• EVGA X99 Series
  • EVGA X99 Waterblock - CLASSY, FTW & MICRO *UPDATE* and FTW K (p.37)
2015/01/05 15:34:25
Vlada011
nateman_doo
Block installation:
 
The Vreg just gets installed with 1 plastic washer on the outside insulating the board from the screw with 1mm thermal tape, and light pressure on the screws.  You want light even pressure.  Too much pressure will warp the board and make for more contact on the outer vregs and none on the middle ones.
Thermal tape on both the vregs, and the chokes:

 
The chipset will be more time consuming, but by no means difficult.  First clear out the area you are working with and dont work in the dark.  The washers are black, so if you drop them they will be hard to see.  
The same as above where 1 washer insulates the screw from the board, but 2 washers together will act as a spacer on the top side of the board:

Then some thermal paste will work well on the chipset.
I would recommend flipping the board upside down, and putting in the 3 screws (keep in mind 2 of them are 3-48, and 1 in the mobo hole is 4-40) and washer in the board, holding them with 3 fingers, and slipping the board back on a table to keep each screw in place.  Place the block on top of the screws, and slide the board off the table so you can access 1 screw at a time and begin to rotate the screw until it catches and move on to the next.  Remember light pressure.

 
 
Here is most of the batch:


 
Here is a set installed:


 
Thus the completed X99 Classified waterblocks are ready to go!
(pending each individual leak test)
 
 
 
 





Completely different board. Now is nicest on market without doubt.
I can't explain how I like this type of SATA Connectors. 
2015/01/05 16:13:50
nateman_doo
nice!  Glad you guys like them.  Let me know how the installs go since you guys are the first batch.
2015/01/05 16:41:14
sam nelson
just got home nate and they look wow what do i say ty .i,m getting closer to build time just need few more things . ie lol caselab case ram the rest of my cooling loops.maybe someone can tell me if i can use 2 gstill 3333 or should i say two kits 4/4 for 16 of 3333? for full 8 slots for 32g?
2015/01/05 18:18:31
kmarch
The Before pic

2015/01/05 18:45:23
AnonymousGuy
Off to the vinegar bath for mine :)
 
EDIT: OK deoxidized and sitting in a bath of Mayhem X1 until I can install them.  2 things I noticed: one of the VRM screws that attaches the delrin to the copper was shorter than the rest.  Also, there was some reside in the corners of the interior cavity of the VRM block that looked like jeweler's rouge.  q-tip took care of it.
 
Other than that they look good.
2015/01/05 20:31:33
Boxlid
Running at 26C on the VRM with 1.950 vin

Edit:  I went with 1.5mm Fujipoly padding, worked great.  Glad I got these blocks, one of the VRM's was only 1/3 covered by padding with the stock setup.  Keeping track of those washers on a matte black and red table was like taking a direct punch to the bean bag, but I founded upon them eventually!  haha 
2015/01/05 20:37:30
fuming_odin
Nice work these look great! I would like a set for my x99 micro I just received today, how do I go about ordering them?
2015/01/05 21:59:30
seta8967
send a PM to nateman, see if he has any slots open. After that you will need to wait for the FTW blocks to be done, and he will begin on the Micro's.
2015/01/05 22:06:06
fuming_odin
Thanks for the response, can't send a pm because I just signed up for an account and need ten posts first. Nateman if you see this please pm me otherwise I'll send a pm after acquiring some posts. Putting together a build tomorrow with the x99 micro in a enthoo evolv case... Pretty excited. I think these would make a nice addition.
2015/01/06 04:16:46
nateman_doo
Boxlid
Running at 26C on the VRM with 1.950 vin

Edit:  I went with 1.5mm Fujipoly padding, worked great.  Glad I got these blocks, one of the VRM's was only 1/3 covered by padding with the stock setup.  Keeping track of those washers on a matte black and red table was like taking a direct punch to the bean bag, but I founded upon them eventually!  haha 


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