrendous iCue software and 2 k60 keyboards not charging, k95 keys sticking, 2 mice that lost connection while I'm trying to shoot someone in Division 2. For 2080ti, I have Bitspower with 45 max @130% power and have Asus Ekwb 3090 with 45 max gpu and backplate only gets to 42 C (I have a thermistor stuck on it with a thermal pad).
And Alphacool for msi x trio 6800xt with 9900k in same loop and gpu max 50 c. All of these are with 60-80 Lph pump speed. If I max the ek D5 speed, 2080ti maxes at 40 c.
Something is very very wrong with those Corsair temps.
aquacomputer
For many months now I've been waiting for their 6900XT block.