Amazing bro! 

bavor
The latest reply from Optimus on Twitter is that they are waiting for their suppliers to deliver acrylic and thermal pads for the Kingpin blocks.  It will be a few more weeks.  I guess they didn't order enough materials ahead of time when they received all those preorders for the KP blocks back in July or they ordered the stuff in July and its not here yet.  I'm hoping to get my Optimus KP blocks before 2022.

Why don't they send out let's say the first 20 blocks already? That could be done even if they don't have enough materials to build all the pre-ordered blocks.
Currently it doesn't look like they don't have enough material - it looks like they have nothing to work with...

Zen_Punk

bjohannes1984
I've contacted Optimus a few times without success to get the dimensions of the KPE block. I'm mounting vertically, and want to ensure that I have enough clearance between the top of the terminal and the top-mounted rad in my case. Is it a fairly safe bet that the height of the KPE block when mounted vertically (ie. distance from PCIE slot to edge of terminal) would be the same as the FTW3 block?
 
Pretty pumped for this block! Optimus just confirmed my colour choices and updated my order (Satin Nickel block + Pro-XE cold plate). I'll also be getting their Signature V2 CPU block and 8.5" Res at the same time.

They replied about dimensions in a tweet.

I wonder what's the height difference between the stock cooler (from pcb to backplate).   The kingpin sits pretty closely to the motherboard heatsink as it is.

zippytek
welp, I just cancelled my order for 2 of these blocks. I was one of the very first orders so hope this gets them to a couple of y'all quicker. enjoy!

Thanks for the heads up.  But, why?

zippytek

mech9t5

zippytek
welp, I just cancelled my order for 2 of these blocks. I was one of the very first orders so hope this gets them to a couple of y'all quicker. enjoy!

Thanks for the heads up.  But, why?

I have 2 3090 KPE HC and they do just fine, and my next plans involve LN2 so I don't see the point in spending $1200 on water blocks for a card nearing end of the current gen, especially with the 3090 Ti likely to be here in January having a totally new board design (blocks won't fit).
 
This time of year is when i'm starting to clear out surplus stuff and while the blocks look fantastic, I have 2 of their blocks from this year's production for strix and ftw3...and while they look great there just isn't much to justify the premium for me this late on. I'm sure they'll make someone very happy in their single gpu builds and I plan to pass them on with the blocks when I sell.

Where did you hear the board will be a totally new design? 
 
i suspect they will just switch the GPU and call it good. 3080 blocks fit 3080TI's so it would be a surprise if Evga went to all the trouble of redesigning/producing the KPE for what would be a less than a year's production. With that said, i agree that if there's no more KPE's until January, it's of limited appeal. After all the wait, may as well just wait for the 4090 KPE

mdb983Where did you hear the board will be a totally new design? 
 
i suspect they will just switch the GPU and call it good. 3080 blocks fit 3080TI's so it would be a surprise if Evga went to all the trouble of redesigning/producing the KPE for what would be a less than a year's production. With that said, i agree that if there's no more KPE's until January, it's of limited appeal. After all the wait, may as well just wait for the 4090 KPE

 
well, for starters, 2GB vmem chips mean no back memory modules. Which renders the active backplate essentially useless. Even *if* the remainder of the PCB stays the same (doubt), increasing the memory bandwidth will likely mean changing the power delivery/plane at least slightly. Guess we'll see, but for me I can't justify $1200 for 2 water blocks that won't work with a card i'll be after in 3 months. 
 
Bonus is that's 2 blocks sooner for all of you! Enjoy them, I don't mean to rain on parades, the blocks look INSANE and I am still very excited to see them in your builds and how well they perform! 

Still waiting and want to see real numbers on how well active back plate does vs HC block. Have a HC block on my KP card and a OP block on FTW 3 ultra RTX 3090 and under load mem junction is 20c lower with optimus  block over the HC block .

telehog
Still waiting and want to see real numbers on how well active back plate does vs HC block. Have a HC block on my KP card and a OP block on FTW 3 ultra RTX 3090 and under load mem junction is 20c lower with optimus  block over the HC block .

At this rate you might be still waiting for months.

zippytek

mdb983Where did you hear the board will be a totally new design? 
 
i suspect they will just switch the GPU and call it good. 3080 blocks fit 3080TI's so it would be a surprise if Evga went to all the trouble of redesigning/producing the KPE for what would be a less than a year's production. With that said, i agree that if there's no more KPE's until January, it's of limited appeal. After all the wait, may as well just wait for the 4090 KPE

 
well, for starters, 2GB vmem chips mean no back memory modules. Which renders the active backplate essentially useless. Even *if* the remainder of the PCB stays the same (doubt), increasing the memory bandwidth will likely mean changing the power delivery/plane at least slightly. Guess we'll see, but for me I can't justify $1200 for 2 water blocks that won't work with a card i'll be after in 3 months. 
 
Bonus is that's 2 blocks sooner for all of you! Enjoy them, I don't mean to rain on parades, the blocks look INSANE and I am still very excited to see them in your builds and how well they perform! 

I think your spot on about the PCB changes, obviously its all speculation. The 3090ti rumors (which at this point are practically just pre release announcments) have me hesitant on doing a full loop after running a full AIO setup for almost a year on this card. But i also dont want to wait for 3090ti queue, and then a waterblock for that. Makes me want to do a 4090 strix with the slow speed of the blocks for such a high end card.

No new updates is the update 🤪

really sad that i didn't know about optimus earlier on when FTW3 All Copper block was briefly available for pre-order =/
would have ordered cooper one in heart beat if the button ever became available/not grayed out/crossed out, now they all nickel based =/

Gotspeed_2000
I emailed Optimus about the status of my order, took them a few days to get back to me, but the bad news was that they are still waiting on materials still.  Doesn't look good for a October delivery.

Ordered my Block almost 3 month ago... 
Still wondering if Optimus has build a single KPE block by now.

TBH, it's the lack of communication at times that drives me a bit nuts with Optimus.  Their products are really good, but their communication is sometimes lacking.  Sharing a release date, then not meeting it is the biggest concern I have.  If they didn't have the materials in hand my opinion which doesn't count to anyone but me they should not have put out a release date or expected ship date like they did.  Putting out the shipping date earlier like they did impacted my decision to delay a build which was depending on my water blocked 3090 which I'm currently using while waiting on the KP to be converted to water.  Since I didn't want to work on the not want to work on the new loop twice I held back doing it since the earlier shipping date was released by Optimus.  I ended up working on that build this past week in my free time and it is about ready minus the gpu waterblock.  
 
Now almost 3 weeks after their initial ship date we are still waiting on them to get the materials in and then they still have to manufacture the parts needed to complete the blocks and then send them off to us.  They make awesome parts, and i don't want to cancel my order at all even after the delays.  It's just the communication could have been a bit better.  
 
I'm really hoping to get the block in by late November at the latest now.  I hate to have pc components shipped during the holiday rush.  Crossing my fingers that they are able to get the materials they need to finish these off soon.  

I think i order on 1st day and have not been contacted for color selection .  How many got email for color choice  order?July 29, 

telehog
I think i order on 1st day and have not been contacted for color selection .  How many got email for color choice  order?July 29, 

I got the email also, I think you also need to put your order number in as well in addition to the color selection.  You will also need to enter block finish (white, black, nickel), cold plate finish (Copper or XE nickel), and it will include the installed color matched gasket and the spare of the other color (white or black depending on block finish).  I got my email on September 24, 2021.