RTX 2070 water block

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Hi

I am finding it very confusing trying to determine which of the current available GPU waterblocks (not that many so far) fit any of the released third party RTX 2070 cards.

Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, Zotac, Pallit etc all have what appears to be varients on the standard reference card, but the water block manufatures such as EK, Alphacool etc do not specifically list any of these cards as compatable to any of the current crop of RTX 2070.

Maye it is a bit early yet but would like to add a RTX to my loop. Is there any clear information anywhere that confirms compatability?
Have already contacted GPU waterblock manufacturers such as EK but no response.

thanks
 

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If the waterblock websites don't list compatibility for any RTX 2070 then they don't have compatible blocks. If there is no reference PCB or a high-selling particular version, then waterblock manufacturers won't make blocks.

That being said, the Asus RTX 2070 Dual is compatible with the EK Vector 2080 block, which implies it uses the same PCB as the Asus RTX 2080 Dual and 2080 Turbo. EK Vector blocks for the Founders Edition and Asus RTX 2080 Strix are coming soon, and it's likely that they will support the RTX 2070 (the 2070 and 2080 will probably share the same PCB). It doesn't take 2 seconds to look up.

https://www.ekwb.com/configurator/

Bitspower also do a Lotan block for reference PCB RTX 2070, 2080 and 2080 Ti.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/bits...raphics-card-water-block-clear-wc-66g-bp.html

Alphacool has a new Eisblock GPX for the RTX 2080 which lists compatibility with the Asus RTX 2080 Dual and 2080 Turbo. If the Alphacool block can fit the same Asus 2080s as the EK Vector 2080, and the EK Vector 2080 can fit the Aus RTX 2070 Dual, then in theory the Alphacool block can also fit the Asus 2070 Dual.

All that being said, the 2070 has only been out for a month and it's unlikely to fly off the shelves, so wait for a while to see if block manufacturers think it's worth creating new blocks for it. At the very least you can pair an Asus RTX 2070 Dual with an EK Vector 2080 block.
 

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I just installed new RE version (acryl-nickel-rgb version) to Asus RTX2070 Dual, and it is working fine. No issues on installation, just a bit difficult to find right installation guide.
 

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My watercooling stuff (CPU & GPU, all from EK) cost about same as my CPU (I5-9600k) and GPU (Asus Dual RTX2070) , but now it is very quiet and stylish computer. Temperatures are max 50 on load
 

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JeanS said:
I just installed new RE version (acryl-nickel-rgb version) to Asus RTX2070 Dual, and it is working fine. No issues on installation, just a bit difficult to find right installation guide.
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What was the performance gain like? Haven't seen any 2070 wc results yet.
 

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I am running CPU at 4.9Ghz and used Asus GPU Tweak II to overclock GPU:
GPU boost max 1782Mhz (+162MHz). Actual max is about 2050MHz shown by Tweak II monitor. Why there is difference?
CPU voltage +8%
Memory 15100MHz (+1090) - not yet tried higher values
Power Target max 120% (+20)
3DMark Time Spy result 9109 (GPU score 9787 and CPU score 6542)
 

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I was able to set a bit higher frequencies by using Asus AI Suite, but already 1850MHz was causing artifacts or crashes. I dropped voltage 0%, works still ok. Max GPU temp was 52C during tests. CPU can go over 60C during stress tests, but on gaming it is typiclly low 50.
 
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