Nvidia 30X0 series waterblocks

Sc00p007 · 28 Oct 2020 at 14:01

Quare Crack said:
I am in a similar position with my 3090 FE. I don't want to fit it without a water block because that would mean draining the loop to fit it when it eventually arrives. I am also waiting on 5950x to be available. (First time build so I have no other GPU or CPU).

Better looking at it (3090 FE) than looking for it however!

Haha yes, you're right there. It is a thing of beauty

kinda don't want to put a block on for that reason.

Quare Crack · 28 Oct 2020 at 14:08

Sc00p007 said:
Haha yes, you're right there. It is a thing of beauty kinda don't want to put a block on for that reason.

It really is lovely in real life and feels very high quality.

Jay85 · 28 Oct 2020 at 17:21

Just gonna throw it out there, who's gonna sell or cancel their 3090 for a 6900xt?

i mean £500 ish in savings could buy some decent hardware.

haszek · 28 Oct 2020 at 17:49

Will get you this new 5900X to pair it together

If they worked with EK, like they say, ppl who get radeon will still probably watercool it quicker than us with FE :rolleyes:

Jay85 · 28 Oct 2020 at 18:11

haszek said:
Will get you this new 5900X to pair it together

If they worked with EK, like they say, ppl who get radeon will still probably watercool it quicker than us with FE

Lets put this into perspective:

Sell RTX 3090 with waterblock - £1650?

Buy 6900xt - £950
Buy 5900x - £530
Buy compatible board - £200
Total £1680 ish

Tempting right? Lets see what proper reviews say first though.

Not to mention i can sell my board and cpu for a few bob as well.

Radox-0 · 28 Oct 2020 at 18:13

Jay85 said:
Just gonna throw it out there, who's gonna sell or cancel their 3090 for a 6900xt? i mean £500 ish in savings could buy some decent hardware.

I may

Literally got the 3090 FE on order for delivery tomorrow apparently (STRIX was AWOL), but with that said keeping it has dependency on EK block as I have 2 slot ITX case. If EK block reduces size down then will keep it, if not then back it goes! Hopefully EK do show there hand within next few days though! should have been end of month for EK block

Jay85 · 28 Oct 2020 at 18:17

Radox-0 said:
I may

Literally got the 3090 FE on order for delivery tomorrow apparently (STRIX was AWOL), but with that said keeping it has dependency on EK block as I have 2 slot ITX case. If EK block reduces size down then will keep it, if not then back it goes! Hopefully EK do show there hand within next few days though! should have been end of month for EK block

It's taking way way too long for EK to drop a block for the FE cards, i do wonder why its taking so long tbh... Maybe they're doing some trickery to cool the backplate as well.

OC2000 · 28 Oct 2020 at 19:32

Jay85 said:
It's taking way way too long for EK to drop a block for the FE cards, i do wonder why its taking so long tbh... Maybe they're doing some trickery to cool the backplate as well.

i got an email from EK today apologizing for the delay and offering a 10% discount on my next purchase and a guarantee it would be shipping on 20th of Nov (Strix WB) valid until April 2021

Quare Crack · 28 Oct 2020 at 19:51

OC2000 said:
i got an email from EK today apologizing for the delay and offering a 10% discount on my next purchase and a guarantee it would be shipping on 20th of Nov (Strix WB) valid until April 2021

That's because Strix was meant to be ready by mid-October and has been pushed back until end of November (probably following LTT review that pointed out a few terrible shortcomings in design).

FE has had nothing since start September apart from a few comments on socials saying 'end of October'.

Frubeling · 28 Oct 2020 at 21:13

Quare Crack said:
That's because Strix was meant to be ready by mid-October and has been pushed back until end of November (probably following LTT review that pointed out a few terrible shortcomings in design).

FE has had nothing since start September apart from a few comments on socials saying 'end of October'.

I gotta say, missing those two huge components was a bit of a ridiculous oversight on EK's part

OC2000 · 29 Oct 2020 at 07:45

Just got a new reply from EK saying those who pre-ordered the Strix WB will be shipped next week, those on the 24th Sept will be shipped on the 13th Nov and those after will be shipped at the end of November

Frubeling · 29 Oct 2020 at 14:49

Jay85 said:
Just gonna throw it out there, who's gonna sell or cancel their 3090 for a 6900xt? i mean £500 ish in savings could buy some decent hardware.

Unlikely, I'd rather just scrounge together another £500 and then buy other stuff

OC2000 said:
Just got a new reply from EK saying those who pre-ordered the Strix WB will be shipped next week, those on the 24th Sept will be shipped on the 13th Nov and those after will be shipped at the end of November

Now I wish I'd just gone ahead and ordered one. It's the one thing holding me back from transplanting my PC into a new case with a new loop

Jay85 · 29 Oct 2020 at 15:08

Frubeling said:
Unlikely, I'd rather just scrounge together another £500 and then buy other stuff

Now I wish I'd just gone ahead and ordered one. It's the one thing holding me back from transplanting my PC into a new case with a new loop

I pondered over night and decided nah no point lol. However i've cancelled my 3080 pre order and gonna put that towards the new ryzen 9 5900x with a new board as well. Should see some nice gains from that instead.

Frubeling · 29 Oct 2020 at 15:18

Jay85 said:
I pondered over night and decided nah no point lol. However i've cancelled my 3080 pre order and gonna put that towards the new ryzen 9 5900x with a new board as well. Should see some nice gains from that instead.

I've already prepared my shopping cart for Zen3
Ordered a monoblock for my board and the processor directly from EK because no stock here. Assuming Hitachi will let me apply for a second loan when I haven't paid off my current one I'll probably just go ahead and order the 5950x and most of a full new build. Still can't believe how much that O11D XL distro plate costs but I have my heart set on it. Those daisy chain Lian-Li fans I want may be an issue. Nowhere has stock

RexAlba · 29 Oct 2020 at 17:03

Seems like stock is an issue for just about everything right now! Bloody annoying.

3t3P · 29 Oct 2020 at 17:29

How did EK miss two capacitors?!

Jay85 · 29 Oct 2020 at 17:53

3t3P said:
How did EK miss two capacitors?!

Obviously someone didn't go to specsavers :cool:

OC2000 · 29 Oct 2020 at 18:45

Frubeling said:
Now I wish I'd just gone ahead and ordered one. It's the one thing holding me back from transplanting my PC into a new case with a new loop

unless there are stock delays / mass ordering and queue system of the 5950x, the EK water block will be the only thing holding me back from switching cases too

Toothy1911 · 29 Oct 2020 at 19:09

@Jay85 Your build got shared by Lian-Li

https://www.facebook.com/100644210090616/posts/1797442983744055

Quare Crack · 29 Oct 2020 at 19:17

OC2000 said:
unless there are stock delays / mass ordering and queue system of the 5950x, the EK water block will be the only thing holding me back from switching cases too

I am in a similar position - everything either partially built or in a box on my shelf waiting on 5950x and 3090 FE block. I have even test fitted the monoblock, measured and bent the tubes and dissembled it all again. The extra time (and boredom) did give me the opportunity to go crazy with cable management though! 10 EK Vardar d-rgb fans creates a lot of spaghetti to organise - but at least they can be daisy chained. I tested the fans the other night to check they all worked, geez 10 of them running full tilt fairly cooled my room down fast! Hopefully they will never run that hard when their RPM is being managed.