YoltsBp
So i bought the water block from here installed it using instructions hooked it up looks amazing and all but guess what, it doesnt cool my gpu at all it stays 29c with no load but the instan stay you open chrome and gpu has a slight load 89c...... At first i thought well maybe i didnt get the thermal paste right well no i used alot and it didnt even cover the edges so i did an x pattern with 4 dots and reinstalled. Repasting did nothing so then i wondered if maybe it was my pump which it cant be seeing how fast filling it up went lol bubbles moved faster than i can keep up and is rated for 3gpus and a cpu. Despite knowing its not my pump i still went ahead and straight tubed everything so there are 0 90s, welp no difference there is 0 air in the gpu block. Its left me lost for words because my cpu under stress testing doesnt exceed 50c but my gpu any load at all instant overheat and its 1st in the loop! With how fast it heats up basically instantly it tells me the block is not connecting to gpu.now with thermal paste in it looks like it contacts looking from the side but i decided to clean it up and lay block on gpu to find that if i wanted to i could stick a quarter between the gpu block and the gpu. Im no genius but im pretty sure theres not supposed to be a gap...... Anyhow i emailed customer service and havnt recieved anything back. I went ahead and ordered a second one in hopes its not as bad machined as the 1st.

YoltsBp
i think i found the issue that its everything cooled with a thermal pad! not sure if it is a good way to test but what i did was i enabled boost lock there evga precision x1 and locked card at 2145 temps only go to 35c. and if i oc the memory it jumps to 37c without load. id imagine if gpu frequency goes up it wouldnt matter if theres a load because its speed is still higher, also if i take away oc for mem it drops to 33c so im thinking maybe adding non conductuve thermal past to the pads will add enough transfer to cool. good idea or no?

YoltsBp
Yes ive done the x pattern starting from the center outward and ive even tried a clamp to hold it down like i read elswhere in the forums. The screws dont go in any further. Im at the point where i put silent fans angled towards the gpu block to flow some air through it xD so dumb i have to air cool a water cooled gpu block. The hydro copper block comes with thermal pads already installed and yes i peeled the plastic off 😆 its crazy because its not over heating just under stress tests for long durations its getting up to 69/70c. Ive matched stock air cooler on water lmfao looks cooler though for sure.

YoltsBp
Yeah its most likely a bad block again but atleast this one allows me to game at 69c max now lol tax time next year ill be buying intels best cpu a fancy mobo and a rgb ram 32gbs and ill probably buy a new water block ek seems to have good reviews should i go with them when the time comes?