Nereus
 
Nope. It says on that page:
 
"For the foreseeable future, we will be only providing NICKEL and not copper due to nickel being faster overall to manufacture for us right now."
 
I wondered if it was brass with nickel plating, but apparently not - the options specifically say all copper or all nickel.
 
Also note: "We will now be moving to weekly batches dropping EVERY FRIDAY AT NOON EST."

• TOP PLATE: Cast acrylic from Plexiglas® or black acetal from Röchling
• COLD PLATE: US-sourced premium C110-grade copper, guaranteed ASTM B187 spec
• COLD PLATE FINISH: Raw copper or Pro-XE nickel
• BRACKET: US-sourced machined 6061 aluminum, satin anodized
• O-RINGS: US-made plasticizer-free EPDM o-rings
• SCREWS: 18-8 stainless steel or black oxide over stainless steel mounting screws, stainless steel cold plate screws
• MOUNTING: Optimus-made CNCed posts and thumbscrews"

Nereus

christobol

Nereus
 
Nope. It says on that page:
 
"For the foreseeable future, we will be only providing NICKEL and not copper due to nickel being faster overall to manufacture for us right now."
 
I wondered if it was brass with nickel plating, but apparently not - the options specifically say all copper or all nickel.
 
Also note: "We will now be moving to weekly batches dropping EVERY FRIDAY AT NOON EST."

My bad I forgot to say PST which is my time zone on the time you can order.  
 
As a manufacture who could make water blocks, their comment about nickel plated is faster doesn't make any sense.  I think if you read between the lines "We make more money on nickel plated and due to demand we are focusing on that".  
 
I can tell you're not well versed in material science, which is understandable as I wasn't before starting my job in this industry 12 years ago.  Nickel is not a good conductor.  Copper is a great conductor.  Making a cold plate from ALL NICKEL as you said above does not make sense.  
 
If you read the rest of their page you'll find clarification to your statement above.  The first is it's called Pro-XE Nickel Plating. I can't find where they claim anything is "all copper or all nickel"
 
The second is the detailed list of what goes into their AMD CPU Block  
"
Materials

• TOP PLATE: Cast acrylic from Plexiglas® or black acetal from Röchling
• COLD PLATE: US-sourced premium C110-grade copper, guaranteed ASTM B187 spec
• COLD PLATE FINISH: Raw copper or Pro-XE nickel
• BRACKET: US-sourced machined 6061 aluminum, satin anodized
• O-RINGS: US-made plasticizer-free EPDM o-rings
• SCREWS: 18-8 stainless steel or black oxide over stainless steel mounting screws, stainless steel cold plate screws
• MOUNTING: Optimus-made CNCed posts and thumbscrews"

Zero brass, nickel is used ONLY for the finish, like ALL other AIO and cold plates you can buy from reputable brands.

Yes I was trying to figure out how it would be quicker to plate a copper block with nickel rather than just go with the copper block alone. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but again, I pasted above exactly what they said on their FTW3 GPU block page, and here it is again:
 
"we will be only providing NICKEL and not copper due to nickel being faster overall to manufacture for us right now."
 
- their words, not mine. I'm not an expert on the subject. Perhaps they have everything tooled up for nickel-plated blocks, and without the nickel plating they'd have to retool and reset everything for the slight difference the nickel plating adds to the surface? Again, not my field, just a guess. I believe these guys are very focused on precision, so maybe. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
If you scroll down a little further on that same FTW3 GPU block page, you'll see 'price breakdown', and that is where the say all nickel or all copper, but I'm presuming that just refers to the finish rather than the entire composition of the block? Maybe you got confused between when I was writing block vs cold plate? On the V2 CPU block, the block is solid brass which is then nickel-plated, while the cold plate is a separate smaller part which contacts directly with the CPU on one side and water on the other side and it screws onto the block. On the FTW3 GPU block, the cold plate is also a separate small piece which screws onto the block, but I have not seen the nickel GPU block in person so I don't know if the cold plate is still raw copper on that, or nickel. 
 
I wasn't looking at AMD CPU coolers at all, so the rest of your post wasn't really relevant.
 
Here's copy and paste from the Signature V2 page which I referred to earlier:
 
"The Signature V2 is our ultimate CPU block. Featuring a full unibody design, the Signature V2 is machined from one massive 3.25lb block of brass, and plated with extreme corrosion resistant Pro-XE nickel and completed with the Gen2 cold plate with the finest fins ever made."
 
The cold plate (again, not the block) can be raw copper or it can be Pro XE Nickel. I have the raw copper cold plate. I don't think the nickel cold plate would be nickel plated copper, because wouldn't plating those microfins end up filling some of them in, or make them more restrictive to water flow (you would know the answer to that far better than I would). The block though is solid brass with nickel plating either way. I cannot comment on the AMD block as I never looked at it and never mentioned it.
 

TheHyperMatrix
For anyone who may be curious, just called EVGA and this is what they said for the Kingpin thermal pad thickness.  That's some thick crap.
 
2.85mm VRM
2.25mm Front memory
2mm Backside memory
 
Since putting it in the new build, the backside memory has gotten really hot.  Even though I ended up putting a 120mm fan blowing air on the back.  It's fine at stock clocks but no longer stable at +1350MHz on the memory.  Daddy needs a block but Jacob refuses to provide.  :(
 
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Dabadger84

TheHyperMatrix
For anyone who may be curious, just called EVGA and this is what they said for the Kingpin thermal pad thickness.  That's some thick crap.
 
2.85mm VRM
2.25mm Front memory
2mm Backside memory
 
Since putting it in the new build, the backside memory has gotten really hot.  Even though I ended up putting a 120mm fan blowing air on the back.  It's fine at stock clocks but no longer stable at +1350MHz on the memory.  Daddy needs a block but Jacob refuses to provide.  :(
 
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Heatsinks are de wae: https://forums.evga.com/3090-Kingpin-Get-that-backside-VRAM-cool-Also-Thermal-Pad-size-backplate-side-m3219773.aspx 

Reliantg
My Kingpin came in yesterday. I have a 360mm AIO for my CPU up top exhausting, so I put the rad for the Kingpin up front as intake. This meant removing 3 intake case fans. I noticed that if I jump out of a game and do something CPU heavy quickly, my CPU temp is much higher. I'm attributing this to lack of cooled fresh air. I added 2 140mm fans to the bottom as intake, and I already had a back 140mm as exhaust. I also changed the rad fan curve to keep at a higher fixed % even when the GPU is idle to help get airflow in. 
 
My question is, how can I improve this? I really like having the Kingpin be front intake for the best fresh air. A couple of ideas I want input on: Rear case fan as intake to feed fresh air to the top mounted AIO? Would this cause problems with the front AIO pushing the opposite direction. And second, top AIO as intake while leaving the back case fan as exhaust? This is pumping a lot more heat in to the case and I'm not sure the rear fan would be enough?
 
Thoughts?

rock2k
Is their a water block fitting this kingpin Card yet?

rock2k

fragility_V1

rock2k
Is their a water block fitting this kingpin Card yet?

No.
 
No official announcement on the release date.  Maybe end of March, early April?  FTW3 HC are said to be released first.

Any other brands of water blocks announced for it yet EK, Alphacool, Optimus etc?

JewsOfHazard
Does anyone have a PDF of the manual for this card?

JewsOfHazard

Zomgtuberun

JewsOfHazard
Does anyone have a PDF of the manual for this card?

Hey there, I looked around a bit and while there isn't an official 3090 K|NGP|N manual, I'm guessing the installation is similar to other 3080/3090 Hybrid models, and here is the manual for those: https://www.evga.com/supp...les/400-HY-1988-B1.pdf

Thanks for your help. I couldn't find it myself so I appreciate you looking also. Unfortunately this doesn't help me though since my goal is to reverse the fans on the AIO that comes with it so that I can mount it on the front panel of my case and have it pull air through the radiator (as I've already got an AIO for my CPU mounted on top pushing out). I can't imagine it'd be any more complicated than unscrewing the fans and flipping them but thought I should check the manual just in case.