My blocks showed up today!
 

 

 

 
DHL handed off to USPS and to my surprise, they actually showed up early.  Wasn't expecting them until early next week.  The last year in general has been terrible for me as far as receiving orders via USPS, but this time, and my previous EKWB order, both showed up ahead of schedule.  Luck of the draw I guess.

just got mine too i guess we in the same batch
 

Hey Guys, first time water Cooling and trying to figure out if I have to go through the pain of draining my loop and opening/tightening the water block some more or maybe change out the pads. My main components are in my signature as for what I have set up and water cooling parts below. Will mention the case I have is an open air case as well. 
So main thing is that this does seem abit too hot for the memory on the back but haven't really seen anyone else's numbers to compare against. I'm currently running stock clocks since I wanted to get a base line before I tried any OC. 

• EK - CoolStream Classic PE 360 x2
• K-Quantum Kinetic TBE 300 D5 PWM D-RGB - Plex
• Front and Active Back Plate for ftw3 with the revised standoffs
• x3 EK Vader Fans on both Radiators

 
GPU Temps - Tested with port royal
Idle: (GPU)27.8-30C (Mem)  36-38c (water) 29c 
Load: (GPU)57.8C (Mem)  74c (water) 37c-38c
Pump set to about 70% (still experimenting on where I want to adjust this)
Fans are set to 100% when water temp hits 35c 
(clockspeed) 1950 (memclock) 1219
 
 
This is at the 450 Watt Range ( 119% on power slider in msi after burner)
 
Edit: added wattage and clock speeds
 
Thanks for any info and tips as someone's first attempt at water cooling!

 

Jinatsuu
Hey Guys, first time water Cooling and trying to figure out if I have to go through the pain of draining my loop and opening/tightening the water block some more or maybe change out the pads. My main components are in my signature as for what I have set up and water cooling parts below. Will mention the case I have is an open air case as well. 
So main thing is that this does seem abit too hot for the memory on the back but haven't really seen anyone else's numbers to compare against. I'm currently running stock clocks since I wanted to get a base line before I tried any OC. 

• EK - CoolStream Classic PE 360 x2
• K-Quantum Kinetic TBE 300 D5 PWM D-RGB - Plex
• Front and Active Back Plate for ftw3 with the revised standoffs
• x3 EK Vader Fans on both Radiators

 
GPU Temps - Tested with port royal
Idle: (GPU)27.8-30C (Mem)  36-38c (water) 29c 
Load: (GPU)57.8C (Mem)  74c (water) 37c-38c
Pump set to about 70% (still experimenting on where I want to adjust this)
Fans are set to 100% when water temp hits 35c 
(clockspeed) 1950 (memclock) 1219
 
 
This is at the 450 Watt Range ( 119% on power slider in msi after burner)
 
Edit: added wattage and clock speeds
 
Thanks for any info and tips as someone's first attempt at water cooling!

 

It's not horrible but can be a little better if you tighten the screws more after the pads are warmed up.

At 35C my memory junction temperature is at 60C or lower. My GPU temperature is 18-20C over my water.

Has anyone used liquid metal with this block? Worth the trouble?

bjohannes1984
Has anyone used liquid metal with this block? Worth the trouble?

I would like to see the results myself. This block and the HC has poor mounting pressure compared to other blocks.

It's possible liquid metal might even be a disaster since it requires good mounting pressure to work well.

Alright, was indeed able to tighten some screws even though two got stripped. I turned up the pump speed as well to get the bubbles out but thought I'd try a port royal stress test as well and seems like memory Temps stabilized around the 60c to the 62c range. Pretty happy with that and will deal with the strip screws later if I need to get back in there lol.

bjohannes1984
Has anyone used liquid metal with this block? Worth the trouble?

Never tried liquid metal on my GPU's..  Been using KPx mostly these days.  

Jinatsuu
Alright, was indeed able to tighten some screws even though two got stripped. I turned up the pump speed as well to get the bubbles out but thought I'd try a port royal stress test as well and seems like memory Temps stabilized around the 60c to the 62c range. Pretty happy with that and will deal with the strip screws later if I need to get back in there lol.

Did you use the right Phillips size? Or over side too small?

Yea, it was the right head this time around at least lol. Either way, seems like the screws are very brittle