motherboard monoblock or not

Habakkuk · 21 May 2018 at 17:27

That's for the best.

Glanza · 21 May 2018 at 18:14

LePhuronn said:
Um...what? The entire point of a monoblock is to include the VRMs as part of the cooling loop. So to what are you referring?

Depends on the chipset:

8 Pack said:
Now mono block in my opinion after a lot of testing are not good on this platform. Normal cpu block is better by far and this is what I advise all customers buying my bundles now. Really a good 10-15c worse on mono...

Test this by using your pc and report back.

Skorpion · 21 May 2018 at 19:07

Bought one for my mobo....being delivered tomorrow

LePhuronn · 21 May 2018 at 22:28

@Glanza : that's one specific monoblock with one specific board. Doesn't even say which monoblock, but since 8 Pack got involved I'd say it was the EK one since OcUK do a bundle.

There is no way VRMs left under their heatsink with ambient air could perform better than having a water-cooled coldplate directly attached to them IF the monoblock was working properly. Do we see the same issue when using Bitspower's Rampage VI Extreme monoblock? 8 Pack knows his stuff, but he's not infallible.

Did he test every RVIE in stock with every EK monoblock in stock? Did he see the same issues? Why then have EK not made a revision if their monoblock is evidently sub-par? What about other top-tier X299 motherboards and their monoblocks? Do they also have the same issue?

I'd pass this off as a specific case, not remotely representative of the board, the chipset or the monoblock.

8 Pack · 22 May 2018 at 10:57

Use the normal cpu block and supplied heatsink. I actually tested this on a lot of systems not a one off at all.

PAULRYAN52 · 22 May 2018 at 11:00

so you wouldn't recommend the monoblock then, why is the 5.1ghz cheapest

8 Pack · 22 May 2018 at 12:37

No I am not a fan of monoblocks.

PAULRYAN52 · 22 May 2018 at 12:56

thanks just saved me £45

Habakkuk · 22 May 2018 at 19:44

How about separate watercooling blocks for CPU and VRM/Northbridge?

8 Pack said:
No I am not a fan of monoblocks.

PAULRYAN52 · 22 May 2018 at 19:54

is that possible

momo56 · 22 May 2018 at 21:57

PAULRYAN52 said:
hi I'm getting OCuK to build me a watercooled pc and was wondering if a Monoblock is better, it's going to have 2 360 rads

Might be a bit late now but I had a similar issue with worse temps on a mono-block and delidded cpu. Since I got rid of the silicone the reduced height of the CPU meant there was poor contact. Went back to a normal cpu block now.

PAULRYAN52 · 22 May 2018 at 22:23

so no monoblock seems best but what cpu block

Skorpion · 22 May 2018 at 23:06

momo56 said:
Might be a bit late now but I had a similar issue with worse temps on a mono-block and delidded cpu. Since I got rid of the silicone the reduced height of the CPU meant there was poor contact. Went back to a normal cpu block now.

Obviously when a monoblock is machined the company do not allow any adjustment for delidded cpu's.

When properly mounted on a cpu out of the box the monoblock performs very well as its just a bigger version of the supremacy evo.

PAULRYAN52 · 22 May 2018 at 23:08

what do I do yes/no

Skorpion · 22 May 2018 at 23:14

Go watch some monoblock reviews / performance test videos then decide.

PAULRYAN52 · 22 May 2018 at 23:42

I can't find any for the block

orbitalwalsh · 23 May 2018 at 09:52

good case with nice airflow. sorted and standard water block ... unless your running AVX instructions hours every day ?

PAULRYAN52 · 23 May 2018 at 10:52

case will be the view 71

orbitalwalsh · 23 May 2018 at 11:04

PAULRYAN52 said:
case will be the view 71

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNN8FYDJF1o

PAULRYAN52 · 23 May 2018 at 11:08

watched it already and it didn't seem too bad