5090 & waterblock

Andy D

Andy D

Andy D

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A suggestion for 5090 block for those that have fitted one please
Been waiting for notification and some luck to grab a 5090 FE since launch but lately the price of AIBs seems to be getting close to normality. So thinking maybe a Palit, Gainward, or MSI Ventus will do especially as the 5090FE sounds a right pain to take apart. My 4090FE was a 10 minute job. Have. Corsair block on that atm.
But I can’t find any waterblocks anywhere in stock.
So have people been getting in a queue for those too? I don’t really care for looks as I don’t have it mounted on a riser
 
The cheapest blocks would be by alphacool and bykski (not sold on oc.uk).
Heatkiller blocks looks very nice, but ilthe availability is not there.
Ive gone with cheapest MSI 5090 ventus and alphacool block.
From what i know alphacool is now focused to get 9070xt blocks produced and shipped to the customers.
5090 reference block is still in stock
5090 reference
 
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loonyk said:
The cheapest blocks would be by alphacool and bykski (not sold on oc.uk).
Heatkiller blocks looks very nice, but ilthe availability is not there.
Ive gone with cheapest MSI 5090 ventus and alphacool block.
From what i know alphacool is now focused to get 9070xt blocks produced and shipped to the customers.
5090 reference block is still in stock
5090 reference
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Great, thanks.
I’ve pre-ordered a Ventus from OC. If it comes before anything else is in stock I’ll order the Alphacool block
 
The availability of blocks has been disappointing, especially founders. I went for a Heatkiller block, ordered 30/01 first 10 mins of preorder and just received it this morning. Looking at the website now says 6 weeks for delivery if ordered today.
 
Andy D said:
Great, thanks.
I’ve pre-ordered a Ventus from OC. If it comes before anything else is in stock I’ll order the Alphacool block
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you can always get block first and if you get different gpu then you can sell it. I found myself in situation when ventus was in stock so i bought it and then found that no waterblocks available. Preordered it from alphacool, with 2 weeks lead time, and then next day i received 5090, overclockers got waterblocks in stock. IT's been a journey!
 
Andy D said:
Great, thanks.
I’ve pre-ordered a Ventus from OC. If it comes before anything else is in stock I’ll order the Alphacool block
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I brought a block for the ventus. Hopeing to grab one one on another site with my 1800 voucher then the price jumped to 2300 sod that ordered other stuff with voucher.

Preordered the ventus from OCUK then gibbo dropped that palit deal ventus cancelled and pallit should be with me tomorrow 1880 what a deal also ordered the heatkiller block direct cheaper too.

Sugest you do the same.

Also whats with the lack of waterblocks
 
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On the Alphacool website it states:

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Alphacool Core Geforce RTX 5090 Reference with Backplate​

Inno3D GeForce RTX™ 5090 iChill Frostbite

Inno3D GeForce RTX™ 5090 iChill X3

Inno3D GeForce RTX™ 5090 X3

Inno3D GeForce RTX™ 5090 X3 OC

MSI GeForce RTX™ 5090 32G VENTUS 3X OC
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But on Overclockers it is just :
Compatibility:
- Inno3D Inno3D GeForce RTX™ 5090 iChill Frostbite (C50903-32D7X-1759FB)
- Inno3D Inno3D GeForce RTX™ 5090 iChill X3 (C50903-32D7X-175967H)
- Inno3D Inno3D GeForce RTX™ 5090 X3 (N50903-32D7-17593928)
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So I am just not sure
 
Andy D said:
On the Alphacool website it states:

But on Overclockers it is just :

So I am just not sure
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Wouldn't be first time i have seen incomplete
Compatibility information on ocuk
Don't think my 3080ti block and active backplate
Even listed a 3080ti as compatible
But EK did list it and obviously it did actually fit

Best bet probably email alphacool support directly
And ask them
 
Heatkiller arrived last month great block min 33 @ 27 ambient gaming highest ive seen 50 @ 27 ambient. will be lower now wheathers cooled
 
It was really straightforward. Took the screws off the bracket around the ports. Screws off holding the fan assembly. Unplugged the 3 molex cables (just carefully prised each side of each cable till they unplugged). Unscrewed the 4 screws holding the bracket behind the GPU.
Took off all the heat sink pads and cleaned the ICs and cleaned the GPU using isopropyl.
In the box were new pads to replace the old (need to remove plastic both sides). Put paste on GPU.
Fit block, the new bracket around ports , and 2 screws as shown in instructions and turn over. Fit extra heat sink pads were instructions show behind PCB. Then fit the screws holding backplate.

Pulling the old large metal heatsink away from the board seemed ‘dodgy’ but it was just the old pads and GPU heatsink paste holding it stuck
 
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Icemancooler are releasing their non-FE PCB blocks about now for those using other AIBs
 
Andy D said:
It was really straightforward. Took the screws off the bracket around the ports. Screws off holding the fan assembly. Unplugged the 3 molex cables (just carefully prised each side of each cable till they unplugged). Unscrewed the 4 screws holding the bracket behind the GPU.
Took off all the heat sink pads and cleaned the ICs and cleaned the GPU using isopropyl.
In the box were new pads to replace the old (need to remove plastic both sides). Put paste on GPU.
Fit block, the new bracket around ports , and 2 screws as shown in instructions and turn over. Fit extra heat sink pads were instructions show behind PCB. Then fit the screws holding backplate.

Pulling the old large metal heatsink away from the board seemed ‘dodgy’ but it was just the old pads and GPU heatsink paste holding it stuck
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Mines all here now, have bypassed gpu in loop to test the card works OK and will either attempt waterblock later or tomorrow.
 
Andy D said:
It was really straightforward. Took the screws off the bracket around the ports. Screws off holding the fan assembly. Unplugged the 3 molex cables (just carefully prised each side of each cable till they unplugged). Unscrewed the 4 screws holding the bracket behind the GPU.
Took off all the heat sink pads and cleaned the ICs and cleaned the GPU using isopropyl.
In the box were new pads to replace the old (need to remove plastic both sides). Put paste on GPU.
Fit block, the new bracket around ports , and 2 screws as shown in instructions and turn over. Fit extra heat sink pads were instructions show behind PCB. Then fit the screws holding backplate.

Pulling the old large metal heatsink away from the board seemed ‘dodgy’ but it was just the old pads and GPU heatsink paste holding it stuck
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Installed this evening, was exactly as you said really straight forward. The alphacool instructions and pre cut pads, along with simple screws for backplate made the whole experience painless.

Posted on other thread too - only issue I had was during testing after a while my screens went black - after some troubleshooting and unplugging one screen got main back on but 60hz only - changing to above this turned screen black.

Was very deflated - luckily turned out to be just the DP cable had stopped working properly. Replaced with spare and all good.
 
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