ek's new magnitude am4 nickel/plexi £179.99
got one from ocuk luckily was only 3 in stock when i bought one (i had the ek velocity am4 block before)-
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3900x massive temp spikes under watercooling
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ek's new magnitude am4 nickel/plexi £179.99
got one from ocuk luckily was only 3 in stock when i bought one (i had the ek velocity am4 block before)
I have the Velocity at the mo..180 notes is a lot for a blockek's new magnitude am4 nickel/plexi £179.99
yeah it is a lot of money but if you read up on them they are individually made from a single block of material, lot of RnD, especially the am4 blocks, they are made for the chiplet design of said chips
Looks like you had the last one...
i placed the order on Sunday and there were 3 looked early Monday and all were gone, so yeah very lucky to get one
, if you check ek's website, the eta is mid april for more 
Was looking to get one later this weeki placed the order on Sunday and there were 3 looked early Monday and all were gone, so yeah very lucky to get one
Just comparing between ek and optimus right now.
Was looking to get one later this week
Just comparing between ek and optimus right now.
overclockers have different models of the block i got (mine was the nickel/plexi version)
they have
3 of the Nickel + Acetal (am4)
2 of the full Nickel (am4)
2 of the Copper + Acetal (am4)
now mine has had time to bed in my ccd temps are almost identical (ccd1@34 degrees, ccd2 @36 degrees) which is epic and load temps are with in 5 degrees of each other (70.3 degrees under load) and most importantly no temp spikes, it always stays at above temps at idle.
yes they are expensive but I'm pretty impressed plus they do look good
Did you compare ek vs optimus before deciding which to go for?overclockers have different models of the block i got (mine was the nickel/plexi version)
they have
3 of the Nickel + Acetal (am4)
2 of the full Nickel (am4)
2 of the Copper + Acetal (am4)
now mine has had time to bed in my ccd temps are almost identical (ccd1@34 degrees, ccd2 @36 degrees) which is epic and load temps are with in 5 degrees of each other (70.3 degrees under load) and most importantly no temp spikes, it always stays at above temps at idle.
yes they are expensive but I'm pretty impressed plus they do look good
I heard optimus do better but ek looks nice!
i've always gone for ek, never used any other brand tbh, had a quick look at optimus products they do look good but until you said about them I've never heard of them.
i had the velocity block from ek prior to getting the magnitude, my temps on my 3900x were crap for some reason but switching to the new magnitude block and my cpu is lovely and cool at idle and under load (have a 4.4ghz all core oc @ 1.3v and max temp is 70.3 degrees with the new block, vs 83.8 degrees on the old velocity block)
edit looking closer at the optimus blocks they have a similar design to the ek velocity blocks (how the jet plate and fin array is configured) the magnitude on the other hand has a machined fin array and the jet plate assembly is unique to the am4 socket so the processors get the best flow of coolant over the chiplets.
i suppose its down to personal preference, if you like optimus then go for that one, probably be cheaper too
i had the velocity block from ek prior to getting the magnitude, my temps on my 3900x were crap for some reason but switching to the new magnitude block and my cpu is lovely and cool at idle and under load (have a 4.4ghz all core oc @ 1.3v and max temp is 70.3 degrees with the new block, vs 83.8 degrees on the old velocity block)
edit looking closer at the optimus blocks they have a similar design to the ek velocity blocks (how the jet plate and fin array is configured) the magnitude on the other hand has a machined fin array and the jet plate assembly is unique to the am4 socket so the processors get the best flow of coolant over the chiplets.
i suppose its down to personal preference, if you like optimus then go for that one, probably be cheaper too
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That is some really good performance there!
That is some really good performance there!
i'm not sure why the drop was so much but i'm not complaining at stock (idle) my chip runs around 34 degrees flat no temp spikes as before
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Btw, can I ask what did you run to get your max temp? 70.3 with the new block.
ran the built in cpu-z benchmark test, and a couple of runs of 3dmark (timespy and firestrike) for some reason cinebench always crashes even at stock speed when i was playing around, not sure if my ram is set too aggressively, tbh setting it back to 18,22,22,42 doesn't help , but gaming is total fine, hell the cpu runs cooler peaking around 62-65 degrees normally (thats at the 4.4ghz oc)
ran the cpu-z benchmark on the old block and saw the ridiculous temps, but i was on the latest bios for my mobo, after i rolled back things got better but not much until the new block was installed
, but gaming is total fine, hell the cpu runs cooler peaking around 62-65 degrees normally (thats at the 4.4ghz oc)ran the cpu-z benchmark on the old block and saw the ridiculous temps, but i was on the latest bios for my mobo, after i rolled back things got better but not much until the new block was installed
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