Not a clue on this one mate, keep in mind this is for the reference card and not the FE card. Alphacool just gave me a #Soon when i asked on their fb page, so hopefully not long for the FE cards.
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That's awesome! Now onto the matter... is glue used in the assembly of these coolers?
Ah don't joke adhesive ugh thats a really worst case scenario
I don't think it looks all that bad once those little covers/caps are removed to fine some nice long screws holding it all together. I reckon then it will start to come apart fairly easily. We shall see.
Looking forward to GN's tear down and him telling us its pee easy! Assuming we can get hold of one on the 17th lol!Ah don't joke adhesive ugh thats a really worst case scenario
I reckon then it will start to come apart fairly easily. We shall see.
@Shilz Going by this and the cooler bolts theres only 4 bolts that holds the heatsink to the core and then 4 pass through bolts that hold the shroud to the pcb... how many bolts hold the plastic to the heatsink is anyones guess. Theres definitely 2 on either ends of the card and possibly an additional 8 on front and back underneath the plastic tabs.
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@Gibbo seen ya have them on Preorder will OCUK get stock or its a Preorder item only ??Alphacool blocks just hit the market and live on their website for the "reference" design.
Buy Link:
https://www.alphacool.com/detail/index/sArticle/27822/sCategory/20538
Compatibility Link:
https://www.alphacool.com/download/compatibility list Nvidia.pdf
Looks like the Zotac Trinity is the cheapest one to get with confirmed compatibility at £649.99 from ocuk if prices don't change.
Theres a reason for that, someone got a reply back during one of the evga livestreams and they basically said they took the reference pcb and modified it somewhat to suit their needs.... therefore the reference blocks will not fit
Disaster! Why EVGA why? Any link pls?Theres a reason for that, someone got a reply back during one of the evga livestreams and they basically said they took the reference pcb and modified it somewhat to suit their needs.... therefore the reference blocks will not fit
They're meant to be the darlings of water cooling!
Don't have it, it was back over on the nvidia thread in the graphics card section. somewhere between pages 900-1000 lol.
They still are, they'll be bringing out the hydrocopper 3080/3090 as per usual
.Don't have it, it was back over on the nvidia thread in the graphics card section. somewhere between pages 900-1000 lol.
They still are, they'll be bringing out the hydrocopper 3080/3090 as per usual
I ain't paying them prices!
Plus selling on I reckon is gonna be harder.
Maybe Zotac or FE then
Im getting new feeds everyday from different companies releasing new blocks for the FE cards so theres going to be plenty of choice. Some of the other companies like heatkiller and xspc have yet to showcase anything
Thanks, I see ekwb have a list of AIBs now on their configurator and EVGA is absent.
I wonder if the change is very subtle, like yes it's different but not world ending.
Might be that I have to be patient and not pre-order tomorrow.
I suppose plan B would be my first NV FE card, they seem to sell on ok quite well?
I wonder if the change is very subtle, like yes it's different but not world ending.
Might be that I have to be patient and not pre-order tomorrow.
I suppose plan B would be my first NV FE card, they seem to sell on ok quite well?
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Yes FE does seem to hold it's value well. I'm not quite sure why though. My guess is they are supposed to be better, cherry picked, components. But I have no idea if that's true.
Hope I can post this link to EVGA forums don't see why not?
https://forums.evga.com/m/tm.aspx?m=3077598&p=1
https://forums.evga.com/m/tm.aspx?m=3077598&p=1
But if its not listed there must be a very good reason for it not being there, the change must be enough for them to not warrant the block will fit. Also EVGA prices have been inflated again lol, check ocuk website they've gone up around £30-£40 per card...
Meant to have the better silicon as nvidia use to hog the best chips for their own FE cards. Might be the same this time round but reviews will tell us more today.
Should be fine, its not a link to a competitor its just a forum. EVGA themselves have confirmed the modified pcb, such a shame! Wonder if their modifications will even make that much of a difference?
Yeah i noticed how the cooler and the heatsink came off in one piece over on the GN site. He literally had the whole thing in his hand, i was surprised too!