MSI Trio 3090 water cooler purchase list

SirConfused · 22 Jan 2021 at 09:28

EK definitely have a model specific to your GPU, looks like it's not reference. Which manufacturer were you looking at a block from? Generally if it's one of the major ones and they're claiming direct compatibility with your exact card then you should be good to go.

Andrew Bond · 22 Jan 2021 at 14:44

Agreed! Just cannot find an EK / Barrow / Alphacool in stock!

KillBoY_UK · 22 Jan 2021 at 15:48

280 in the roof ?

pacegod · 22 Jan 2021 at 15:55

Andrew Bond said:
Agreed! Just cannot find an EK / Barrow / Alphacool in stock!

Theres a shop in France that has the Nickel Acetal for the Trio in stock, not sure if they ship to the UK though.

Andrew Bond · 22 Jan 2021 at 16:09

KillBoY_UK said:
280 in the roof ?

I think that is a possibility - yes. I reckon I could possibly squeeze a 280 in the front as the bulky 3090 cooler will be removed

pacegod said:
Theres a shop in France that has the Nickel Acetal for the Trio in stock, not sure if they ship to the UK though.

+vat+duty+handling :/

pacegod · 31 Jan 2021 at 13:10

I have the ekwb block on my 3080 suprim x, be aware its 174mm from face of MB to plastic shroud on the inlet/outlet block. Won't fit on my 011D, might just fit an 011d XL witht he plastic shroud removed.

Mr Mcgoo · 1 Feb 2021 at 10:50

Damn that 3090 pulls more power than my whole overclocked system at 350watts. What a beast. However, you would be best on a 2x240mm slim rads front and top. While your space restricted you could, at a squeeze, pull it off

Andrew Bond · 1 Feb 2021 at 11:17

Mr Mcgoo said:
Damn that 3090 pulls more power than my whole overclocked system at 350watts. What a beast. However, you would be best on a 2x240mm slim rads front and top. While your space restricted you could, at a squeeze, pull it off

I would have to remove my CPU water cooler and incorporate it in the system.

I guess it could be done.

Getting hold of a waterblock is fun at the minute though!

Mr Mcgoo · 1 Feb 2021 at 19:39

you could do. if your doing the gpu custom loop anyway, might as well add a cpu to the loop

Andrew Bond · 1 Feb 2021 at 22:58

I guess , I guess .

Been getting some inspiration from youtube tonight ..

cammmy · 2 Feb 2021 at 10:07

I have the same card. If you aren't opposed to a little case modding, you could go external like I have.

My loop is pretty dated with the soft tubing and barbs but it's worked for 10 years so I've never justified the expense of moving to hard-line just for aesthetics (I would need a new pump as well).

I'm hoping the waterblocks become available soon as I want the same one.

Andrew Bond · 2 Feb 2021 at 10:53

I am thinking external might be my route forward.

cammmy · 2 Feb 2021 at 11:01

Cool, the more difficult way is what I've done, where you space the rad from the case so it's completey isolated. Neither drawing warm air from it nor heating it with the exhaust. You could just cut a huge hole and have the rad draw air from the case, which would be easier.

Grim5 · 3 Feb 2021 at 19:58

cammmy said:
I have the same card. If you aren't opposed to a little case modding, you could go external like I have.

My loop is pretty dated with the soft tubing and barbs but it's worked for 10 years so I've never justified the expense of moving to hard-line just for aesthetics (I would need a new pump as well).

I'm hoping the waterblocks become available soon as I want the same one.

That's some old school as loop, you've been doing custom loops for a long time

cammmy · 4 Feb 2021 at 09:45

Ha ha, pretty much. I built my first loop in like '08 (and the original rad was an auto-trans cooler). Moved to the UK in '12, then when I was home a couple years ago I decided to bring all my gear and fittings out. I looked at hard-line but struggled to justify spending hundreds purely for aesthetics. I have a mate who's a gas plumber though, so may go copper hard-line.

cammmy · 10 Feb 2021 at 11:42

Does anyone have any insight on when the alphacool block will be available? I contacted them but never got a response and the site has changed from "expected in 1-2 days" to just "overdue"

Jay85 · 10 Feb 2021 at 15:21

Andrew Bond said:
I am thinking external might be my route forward.

If you're going external i would highly recommend going for a large radiator with Quick disconnects.

Andrew Bond · 10 Feb 2021 at 15:41

cammmy said:
Does anyone have any insight on when the alphacool block will be available? I contacted them but never got a response and the site has changed from "expected in 1-2 days" to just "overdue"

I am struggling as well. I nearly committed to purchasing but until I can get a date I am not interested.

Jay85 said:
If you're going external i would highly recommend going for a large radiator with Quick disconnects.

This is my plan! I quite fancy the look of the Alphacool Eiswand 360 CPU, Ill remove my Corsair unit and go for the Alphacool CPU + GPU + inbuilt reservoir solution I think

Andrew Bond · 11 Feb 2021 at 15:11

cammmy said:
Does anyone have any insight on when the alphacool block will be available? I contacted them but never got a response and the site has changed from "expected in 1-2 days" to just "overdue"

Delivery in 8-9 days apparently.

cammmy · 12 Feb 2021 at 10:54

Nice one, thanks. I have another problem now though. Yesterday I went to Ryzen 5000 but my riser cable is only gen 3. So I have to directly connect the card to the Mobo pcie and set the slot to gen 3. If I reset the BIOS I lose the setting. I can physically get the card into the slot currently, but once watercooled and with hard-line, that won't be possible. Gen 4 cables are rare and expensive, so i'me trying to find cheap USB or NVME graphics just to allow BIOS config. Be aware of this if you use a vertical mount