RMA just died.  I tried every possible permutation of the cables and PSU source.  Getting a kingpin has been such a roller coaster.
 
Popped in my 1080 TI that I did not sell, thank god, and it fired right up with any of the cables in any of the PSU slots.
 
 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7MBcJ-Uy4A

What are safe OC settings for every day gaming? I'm using the OC bios.

Hey Guys so i ran into strange issue, sometimes when I start port royal with ln2 bios and both nvvdd and msvdd switches enabled my kingpin draws between 450 - 480 Watts. The other time i start it with the same settings it draws 480 -520 Watts. I have this with px1 and with afterburner aswell. Ive also seen it in games where sometimes the game draws 440 - 470 Watts and after changing the map and then go back to the same map it suddenly draws the 500-520 Watts. Settings are always the same. What could be the issue here?

kraade

andi0139
Hey Guys so i ran into strange issue, sometimes when I start port royal with ln2 bios and both nvvdd and msvdd switches enabled my kingpin draws between 450 - 480 Watts. The other time i start it with the same settings it draws 480 -520 Watts. I have this with px1 and with afterburner aswell. Ive also seen it in games where sometimes the game draws 440 - 470 Watts and after changing the map and then go back to the same map it suddenly draws the 500-520 Watts. Settings are always the same. What could be the issue here?

I found some of that , I flipped the switched back to off and just use the Classified tool to make adjustments

so you had the same issue?

what settings are you using in classified?

tps34433
Hey everyone. 


I am curious if everyone could share their 3090 Kingpin Hydro Copper temps please? 


My 3090 Kingpin has a massive delta over water temp under load. My Delta over water temp
is 29.3C.. My water temp is 27.9C and ambient is 24.2C. GPU temp max is 57C and my hot spot is 71C per GPU-Z. This is during Port Royal Stress test.
 
I tried remounting the KP HC block last night with KPx thermal
paste. The deltas are just crap! 


I have (3) 360 radiators, 2.75MM H2O static pressure fans, and a EKWB D5 at (100%) 4,100 to 4,175RPM.
 
 
Any thoughts? Is this Kingpin Hydro Copper block this bad?! 


PS: My memory temps, VRM’s, ( anything besides the GPU) all run very very cool!! High 30’s low 40’s.

GPU is SUB 60C under a heavy load with a maximum power draw of only 459 watts. 


(NO OVERCLOCKING/ NO ADDITIONAL VOLTAGES)
 
Last night I re-mounted the block, and ^ this is what I’ve got..

The Kingpin Hydro Copper block seems to be designed for high flow and not great cooling.  Comapre the design with something made by EKWB or Optimus.  With chilled 1C water, I often see GPU temperatures 15C to 20C above water temperature.  I've tried both Kryonaut and KPX instead of the stock thermal paste with minimal difference.

hi guys, i wait for my 3090 kngpn. I have one question. Can i off 100% backlight evga kngpn on the card?

With the overclock on the Memory it runs 3-5 c over default - Default was 55-60 C OC 61-65 C in Ircaing after a 90 minute race

tps34433
Hey everyone. 


I am curious if everyone could share their 3090 Kingpin Hydro Copper temps please? 


My 3090 Kingpin has a massive delta over water temp under load. My Delta over water temp
is 29.3C.. My water temp is 27.9C and ambient is 24.2C. GPU temp max is 57C and my hot spot is 71C per GPU-Z. This is during Port Royal Stress test.
 
I tried remounting the KP HC block last night with KPx thermal
paste. The deltas are just crap! 


I have (3) 360 radiators, 2.75MM H2O static pressure fans, and a EKWB D5 at (100%) 4,100 to 4,175RPM.
 
 
Any thoughts? Is this Kingpin Hydro Copper block this bad?! 


PS: My memory temps, VRM’s, ( anything besides the GPU) all run very very cool!! High 30’s low 40’s.

GPU is SUB 60C under a heavy load with a maximum power draw of only 459 watts. 


(NO OVERCLOCKING/ NO ADDITIONAL VOLTAGES)
 
Last night I re-mounted the block, and ^ this is what I’ve got..

Curious if you re-pasted the GPU using some fresh thermal paste. The re-applied stuff that came with my HC block was hard as rock. It actually took some effort to remove it. I am using kingpin paste instead. Also are you using the provided thermal pads around the die? Some people have reported that using some aftermarket pads might not allow the block to be in perfect contact with the die. You temps are high and you should definitely do a tear down and find the root cause. I have similar water temps and mine doesn't break 47C in 3dmark
 
 
Speaking of which, ran a few benchmarks and managed 15326 in PR and 11057 in TSE
https://www.3dmark.com/pr/1152449
https://www.3dmark.com/spy/21936155
 
PR was run at +1500 mem and +165 core on LN2 bios. Any tips on how to push this further?
 
 

Are there any news or rumor on an active watercooled backplate being developed for KPE cards? Kind of strange EVGA hasn't created one yet for the card.

bavor

tps34433
Hey everyone. 


I am curious if everyone could share their 3090 Kingpin Hydro Copper temps please? 


My 3090 Kingpin has a massive delta over water temp under load. My Delta over water temp
is 29.3C.. My water temp is 27.9C and ambient is 24.2C. GPU temp max is 57C and my hot spot is 71C per GPU-Z. This is during Port Royal Stress test.
 
I tried remounting the KP HC block last night with KPx thermal
paste. The deltas are just crap! 


I have (3) 360 radiators, 2.75MM H2O static pressure fans, and a EKWB D5 at (100%) 4,100 to 4,175RPM.
 
 
Any thoughts? Is this Kingpin Hydro Copper block this bad?! 


PS: My memory temps, VRM’s, ( anything besides the GPU) all run very very cool!! High 30’s low 40’s.

GPU is SUB 60C under a heavy load with a maximum power draw of only 459 watts. 


(NO OVERCLOCKING/ NO ADDITIONAL VOLTAGES)
 
Last night I re-mounted the block, and ^ this is what I’ve got..

 
The Kingpin Hydro Copper block seems to be designed for high flow and not great cooling.  Comapre the design with something made by EKWB or Optimus.  With chilled 1C water, I often see GPU temperatures 15C to 20C above water temperature.  I've tried both Kryonaut and KPX instead of the stock thermal paste with minimal difference.
 

 
Oh lord this block...
I'm having a bad time with this thing. 
Don't want to post same text but you can have a look here:
https://forums.evga.com/FindPost/3443625
 
 
 

bavor
Does anyone else have issues with the Kingpin Hydro Copper blocks leaking between the black part with the fittings and the acrylic or black trip piece on the acrylic?  One of mine is a constant drip every few seconds if I turn the pump up to full speed and a slower leak at lower pump speeds.

Sounds like something went bad in assembly, I would call EVGA customer service

Needing some help if possible here.  I just started bench testing and tuning my Kingpin hybrid on a spare PC I put together from parts.  The parts list of the pc is:
 
X570 Asus Tuff Gaming Mobo
Ryzen 5800X CPU
32GB of ram at 3200mhz
500 GB NVME Drive
Lian Li 360mm AIO
EVGA 1300 Gold PSU
 
I ran some Port Royal tests and was able to score 14,500 but it looked like I am still sitting on the 450watt bios as the total draw from GPU-Z reflected around 450 watts of power during the run.  I am not using the classified tool and the dip switches were set to stock.  I had the gpu bios switch set to LN2.  I am also not using the rebar as the mobo bios has not been updated.  Can anyone confirm that the LN2 selection should have been the 520 watt bios straight from EVGA or do I need to download it from somewhere.  I found an older bios online from December 2020 with a 520 bios, but I was thinking there should have been a newer version to allow and support rebar.  
 
I know my build is limited so if that's what is holding me back then I'm good, but I thought I should still see the wattage being pulled by the gpu to exceed the 450 watt range.  
 
Thanks for your help in advance.  

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Well I successfully converted the AIO into a HC using the official kit.  I really hope the temps are not horrible.  However, from what I've read, it's the extreme overclockability that has been affected.  Running it at stock speeds or a slight overclock, I imagine it will be just fine.  So I should not be too concerned.  Just waiting for a new distro block to come in- I didn't like how difficult it was to drain my loop this time, so I'm redoing it.
 
I was honestly pretty surprised that the HC kit came with a GPU thermal pad versus some sort of paste.  Maybe things have changed but IIRC, thermal pads didn't work as well as paste.  Of course I thought about that after I put it all together (excitement).  I can still take it apart to replace the GPU pad with liquid metal, but then I risk needing new thermal pads for the mem, and I don't have any more of that inductor paste... not even sure what that is but it said "FOR INDUCTORS ONLY".  (what is that paste and why is it special?)
 
Anyway, from what I've read, it's hit or miss with these hydrocopper kits.  One person says "Yeah, it's not bad" and another says "This is a steaming pile" (perhaps literally).  I guess this is what it's like being on the bleeding edge?  Not too many stats out there.  Knowing that, maybe I'll just leave the stock stuff on there for now so I can get some measurements for people.  Unless the temps are absolute ****e, I'll probably just replace the stock thermal material 6 months down the road when I drain the loop again.  Food for thought.
 

Hopefully this week we should see if Optimus is able to keep it's timelines.  They put out via twitter that emails should be going out this week for those who have placed orders with deliveries to be processed the following week.  I'm thinking it will still be end of September before we see our blocks, but maybe we will be lucky.  Even if the blocks are released late September, they did a pretty good job on timelines if it holds.