Between 145 and 120.
Depends on the ram overclock i am messing with at the time.
With my card i am not able to get 150 stable, whichever way, concerning port royal.
 
I am currently testing the "max boost" button on the lower right corner of PX1.
It seems to need a different kind of powertweak (Long-Haul edition).
The undervolter topic comes to mind thinking about optimal settings for it.

I got mine on the 10th, Beast card.

I have been fighting with this EK AIO all evening to try & get the mounting pressure right, followed the instructions, I think the brackets were bent or something... I feel like I finally got it on there right, but temps aren't any better than the 280MM I had on there before.  Exhausted, so I'm going to wait until tomorrow, remount it again, and if temps still aren't better, I'm just gonna return it for a refund.
Sucks because the Fans/RGB headers are a very nice change from the Thermaltake RGB controllers I had to use before... but I can't justify spending $160 on an AIO & not seeing any change in temperatures.  If anything it's STILL running slightly warmer, so I think mounting pressure might still be an issue.  It's way better than it was, before I was thermally throttling under AIDA64 load at STOCK, now it's NOT throttling at 5GHz, but it's getting in to the mid 90s, which is worse than the 280mm AIO I had on it before, which maxed out in the low 90s.
I'm hoping re-bending the brackets back "out" more so they're adding a bit more force will work.  The only other thing I can think of is bubbles being stuck in the CPU block, that would also require unmounting it to fix as I'd need to flip it over (tubes are coming out of the bottom currently).

powermix24
I got mine on the 10th, Beast card.

Nice lookin' setup!
 

markuaw1
how long do you have to run  AIDA64 to see temps in the mid 90s ? 

It wasn't instantaneous, but within like the first 30 seconds.  The first time I mounted it it was super quick, but that was from the paste making almost no total-contact... I have a picture of just how bad it was somewhere... It was the worst I've ever seen, only the top bit actually made real contact, the rest of it was so "light" that the paste wasn't even fully disturbed on the block when I removed it. 
 
I redid it AGAIN in the last 2 hours and it seems to finally be happy.  Load temps are now LOWER than the 280mm AIO was, slightly, which is what I was originally expecting.  Now it's idling in the mid-to-high 20s Celsius & peaking at about 85-89C under CPU/FPU/Cache load which is AVX heavy stuff, vs the old AIO was getting 91-94C under the same load... granted that was peaks during a full hour of testing, whereas the 85-89C was during about 2 minutes... but I'll run a full hour of it when I'm not eager to do ANYTHING but worry about this lol
 
I now have the tubes coming out of the CPU block oriented "up" which unfortunately means one of the connectors is sort of making contact with one of the VRM heatsinks at one corner, but I don't think that should be a serious issue seeing as my VRMs only get in to the mid-to-high 40s if I'm under very heavy CPU load.  It looks a bit janky, but it's working now.  Got the RGB all coordinated & the fans are plugged in to individual motherboard headers instead of using a stupid splitter, for now... if I keep this AIO which I'm still on the fence about until I give it a more thorough test, I will end up buying a fan controller hub for all those fans so there's only one "PWM control" wire coming out to the motherboard instead of having "7" 4-pin connectors plugged in to it (6 fans + the CPU block pump wire).
 
Witness tha jank:
 

Sixtus23
Congrats ! Give the paste a couple of powercycles time. It will only get better !
 
 
brainfart directly from the saltmines:
 
Maybe you simply have gaps the paste is not optimized for ?
The viscosity of the paste could be checked by using a vastly different one (looser vs harder)
 
ps: You have bent it back once now. Kinda still ok.
      But you'll get nowhere if it needs you to do it again.
    

I thought that was the problem, mounting pressure or unevenness etc... that's why I unmounted it the last time, the temps were "decent" that time, but there was still oddities in the paste when it was removed again, it seemed like the top & bottom were fine but parts of the middle somehow had bad contact?  I was so confused by that, then I discovered the brackets themselves apparently were flipped compared to how they "should" be, and that OR the re-orientation of the block, or a combination of both, seems to have fixed it.
I'm hoping as the paste "cures" it gets even better temps wise, but I won't hold my breathe.  If it just maintains the slight temperature improvement it's giving me now, I'll at least be less unhappy about the purchase.  I'm still debating returning it TBH, especially when considering the fact that I'm planning to get a Hybrid card again, which means I have to fit that AIO's radiator somewhere as well.
I'm gonna give it a few days of use to "cure" the paste etc, then run a hard AVX load again & see what the temps are with similar ambients to the last time I ran it.
 
This is the OLD AIO's numbers at 5GHz 1.31V for an hour under the AVX load of CPU/FPU/Cache all at once in AIDA 64:

 
So my previous statement of "94C" is actually erroneous I guess on the old AIO... and that means the new one is not really doing any better, actually... if that's the case when I restest it in a few days, it's likely going back.
Which really sucks because like I said, the aRGB header support of the Vardar S fans, and the fans themselves, is really nice & much easier wiring everything up than the Thermaltake Riing/Controller wiring.  But I can't see spending $160 on a new AIO just for looks, and having a 360mm actually significantly makes it harder for me to mount the AIO of any Hybrid card I get later... whereas with a 280mm AIO for the CPU, I'm fairly certain I could cram a 240mm rad from the GPU up top as well, they'd just be a tight fit.
I should've just went with the full on open loop starter kit EK sells, at least then I'd be able to put the radiator wherever I want it instead of being limited by tube length.  Might still do that if I return this unit.  I may see if the other computer person I know locally wants to buy it, fully disclosing the fact that the temps are "normal/good" but not excellent, etc.
I just didn't want to fork out $419+ on a full on open loop setup for just the CPU if I could help it, but it's looking like that's what I should've done instead of trying to stick to the AIO route.

Have Fun !
 
ps: Come monday dial your llc down a peg and compensate with +0.03ish more vcore if really needed.
      I'll bet a german bratwurst against  ... anything from popeyes really, that your temps will go down a tad.
     
    

So I just found this out, apparently I'm the #4 score in da wurld for my system setup?  That's kinda spiffy:
 

 
Currently waiting on the AIO to get returned to EK & them to send the new one out.
I think I'm just going to resell it to a friend that's interested when it arrives then wait & get the full open loop starter kit.
The AIO was a special deal where it came with 6 fans instead of 3, so I'm in essence getting 3 fans for free :-D Those fans are sick by the way, I wouldn't say they're worth the $80 that they sell for a 3 pack, but they're very good.  They move a lot of air at even 50% (at which they are basically whisper quiet), and the RGB on them is awesome, not to bright but very vibrant.
Also working on optimizing fan arrangement, though I'm going to have to start over once I get a Hybrid 3080 in the system of course, as that will change the flow-profile having another radiator in the case... but here's a look:
 

 
I really gotta find a good glass cleaner for this tempered glass too, it's kinda foggy at the moment.