Dabadger84
Only 100% confirmed block that is definitely coming for the Kingpin specifically I think is eVGA's HydroCopper "some day" - I think EK said they are working on one, but with how small demand would be for one, I don't know how limited their run will be.
 
I'm more interested in someone making a block that cools the BACK of the card - the Hybrid cooler really does a pretty darn good job cooling the face-side, especially if you're willing to take it apart, put better paste & pads on it, which I have not done because I'm too scurd & don't want to deal with cleaning off the puddy on the VRMs.
So far my experiments, combined with other's information, in the back-side cooling thread have netted some pretty nice results.  I'll be doing the "next phase" tonight now that I have enough heatsinks to literally cover the entire back of my card, if I wanted to.

Dabadger84
Well on the heatsink front, for those interested, much progress has been made.
 
Original temps vs first round temps, and the last image is my latest results... ambient on the last run was controlled at 70.3-70.7F:
 

Here's the before & after for PR Stress Test:
 

Latest:

Note that is Port Royal's Stress Test, takes around 36 minutes so it's a pretty long, sustained workload, AKA a gaming-like temperature test.
 
And how it looks, not so bad:

 
TLDR: If you want to knock 5-10+C off your load temps, a simple ~$60 investment in thermal pads for between the Backplate & PCB, then some heatsinks with thermal pads under them, can get you that.  The higher your base/starting temps are, the more dramatic the temperature drops will be, is my guess, but I have no way of testing that because my card ran so cool to begin with.

TsBForsaken
Any news yet on today?

mech9t5

TsBForsaken
Any news yet on today?

Nope and I doubt we will see any drops this week.  I'm thinking first or second week in March.  But I hope I'm wrong.

mech9t5

enewt

mech9t5

TsBForsaken
Any news yet on today?

Nope and I doubt we will see any drops this week.  I'm thinking first or second week in March.  But I hope I'm wrong.

Assuming they have 3060 stock on hand, tomorrow will likely be all 3060 units all the time. I wouldn't be surprised to see EVGA Shipping pause the announcement of other cards (at least for the morning, but possibly all day) just so that they can get as many 3060 units out tomorrow as possible. As a reminder, the 3060 card is supposed to launch tomorrow morning.  All of that is to say that mech9t5 is probably not too far off; I doubt the KPE will drop this week.

And also the fact that the EVGA website maybe overwhelmed and "locked down" due to the people trying to get in the queue for the 3060 tomorrow at 9 am PST.

Dabadger84

Toieo
 
Do you need to disassemble the entire card to do this? Or does the backplate come off independently?

The backplate can be removed by just removing something like 13 screws, the card does not have to fully come apart to do it - it's pretty simple, but you do have to use some force to get it to come off the first time because the stock thermal pads are quite stick, and in the case of the Kingpin, there's a stupid plastic/rubber sticky pad towards the power ports of the card (I ended up taking it off last night because I was tired of it making the disassembly more difficult).
I'd say if you're used to taking stuff apart, it's like a 20-30 minute job taking your time.  Cutting the thermal pads to size, if you're going the route of adding pads/replacing the existing pads under the backplate, and then placing them on the card, is the part that takes the longest.

enewt

mech9t5

enewt

mech9t5

TsBForsaken
Any news yet on today?

Nope and I doubt we will see any drops this week.  I'm thinking first or second week in March.  But I hope I'm wrong.

Assuming they have 3060 stock on hand, tomorrow will likely be all 3060 units all the time. I wouldn't be surprised to see EVGA Shipping pause the announcement of other cards (at least for the morning, but possibly all day) just so that they can get as many 3060 units out tomorrow as possible. As a reminder, the 3060 card is supposed to launch tomorrow morning.  All of that is to say that mech9t5 is probably not too far off; I doubt the KPE will drop this week.

And also the fact that the EVGA website maybe overwhelmed and "locked down" due to the people trying to get in the queue for the 3060 tomorrow at 9 am PST.

That will be a given. So get your EVGA t-shirt, backpack and sticker orders in today. 

akafats
Nothing today ?

enewt

mech9t5

enewt

mech9t5

TsBForsaken
Any news yet on today?

Nope and I doubt we will see any drops this week.  I'm thinking first or second week in March.  But I hope I'm wrong.

Assuming they have 3060 stock on hand, tomorrow will likely be all 3060 units all the time. I wouldn't be surprised to see EVGA Shipping pause the announcement of other cards (at least for the morning, but possibly all day) just so that they can get as many 3060 units out tomorrow as possible. As a reminder, the 3060 card is supposed to launch tomorrow morning.  All of that is to say that mech9t5 is probably not too far off; I doubt the KPE will drop this week.

And also the fact that the EVGA website maybe overwhelmed and "locked down" due to the people trying to get in the queue for the 3060 tomorrow at 9 am PST.

That will be a given. So get your EVGA t-shirt, backpack and sticker orders in today. 

Toieo
What's everyone doing for PCIe 4.0 riser cables? I ordered the EK vertical mount and the Louqe 4.0 riser (due to the pretty terrible and inconsistent reviews on the Linkup risers.

mech9t5

Dabadger84

Toieo
 
Do you need to disassemble the entire card to do this? Or does the backplate come off independently?

The backplate can be removed by just removing something like 13 screws, the card does not have to fully come apart to do it - it's pretty simple, but you do have to use some force to get it to come off the first time because the stock thermal pads are quite stick, and in the case of the Kingpin, there's a stupid plastic/rubber sticky pad towards the power ports of the card (I ended up taking it off last night because I was tired of it making the disassembly more difficult).
I'd say if you're used to taking stuff apart, it's like a 20-30 minute job taking your time.  Cutting the thermal pads to size, if you're going the route of adding pads/replacing the existing pads under the backplate, and then placing them on the card, is the part that takes the longest.

Any other benefits (higher OC, etc.), besides temperature improvements?

Toieo

mech9t5

Toieo
What's everyone doing for PCIe 4.0 riser cables? I ordered the EK vertical mount and the Louqe 4.0 riser (due to the pretty terrible and inconsistent reviews on the Linkup risers.

Where did you read the inconsistent and bad reviews for Linkup risers? I was thinking of buying one as well.
 

I think I'm just going to notch the bottom of the EK mount off. It won't affect it's ability to mount the GPU nor affect it's rigidity. The thing is strong and stable and honestly, I can't see why EK wouldn't do it from the get go.
 
Notching between the posts still allows for a right angle connector down the road and again won't affect the structure because you'd still have half the bottom, the side, and the top which will give it plenty of strength.