Best block for MSI 1080 Armor OC

Hi guys, just looking for some suggestions, user experience etc on what's the best block to use on my MSI 1080 Armor .OC.

Cheers

The Only one I have tried is the EK water block and this is a very good block. I think bitspower do one which I have not tried but you cant really fail with EK.

Robbie_G said:

The Only one I have tried is the EK water block and this is a very good block. I think bitspower do one which I have not tried but you cant really fail with EK.

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Going to guess about 99% of the people here that will have used one are also EK... That goes for all GPUs probably.

Not all block manufacturers will have one that fits that card. As for the EK blocks, you need one of the EK-FC1080 GTX TF6 blocks for that card. Personally I have abandoned EK after the abysmal support I recieved earlier in the year on blocks that where leaking and still in warranty. I have replaced my EK gpu block with a Aquacomputer Kryographic which just look's gorgeous.

Love the look and build quality of the Aquacomputer stuff

I'd love a Aqua block guys, just not available for my gpu it seems, Ek blocks I've used before, but the tf6 doesn't look like it covers the whole card.

That's the only block that fits the card. Check out EK's cooling configurator.


Unfortunately Aquacomputer only seem to be making blocks for reference cards at the moment. That is a shame because now that they use jetplates the performance is excellent.

uksoldierboy said:

Hi guys, just looking for some suggestions, user experience etc on what's the best block to use on my MSI 1080 Armor .OC.

Cheers

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I use the pre-filled* EK waterblock for the Armor and the back plate, superb product. (*using a Predator 360).
(Use their configuration for the exact model should be the same at the Gaming X one).

Please note it needs 1 more step to install it that is not described in the manual. You have to removed the "Armor" shroud after you remove the heat sink. There are 2 screws near the front plate there the monitor connections are.



The shroud is this black plate covering half the VRAM and the VRMs



Use a tiny dot of the EK paste to the VRMs and VRAM to hold the pads and for better cooling. And just do an X on the GPU.

I would advice having a fan to blow air on the board, because some electonics near the powerplug are left out. Just in case if you do not have a direct air flow around that area.