PSA Warning: Asus Z690 Formula VRM block corroded

Grim5

Grim5

Grim5

Soldato
Joined
6 Feb 2019
Posts
18,588
This is now in the media after several owners encountered this. The VRM block on this motherboard uses coated aluminium and a number of users have now reported corrosion and gunk in the block and their loop



www.techpowerup.com

PSA: Corrosion Happening on ASUS ROG Z690 Formula VRM Block, Company Remains Silent

I've been using the ASUS ROG Z690 Formula motherboard in all my recent CPU water block reviews, and also detailed it here for a specific EK VRM bridge block article. While the board has reached end-of-life status at ASUS internally, the company's customers are only just starting to face...
www.techpowerup.com www.techpowerup.com
 
Last edited:
Why do this on a board that they charge a small fortune for? It's nothing but penny pinching!! As for EK's involvement, that's just another example of how poorly they think of their customers. Why else would they cheap out and use aluminium instead of doing it properly with copper. Even if Asus specified aluminium EK should have spoken up and warned them that this would happen. They would know that the majority of water cooling loops will have copper components in them and that this would be the result. Mixing metals is basic knowledge in what not to do when building a loop.
 
I'm waiting for ther V3000 in white so I only set up my Z690 formula loop in a temporary setup last week. Took the VRM block out of the loop today.
Sucks though because I built a PC for a friend using this motherboard who has no idea about water cooling, so now I'll have to redo the CPU section of his loop to avoid the VRM block. Or just wait for the replacement and hope for the best.
 
If the aluminium was copper or nickel plated it wouldn't be an issue. But we all know what EK's nickel plating is like.

And there's no excuse for using aluminium in the first place.
 
Last edited:
I had the x570 version of this board and the loop connected through that VRM block for a year and a half before the look got disassembled and the loop was still clean, I even took a torch and had a look around and it looked clean inside. So hit seems this change to aluminium is a recent development for Asus as they try to cut costs
 
Looks like EK messed it up big time as opposed to Asus.

I still don’t understand why EK is such a premium product and people willing to buy their products so readily when they have a trend or track record of pushing out crap after crap
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom