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Gigabyte strikes again, mixes copper with aluminium in its RTX3000 GPU open loop blocks

I have stayed away from GB Video cards ever since my Aorus 5700-XT and it looks like I will continue this trend.
 
Idiots, what a tight fisted way to do things. That will have happened throughout the loop so I dread to think what the radiators are like. They charge premium prices yet pull nonsense like this. Gigabyte is just a shadow of what it used to be.
 
Tired9 said:
I have stayed away from GB Video cards ever since my Aorus 5700-XT and it looks like I will continue this trend.
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I once bought a Gigabyte 7950 GHz. Unlike in the review, they had switched to worse VRM controller and the thing was stuck at a vcore of 1.25V as no software could change that. Eventually there were custom BIOS which were able to reduce the voltages down to 1.00V or less. A far better and quieter card then but it took a while to get there and no thanks to Gigabyte.

pastymuncher said:
Idiots, what a tight fisted way to do things. That will have happened throughout the loop so I dread to think what the radiators are like. They charge premium prices yet pull nonsense like this. Gigabyte is just a shadow of what it used to be.
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Coincidence or not, but I just posted about a certain high-street vendor of used cards having reduced a 6800 to "only" £725 and that is a Gigabyte. The other brands are all more, wonder why?
 
people using pure water in the loop instead of something with corrosion inhibitor. even car antifreeze works well to stop corrosion and those loops run a mic of iron, aluminium , steel, brass, copper.
 
Users fault here. Should have used a corrosion inhibiter in the loop. The fact they failed to do so, means they didn't know what they were buying / didn't pay attention in science at school.
 
If you read the article they did use corrosion inhibitors. From the article:-

All systems were filled only with distilled or DEMI water (e.g., reverse osmosis water), as well as with the appropriate additives including anti-corrosives, according to the statements of the users concerned.
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It also appears that the tech sites that have reviewed the card quoted the marketing that Gigabyte supplied which states:-

The GIGABYTE RTX 3080 Gaming OC WaterForce WB uses nickel-plated copper as its primary material for the water-block, capped by an acrylic top that’s mostly covered by a plastic+metal shroud.
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If that's the case how the hell are people supposed to know that it's actually aluminium and they need to use protection against corrosion? I can't even find anything in the cards description on Gigabyte's website that states what the block is made from. Why are they using aluminium in a block for a card that costs £1100+ anyway? Personally I have always used a coolant with bio and corrosion inhibitors but I am a mechanical engineer by trade and know the risks, the average person won't.
 
pastymuncher said:
If that's the case how the hell are people supposed to know that it's actually aluminium and they need to use protection against corrosion.
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anyone buying water cooling will know all this unless they are just dum and got money to spare on fancy stuff they have no clue about. a fool and his money.....
 
Cyber-Mav said:
anyone buying water cooling will know all this unless they are just dum and got money to spare on fancy stuff they have no clue about. a fool and his money.....
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You mean people should research? I agree.

I don't agree with Gigabyte having crap blocks for that kind of money though.
Then again if I were WC'ing myself I would just buy from reputable custom sellers.
 
Tired9 said:
You mean people should research? I agree.

I don't agree with Gigabyte having crap blocks for that kind of money though.
Then again if I were WC'ing myself I would just buy from reputable custom sellers.
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see your clued up so know what to buy and what to avoid. but gigabyte and lots of other companies know that there are punters out that that dont have a clue and will buy whatever is priced good and looks nice.
dunno if warranty would cover any damage to waterblock caused by corrosion. too easy for them to worm out of it saying its user error etc.
 
Cyber-Mav said:
anyone buying water cooling will know all this unless they are just dum and got money to spare on fancy stuff they have no clue about. a fool and his money.....
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So you completely ignored the bit that I quoted from Gigabyte's marketing supplied to the tech sites which states:-

The GIGABYTE RTX 3080 Gaming OC WaterForce WB uses nickel-plated copper as its primary material for the water-block, capped by an acrylic top that’s mostly covered by a plastic+metal shroud.
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If you were to go by that and the fact that there is nothing on Gigabyte's webpage for the card that states what the block is made from how would you know any different? That quote is from Gigabyte themselves after all. The people that this happened to did state that they corrosion inhibitors in their coolants so no, not fools and their money.
 
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