Nvidia 30X0 series waterblocks

Jay85 · 17 Nov 2020 at 13:27

The_One said:
thanks

You're welcome mate, just spoke to overclockers and they're getting stock in 3-4 weeks so hold out for them if you can if you're interested in buying one.

Quare Crack · 17 Nov 2020 at 16:06

What are people's opinions on what looks best between silver and black FE water block's?

I'll be ordering one for my 3090 FE when they are released but assuming it looks the same as the 3080 version, I can't decide what looks better. I have a black Lian-Li O11 Dynamic XL case.

Radox-0 · 17 Nov 2020 at 16:35

Silver for me, mostly to go in with silver metal tubes I use. That said backplate is black on that model anyways so your getting both anyways so really just which ratio you want and what side you expect to see.

Jay85 · 17 Nov 2020 at 17:15

Radox-0 said:
Silver for me, mostly to go in with silver metal tubes I use. That said backplate is black on that model anyways so your getting both anyways so really just which ratio you want and what side you expect to see.

Gotta agree, the silver one looks classy.

Quare Crack · 17 Nov 2020 at 18:13

Radox-0 said:
Silver for me, mostly to go in with silver metal tubes I use. That said backplate is black on that model anyways so your getting both anyways so really just which ratio you want and what side you expect to see.

I was leaning towards silver too. I plan to vertical mount it to see the cut out in all its glory and silver seems like the cleaner look.

Jay85 · 17 Nov 2020 at 18:14

Quare Crack said:
I was leaning towards silver too. I plan to vertical mount it to see the cut out in all its glory and silver seems like the cleaner look.

Can't wait to see some actual installed blocks in loops, its been nothing but teases so far.

Radox-0 · 17 Nov 2020 at 18:25

Indeed. Suspect like they said on October for the 3080 block it will go up for pre order last day of November for delivery in 2021

haszek · 17 Nov 2020 at 18:27

It's going to be tricky to lead the loop from the block, with outlet pointed to the right and lead it to the left to cpu or top rad.

Radox-0 · 17 Nov 2020 at 21:07

I think it depends on your case and loop. Amusingly this block would work perfect for my primary build and been toying with it if I get more 3090's down the line, put them under water in that rig, my tubing dives right into the PSU shroud where the blue and red lines are. Would allign perfect with these new FE blocks:

Rather going into my HTPC which will be harder work!

Jay85 · 17 Nov 2020 at 23:09

It won't be too hard if your res and pump is on the right hand side of the card, if anything it will be less tubing runs to do and a more direct approach for a cleaner look.

haszek · 18 Nov 2020 at 18:45

How?

One way , sure it will go toward res, but it has to go toward the left of the case which will not be clean :rolleyes:

Dumphole · 18 Nov 2020 at 18:51

I spoke to ek today with regards to the Fe bk cjs. No ETA yet but there's queue list with positions for each order.

Jay85 · 18 Nov 2020 at 18:52

haszek said:
How?

One way , sure it will go toward res, but it has to go toward the left of the case which will not be clean

Ah sorry i was thinking more of dual loop systems or people with distros! My bad lol!

Would be spot on in my loop hence why i really want a 3080FE lol but im thinking i might wait for a 3080ti FE now...

haszek · 18 Nov 2020 at 18:57

Jay85 said:
Ah sorry i was thinking more of dual loop systems or people with distros! My bad lol!

Would be spot on in my loop hence why i really want a 3080FE lol but im thinking i might wait for a 3080ti FE now...

Just random question, when you have this 90 two way fitting that seems to be hanging in the air, is it not moving whole loop? Are you not worried that when you just move the case, weight of this fitting would make it leak somewhere?

I don't know never used them , so just wonder.

Jay85 · 18 Nov 2020 at 19:17

haszek said:
Just random question, when you have this 90 two way fitting that seems to be hanging in the air, is it not moving whole loop? Are you not worried that when you just move the case, weight of this fitting would make it leak somewhere? I don't know never used them , so just wonder.

Nope absolutely not worried one bit. They're in there really tight to the point where it takes abit of strength to pull them out of the fittings. I've carried this case from my office to kitchen up and down a spiraling staircase and never had anything move inside. If you've got everything tight inside theres nothing to worry about. I'm more concerned about the graphics card coming out of its slot than a fitting coming lose

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Mark011 · 18 Nov 2020 at 20:59

Jay85 said:
Ah sorry i was thinking more of dual loop systems or people with distros! My bad lol!

Would be spot on in my loop hence why i really want a 3080FE lol but im thinking i might wait for a 3080ti FE now...

Send me your card, I'll send you my 3080FE, deal?

Jay85 · 18 Nov 2020 at 23:46

Mark011 said:
Send me your card, I'll send you my 3080FE, deal?

Haha! Hope that comes with a large stack of 20's as well

V5ilver · 20 Nov 2020 at 10:37

Those with founders edition cards. Where did you get them? Only place I can see placeholders is on nvidias website. Any 3rd party sellers actually stock them?
I really want to stick a block into my itx case and the fe cards look like a great option for this. Thanks for any advice.

Quare Crack · 20 Nov 2020 at 10:43

V5ilver said:
Those with founders edition cards. Where did you get them? Only place I can see placeholders is on nvidias website. Any 3rd party sellers actually stock them?
I really want to stick a block into my itx case and the fe cards look like a great option for this. Thanks for any advice.

Only officially available from Nvidia website. When I bought my 3090 FE from there on 01/10 the Nvidia store fulfilled the order. Now, you still have to initiate the order from Nvidia store but the 'Buy' link takes you to another website for checkout process and fulfilment (not allowed to mention the other site name on here).

I don't really look at the stock situation on a regular basis as I have my card but I have been paying attention to the forums and this week for example, 3090 FE was available to purchase for about an hour (on Wednesday I think it was). I could place two in my basket and had plenty of time to checkout - I didn't of course!

There are plenty of FE cards on eBay now too.

Radox-0 · 20 Nov 2020 at 10:49

V5ilver said:
Those with founders edition cards. Where did you get them? Only place I can see placeholders is on nvidias website. Any 3rd party sellers actually stock them?
I really want to stick a block into my itx case and the fe cards look like a great option for this. Thanks for any advice.

Nvidia's site links through to a competitor site at certain time when stock becomes available. The out of stock button changes from "out of stock" to a green buy button that links to a competitor site. 3080 goes in an out within minutes so need to be on the link ASAP. 3070's seem to go in about 15 mins and 3090's now stay on for a few hours. Not been a 3080 FE drop in a while though, some people expect next week.