how do you guys feel about having backplate waterblocks becoming a mandatory part of the watercooling kit of 3090?
 

 
this person here reported the backplate temps @ 38~40c during gaming using Alphacool D-RAM block , i think for a top of the line gpu like FTW ULTRA/KP this should be included as part of the HC block
 
 
https://www.aquatuning.us...al-black-nickel?c=6480
 
 

Mandatory, no. Optional : Yes. Like said above, you would need to cool the back components, not the backplate. If the backplate isolate the heat and doesn't gather the heat of the components beneath it, then the 38 / 40°C the guy is talking about are totally irrelevant. 
Also, making it mandatory will increase more the price of the HC. And I think it would be up to each to say if they really need to spend more for something they wouldn't want in the first place.
 
Basically it's a matter of need vs desire. Do you need it : we can't answer for sure since there's no testing yet on that card for this idea. But it's easy to assume if the card work fine aircooled, then watercooled is just for confort or pushing the card farther than air can (though currently it seems the power limit is the issue, not the temperatures). But you would need to use LN2 to push it to the extremes anyway so there wouldn't be a real need for those types of waterblock. 

Now, can you want it : sure, you can desire it if you want. And if there's enough people wanting that, there'll be a product. There's already RAM blocks and HDD blocks, which only a handful of people would need, but that doesn't mean people don't want them even if they don't need it.
 
That's my two cents. :P

Ha! I haven't gotten my cards yet but I was thinking about exact same thing, I was going to stick NVME blocks on the backplates
 

Also were you able to screw it down? Walk us through the mod if you've got the time
 

oh wow, my first thought was to fully cut out a hole in the backplate. I'm so glad I asked. How high can VRAM go before it's at an unsafe temp anyway? I find this hard to google

UnusualAttitude
It would be cool if they made the waterblock for the hydrocopper flow to both sides.

Aquacomputer does stuff like this

Huntercyril
Mandatory, no. Optional : Yes. Like said above, you would need to cool the back components, not the backplate. If the backplate isolate the heat and doesn't gather the heat of the components beneath it, then the 38 / 40°C the guy is talking about are totally irrelevant. 
Also, making it mandatory will increase more the price of the HC. And I think it would be up to each to say if they really need to spend more for something they wouldn't want in the first place.
 
Basically it's a matter of need vs desire. Do you need it : we can't answer for sure since there's no testing yet on that card for this idea. But it's easy to assume if the card work fine aircooled, then watercooled is just for confort or pushing the card farther than air can (though currently it seems the power limit is the issue, not the temperatures). But you would need to use LN2 to push it to the extremes anyway so there wouldn't be a real need for those types of waterblock. 

Now, can you want it : sure, you can desire it if you want. And if there's enough people wanting that, there'll be a product. There's already RAM blocks and HDD blocks, which only a handful of people would need, but that doesn't mean people don't want them even if they don't need it.
 
That's my two cents. :P

A 3090 XC3 was back-plate was hitting 97C in that same thread. GDDR6X max temp is 110C. 
 
If you think running video memory at 100C sustained is conducive to longevity, let alone any kind of overclock, youre out of touch with reality. 
 
Micron memory at max temp, what could go wrong? https://www.forbes.com/si...o-flames/#7a1c9c6a4958
 
This is the main reason I wouldn't get a 3090 variant that isn't compatible with Aquacomputer's active back-plate even if I was in the market for this overpriced trash (25% faster than 2080 Ti @ 1440p @ 375w for $1500-1800 is overpriced trash, I don't care if it's another 10% faster at 600w, that's ridiculous) 

Watercool is making an active cooling backplate for their waterblocks. I'm really hoping they make one for the ftw3.

Jacob.jenson6
Watercool is making an active cooling backplate for their waterblocks. I'm really hoping they make one for the ftw3.

That would be sick!

bkhan530

kingx11
how do you guys feel about having backplate waterblocks becoming a mandatory part of the watercooling kit of 3090?
 
 
 
this person here reported the backplate temps @ 38~40c during gaming using Alphacool D-RAM block , i think for a top of the line gpu like FTW ULTRA/KP this should be included as part of the HC block
 
 
https://www.aquatuning.us...al-black-nickel?c=6480
 
 

This is part of the reason I skipped the 3090 (aside from cost) is because I worried about the GDDR6x modules on the back and we already know they run quite hot. So I looked around at different block designs and none of them really addressed active cooling on the backside, they just offered at best a heatpipe for the back plate. I think active cooling would be the way to go for 3090s but you have to consider the amount of people who own a 3090 vs those who actively WC one are such a tiny subset of the market that it probably wouldn't be worth anyone's time to design and market such a block. 

hence why we need a new universal block

The backplate on the kingpin feels like plastic.

EK is releasing one! Hopefully our cards get them.