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rangerscott
Has anyone actually weighed an assembled card?

Was over 7lb by my rudimentary kitchen scale

rblaes_99
It did not clear the x299 dark, the z590 dark, z590ftw, z690 dark.

Nereus

tbrown7552

rblaes_99
It did not clear the x299 dark, the z590 dark, z590ftw, z690 dark.

thanks, Guess ill be selling the card and both blocks and ill pickup something without rear facing VRAM from next gen and just have a block on the front.

aka 3090 Ti.
 

zippytek
3090 Ti and 40 series pcb are a match. No vram on backside of either

zippytek
3090 Ti and 40 series pcb are a match. No vram on backside of either

tbrown7552

zippytek
3090 Ti and 40 series pcb are a match. No vram on backside of either

right but i have no desire to buy a 3090ti.

Jsunn
Look what I got today!!!

 

 
This looks amazing! The gasket appears to fill the whole channel. I will get some macro photos this weekend. I will try to make some progress on the install, but not sure how much time I will have this weekend. 

tbrown7552

rblaes_99
It did not clear the x299 dark, the z590 dark, z590ftw, z690 dark.

thanks, Guess ill be selling the card and both blocks and ill pickup something without rear facing VRAM from next gen and just have a block on the front.

fragility_V1
Double check the screws on the cold plate too.  I had to reseat mine to get a good seal.  You'll have to tear the whole thing down if you need to tighten then after you assemble.  

AtozGlue

Jsunn
Yeah, I was more worried about the height, it doesn't look like they will keep the block from contacting the VRMs, but wanted to check. 
 

I thought about putting putty on it. But I didn’t have e any.

Gotspeed_2000
For those who got early ordered blocks I'd recommend ordering a set of replacement black gaskets for your block regardless of finish choice.  I recently ordered a couple of sets of the white and black gaskets for my kingpin.  I figured I'd give it a try since they had been talking about changing the thickness of the gaskets.  
 
It arrived yesterday so I worked on doing the replacement last night.  When they arrived I noticed the black seemed taller than the white one.  It was pretty noticeable by just feeling the two next to each other.  I had been pressure testing my block for the last week to see if it would start to bleed air pressure.  It was leaking a little bit of air pressure during the course of a few hours, but well within what I think would prevent coolant to leak.  The test were extended time tests to just gage what kind of seal I would have with the block.  
 
I changed out the front plate and you could visually see how much difference the new black gasket contacts the clear front plate.  I ran a pressure test with just the front gasket changed out and it immediately made a difference.  The rate of loss of air pressure was reduced over a 1 hour period.  After seeing the loss of pressure being reduced by changing out the front gasket I went ahead and changed out the rear gasket as well.  After completing that rear gasket change I went ahead with another pressure test at .75 bar.  This time it loss about .02 bar of pressure over almost 3 hours.  
 
I know the pressure test I ran is way beyond what should be expected of the block, but I wanted to check and compare the rate of loss of air pressure I would have.  I have run similar air pressure test on my other blocks and they have passed without losing air pressure along with whole loops as well.  I usually run my pressure test for about an hour which is still longer than what should be necessary to see if you will have leaks in the loop/components.  
 
I also got a confirmation email from Optimus this morning about the gaskets.  Only the black ones are different than the original specs.  The whites are the same/similar to the original gaskets that were sent out before the changes were made to the new black ones.  For those who have the blocks the new black gaskets should provide a better seal for your blocks and would be a good thing to change while doing maintenance on your loop if you got your block before the change in specifications.  It was pretty easy to change once you have your gpu out of the system.  
 
Just wanted to share what I experienced with my new gaskets for those who like me got an earlier version.  It is to me well worth it to have.  The only area where I could see that the pressure was a little on the lighter side was the area on the front block where their logo is.  It is surrounded by coolant channels so even if it did leak vapor or coolant there it would remain within the block.  
 
I'll post more pictures later with the new gaskets and see if I can dig up my old pictures for comparison.