managerman
Hello!  Thanks for this new FTW3 EK block thread.  I have two Revision 1 3090 FTW3 EK blocks that I installed back in April on my two EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra cards.  After installing the blocks, I tested each card and they performed fantastic (temps, benchmarking, etc) .  I am about ready to permanently install them in a brand new build, Is it worth it to remove the blocks and replace the standoffs on the blocks if I have no issues at this point? Could the card or block "move" and cause the current larger standoffs to hit the card components that caused the short outs??  Or maybe the tolerances are ok on my two cards and blocks???  TIA.
 
-M

It really is the $1M question right.. Mine as well had no issues with my 3080 since initial install back in March....but knowing I am swapping out for a 3080Ti I went ahead and had the 3 new standoffs shipped to me ....but took it one step further and ordered the new version 2 Block ...only reasoning with new ver 2 block is I know that the EK Engineering team would have had a very close look at all the clearances / tolerances etc....if recycling your old ver 1 Block I would suggest installing the new standoffs...

good news no ned to wait till first week of next month no more, just recieved an email for the ek active front and backplate that should have it by this wed should be able to give an update on how much a difference is from a hybrid to a active front and back waterblock.

richard203
good news no ned to wait till first week of next month no more, just recieved an email for the ek active front and backplate that should have it by this wed should be able to give an update on how much a difference is from a hybrid to a active front and back waterblock.

I've seen reports from 3090 users, their rear memory junction temperatures are around 60C which matches my junction temperatures of my 3080 Ti. Results sound promising. 

I just received the active backplate yesterday. I have installed it. It is pretty simple to do. I will be putting it in the system later today.

earlmarinus
I just received the active backplate yesterday. I have installed it. It is pretty simple to do. I will be putting it in the system later today.

Make sure you torque the screws down pretty well. I have seen other users get bad results because they didn't. 

KingEngineRevUp

earlmarinus
I just received the active backplate yesterday. I have installed it. It is pretty simple to do. I will be putting it in the system later today.

Make sure you torque the screws down pretty well. I have seen other users get bad results because they didn't. 

I have made sure torque down best I can get them with Phillips head. I will post my temps as soon as get some time to get this back together.

earlmarinus

KingEngineRevUp

earlmarinus
I just received the active backplate yesterday. I have installed it. It is pretty simple to do. I will be putting it in the system later today.

Make sure you torque the screws down pretty well. I have seen other users get bad results because they didn't. 

I have made sure torque down best I can get them with Phillips head. I will post my temps as soon as get some time to get this back together.

Thank you. Can you please share pictures of your build as well? that would be cool. 

KingEngineRevUp

earlmarinus

KingEngineRevUp

earlmarinus
I just received the active backplate yesterday. I have installed it. It is pretty simple to do. I will be putting it in the system later today.

Make sure you torque the screws down pretty well. I have seen other users get bad results because they didn't. 

I have made sure torque down best I can get them with Phillips head. I will post my temps as soon as get some time to get this back together.

Thank you. Can you please share pictures of your build as well? that would be cool. 

Well it is going to be a week or two for that. Motherboard was acting up and displaying code 00 so something wrong with MB. I did test the card in another PC and it is booting and temps are good for now but not much of a test. As soon as I get motherboard back from RMA I will take pics once it is all together.
This is my current rig:
Gigabyte TRX40 Aorus Xtreme
8 1 TB Sabrent NVME Drives
EVGA FTW3 3090 Ultra
Patriot DDR 3600 256 GB of Ram
All EKWB Water Cooling parts.

It sucks that MB acted up but there is a problem with this MB and the USB Controller frying out. I think this is what happen so had to RMA.

So I have finished the assembly of my 3080 Ti today but I am not so happy with the temperatures. The delta is jumping immediately to 15C after the 1st second of full load and constantly climbs close to 20C. i have seen reviews showing 8-10C delta for this block, do I have a contact issue? This jump start from 25C to 40C in the 1st second is really unusual, I never had this on my past cards....
 
Ron
 
 
(I'm using an external radiator in case of confusion ;) ) 

Ronchan411
So I have finished the assembly of my 3080 Ti today but I am not so happy with the temperatures. The delta is jumping immediately to 15C after the 1st second of full load and constantly climbs close to 20C. i have seen reviews showing 8-10C delta for this block, do I have a contact issue? This jump start from 25C to 40C in the 1st second is really unusual, I never had this on my past cards....
 
Ron
 
 
(I'm using an external radiator in case of confusion ;) ) 

I am 18-20C delta over my water and that appears to be the norm. My memory is 55-60C max. 
 
What is your temperature over water?