H-Emmanuel
New Member
- Total Posts : 54
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2011/05/09 22:46:15
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/07 07:17:08
(permalink)
Just got my EK FTW3 waterblock notification, placed a pre-order. Estimated ship date, January 6th.
|
flashptguard
New Member
- Total Posts : 7
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2019/06/08 20:42:39
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/07 07:18:12
(permalink)
H-Emmanuel
Just got my EK FTW3 waterblock notification, placed a pre-order. Estimated ship date, January 6th.
Who did you order from?
|
mr00000
New Member
- Total Posts : 14
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2010/10/12 11:41:10
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/07 07:21:44
(permalink)
Just put in my order on EK's site!
|
Nereus
Captain Goodvibes
- Total Posts : 18916
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2009/04/09 20:05:53
- Location: Brooklyn, NYC.
- Status: online
- Ribbons : 58
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/07 07:25:25
(permalink)
|
Den-ko
New Member
- Total Posts : 64
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2017/06/20 16:17:13
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/07 07:26:08
(permalink)
Pre-ordered! I wish I could get mine delivered before Christmas but I'm glad the wait is over with.
|
chumeniuk
Superclocked Member
- Total Posts : 176
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2011/04/13 10:06:29
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/07 07:44:39
(permalink)
Ordered an acetal and black backplate myself. Going with a more discrete look this time with acetal blocks and black tubing. The only thing that will have visible fluid is the reservoir which is about as little as I could get away with. Also canceled my Optimus order since I'm in the second batch and first are not even shipping yet.
post edited by chumeniuk - 2020/12/07 07:55:29
|
H-Emmanuel
New Member
- Total Posts : 54
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2011/05/09 22:46:15
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/07 07:47:02
(permalink)
|
Nereus
Captain Goodvibes
- Total Posts : 18916
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2009/04/09 20:05:53
- Location: Brooklyn, NYC.
- Status: online
- Ribbons : 58
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/07 07:52:11
(permalink)
chumeniuk
Ordered an acetal and black backplate myself. Going with a more discrete look this time with acetal blocks and black tubing. The only thing that will have visible fluid is the reservoir which is about as little as I could get away with.
I was about to grab the black back plate, but I may add a few copper heat sinks on it for the VRAM (3090), and copper heat sinks on a black back plate would stick out like a set of dogs balls, so I went with nickel. :)
|
flashptguard
New Member
- Total Posts : 7
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2019/06/08 20:42:39
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/07 08:04:58
(permalink)
Nereus
chumeniuk
Ordered an acetal and black backplate myself. Going with a more discrete look this time with acetal blocks and black tubing. The only thing that will have visible fluid is the reservoir which is about as little as I could get away with.
I was about to grab the black back plate, but I may add a few copper heat sinks on it for the VRAM (3090), and copper heat sinks on a black back plate would stick out like a set of dogs balls, so I went with nickel. :)
I'm going for a white and gold build with violet coolant so black or silver wouldn't have been my first choice. With that said I went with the nickel block and backplate so it can reflect the white the best.
|
Shai Hulud
New Member
- Total Posts : 11
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2020/10/15 14:37:11
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/09 22:43:53
(permalink)
Has anyone heard from Optimus? I ordered my block day 1 and haven't heard anything. The lack of a waterblock is holding me up from watercooling rest of system.
I had an email from EVGA to buy a XC3 3090 which has blocks available. I haven't opened my FTW3 3090 yet was thinking about switching but I let the opportunity pass assuming Optimus was actually shipping soon. Batch 1 ETA mid November, that was 3 weeks ago.
I want to play Cyberpunk so I think I'm just going to install the card air cooled for now and hope Optimus delivers...
Should I just pre order an EK block? I would think Optimus would have their Batch 1 blocks sent by January, earliest I could expect an EK block but IDK, some of the comments in this thread lead me to believe they are a very unreliable company.
|
Fire-Light
New Member
- Total Posts : 1
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2020/06/05 23:24:32
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/09 23:23:04
(permalink)
I also placed PO at EK for FTW3, as I see they have XC3 blocks.
|
Dwarfy
SSC Member
- Total Posts : 704
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2010/10/27 12:15:17
- Location: South-West UK
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 5
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/10 00:48:15
(permalink)
|
Shai Hulud
New Member
- Total Posts : 11
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2020/10/15 14:37:11
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/10 09:43:59
(permalink)
Dwarfy
I don't know if it's been said before as I didn't read all the thread so I apologize for that, but Alphacool make a FTW3 waterblock
Thanks...guess thats an extra option. And < 40% the cost of the Optimus block I ordered months ago. I sent them an email asking for updated ETA. If they don't give me one I may get the AlphaCool or EK block
|
stryker7314
New Member
- Total Posts : 92
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2012/04/12 16:15:25
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/10 10:46:25
(permalink)
Who's generally considered better EK or Alphacool? I'm leaning toward AC
|
Nereus
Captain Goodvibes
- Total Posts : 18916
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2009/04/09 20:05:53
- Location: Brooklyn, NYC.
- Status: online
- Ribbons : 58
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/10 11:06:38
(permalink)
stryker7314
Who's generally considered better EK or Alphacool? I'm leaning toward AC
EK
|
stryker7314
New Member
- Total Posts : 92
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2012/04/12 16:15:25
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/10 11:11:30
(permalink)
I've read in forums recently that EK has been falling off a bit, and AC's redesign sounds promising with more robust nickel plating, guess at the end of the day it's probably splitting hairs either way. What's currently the best non-liquid metal thermal paste?
post edited by stryker7314 - 2020/12/10 11:24:41
|
snowdemon14
New Member
- Total Posts : 22
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2014/08/09 00:21:29
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/10 11:38:55
(permalink)
Put my order in 
|
Shai Hulud
New Member
- Total Posts : 11
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2020/10/15 14:37:11
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/10 11:44:03
(permalink)
stryker7314
I've read in forums recently that EK has been falling off a bit, and AC's redesign sounds promising with more robust nickel plating, guess at the end of the day it's probably splitting hairs either way.
What's currently the best non-liquid metal thermal paste?
Do you mean a nonconductive and nonmetallic paste or a liquid metal paste? I'm not aware of metal thermal paste that isn't "liquid metal" i.e. conductive metallic. I like Thermal Grizzly kryonaut as a nonconductive paste. If you want a liquid metal paste maybe try conductonaut
|
stryker7314
New Member
- Total Posts : 92
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2012/04/12 16:15:25
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/11 06:39:10
(permalink)
Went with an Alphacool block and their new Subzero thermal grease that's rated at 16W/mK and not electrically conductive.
|
mshasib
New Member
- Total Posts : 13
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2020/07/16 11:24:51
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/11 13:26:07
(permalink)
Have any of y’all checked the EK preorder page for the Nickel+Plexi version. It’s now showing a shipping date of mid-January. Do any of you who have preordered checked with EK if this has changed for all preorders or for just the ones going forward?
|
Shai Hulud
New Member
- Total Posts : 11
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2020/10/15 14:37:11
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/11 19:00:16
(permalink)
Got email back from Optimus, they said they're starting shipping today in the order they were received but I don't know how many they ship per day or where I am in the queue...
|
Hopper64
SSC Member
- Total Posts : 735
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2012/01/02 09:16:21
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/12 08:09:37
(permalink)
mshasib
Have any of y’all checked the EK preorder page for the Nickel+Plexi version. It’s now showing a shipping date of mid-January. Do any of you who have preordered checked with EK if this has changed for all preorders or for just the ones going forward?
I would like to know this too. There’s an assumption it’s for the ones going forward. Don’t know if anyone has spoken with EK on this.
Asus Maximus Z690E i9 12900KS GSkill F5-6000U3636E16GX2-TZ5RK Samsung 980 Pro Corsair AX1600i Asus Strix 3090 OC EKWB Quantum Kinetic TBE 300 and VTX 160 Creative SB X4 Asus ROG XG349C
|
markus_ke
New Member
- Total Posts : 53
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2020/11/23 21:36:00
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/15 01:32:58
(permalink)
Got info/mail from EKWB. I'm on mid Jan. +4 days of send me.
So i think it will be end of Januar.
Markus
|
heslo
New Member
- Total Posts : 24
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2015/08/28 02:31:59
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/15 03:25:23
(permalink)
markus_ke
Got info/mail from EKWB. I'm on mid Jan. +4 days of send me.
So i think it will be end of Januar.
Markus
Got the same email today
|
Nereus
Captain Goodvibes
- Total Posts : 18916
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2009/04/09 20:05:53
- Location: Brooklyn, NYC.
- Status: online
- Ribbons : 58
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/15 03:43:52
(permalink)
markus_ke
Got info/mail from EKWB. I'm on mid Jan. +4 days of send me.
So i think it will be end of Januar.
Markus
Yeah I received an email too. When I ordered, I was given an ETA of January 6th. The email I just received feels a little like I'm being trolled lol.. check it out: I ordered the nickel + plexi FTW3 block, and the nickel FTW3 back plate. The email says they expect my 'product' (doesn't say if they mean the block or the back plate) to be ready late December 2020, and to allow up to 4 business days for my order to be processed during these peak times. "Yay, it's early!" I thought, wrongly. The email then goes on to say, "However, keep in mind that if your order contains another item that was out of stock at the moment you placed the order and hasn’t been back in stock since, the shipping will depend on the other product’s restocking date as well." "Boo, it's delayed!" I thought, sadly. So they have one item ready before I expected (block or back plate, who knows), but the other item is unavailable and they don't know when it will be available, and they won't be shipping anything until it is. Right now, their website has both items listed as expected late January, so I guess that's my new ETA. Awesome. Not. I had to smirk when they wrote, "..the demand for the FTW3 products vastly exceeded our expectations." Yeah, nah. They knew. I spoke to them about it long before pre-ordering was available.
|
Nereus
Captain Goodvibes
- Total Posts : 18916
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2009/04/09 20:05:53
- Location: Brooklyn, NYC.
- Status: online
- Ribbons : 58
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/15 03:48:19
(permalink)
On that note, anyone received anything from OptimusPC? Their website still says Batch 1 in mid-November, and Batch 2 end of November, and I see a post above from 3 days ago that Optimus said they were about to start shipping that day, but to my knowledge nobody has received anything yet. I canceled my order with them (Batch 2) and went with EK. Not sure if that was a good move or not.
post edited by Nereus - 2020/12/15 04:08:13
|
QingFengX
Superclocked Member
- Total Posts : 108
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2020/12/05 10:10:51
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/15 04:11:17
(permalink)
|
Nereus
Captain Goodvibes
- Total Posts : 18916
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2009/04/09 20:05:53
- Location: Brooklyn, NYC.
- Status: online
- Ribbons : 58
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/15 04:19:18
(permalink)
QingFengX
EK blocks
I'm guessing you're trying to increase your post count to 100. Try using this thread.
|
markus_ke
New Member
- Total Posts : 53
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2020/11/23 21:36:00
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/15 04:26:13
(permalink)
Nereus
markus_ke
Got info/mail from EKWB. I'm on mid Jan. +4 days of send me.
So i think it will be end of Januar.
Markus
Yeah I received an email too. When I ordered, I was given an ETA of January 6th. The email I just received feels a little like I'm being trolled lol.. check it out:
I ordered the nickel + plexi FTW3 block, and the nickel FTW3 back plate.
The email says they expect my 'product' (doesn't say if they mean the block or the back plate) to be ready late December 2020, and to allow up to 4 business days for my order to be processed during these peak times.
"Yay, it's early!" I thought, wrongly.
The email then goes on to say, "However, keep in mind that if your order contains another item that was out of stock at the moment you placed the order and hasn’t been back in stock since, the shipping will depend on the other product’s restocking date as well."
"Boo, it's delayed!" I thought, sadly.
So they have one item ready before I expected (block or back plate, who knows), but the other item is unavailable and they don't know when it will be available, and they won't be shipping anything until it is.
Right now, their website has both items listed as expected late January, so I guess that's my new ETA.
Awesome. Not.
I had to smirk when they wrote, "..the demand for the FTW3 products vastly exceeded our expectations." Yeah, nah. They knew. I spoke to them about it long before pre-ordering was available.
same mail on my side. I ordered also Plexi with back plate. I think both parts not available. We expect your EK-Quantum Vector FTW3 RTX 3080/3090 product/-s to be available in mid-January 2021. Please allow up to 4 business days for your order to be processed during these peak times. However, keep in mind that if your order contains another item that was out of stock at the moment you placed the order and hasn’t been back in stock since, the shipping will depend on the other product’s restocking date as well. Aquatuning give a delivery on 9-10 days. don't know if this is correct. But new listed in the shop Markus
|
maytheus
Superclocked Member
- Total Posts : 109
- Reward points : 0
- Joined: 2020/10/14 09:55:23
- Status: offline
- Ribbons : 0
Re: Waterblock for EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Gaming/Ultra ?
2020/12/15 06:06:00
(permalink)
Nereus
markus_ke
Got info/mail from EKWB. I'm on mid Jan. +4 days of send me.
So i think it will be end of Januar.
Markus
Yeah I received an email too. When I ordered, I was given an ETA of January 6th. The email I just received feels a little like I'm being trolled lol.. check it out:
I ordered the nickel + plexi FTW3 block, and the nickel FTW3 back plate.
The email says they expect my 'product' (doesn't say if they mean the block or the back plate) to be ready late December 2020, and to allow up to 4 business days for my order to be processed during these peak times.
"Yay, it's early!" I thought, wrongly.
The email then goes on to say, "However, keep in mind that if your order contains another item that was out of stock at the moment you placed the order and hasn’t been back in stock since, the shipping will depend on the other product’s restocking date as well."
"Boo, it's delayed!" I thought, sadly.
So they have one item ready before I expected (block or back plate, who knows), but the other item is unavailable and they don't know when it will be available, and they won't be shipping anything until it is.
Right now, their website has both items listed as expected late January, so I guess that's my new ETA.
Awesome. Not.
I had to smirk when they wrote, "..the demand for the FTW3 products vastly exceeded our expectations." Yeah, nah. They knew. I spoke to them about it long before pre-ordering was available.
I got the same as you, verbatim. Based on others getting the same email but with times in January I am hopeful the late December target is accurate! You and I got in on the pre-order pretty fast. I do hope the GPU block is better than the EK distro plate I got and am about to pull out and send back. QC on that thing was pretty bad.
ONLINECPU: Intel i9 10900kMB: ASUS ROG Maximus Hero XII ~ PSU: eVGA 1000W T2 TitaniumRAM: 4x8GB G.Skill TridentZ Neo F4-3600C16D-16GTZN CL16-16-16-36Video Card: eVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 UltraCase: Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL w/ Lian Li Unifan Case FansSSDs/HDDs: Sabrent Rocket 500gb PCI 4 NVMe SSD, Sabrent Rocket 2TB PCI 4 NVMe SSDDisplay: LG 34GP83A-B 34" Ultrawide Curved QHD 1440p Monitor @ 144hzMouse: Logitech G900 ~ Mouse Mat: Gamers Nexus Mouse MatKeyboard: Logitech G910 ~ Sound: Schitt Hel External DAC w/ Sennhesier HD6XX Headset and ModmicWatercooling: EK-Quantum Momentum Monoblock; EK GPU Block; Heatkiller Tube Res; EK Rads (PE360 and XE360)
|