Universal WaterBlock 5700xt

dazzerd · 27 Nov 2019 at 13:09

Hiya I have a power color red devil 5700xt and want to watercool it and cannot find any compatible full cover blocks.

I have generally always used universal blocks anyway and never bothered to worry so much about ram and vrms.

I tested my ram and vrm temps yesterday under air and ram got to about 80 with vrms about 65 or so. Do you think I will get away with just cooling the core and putting some passive sinks on the vrms and ram?

Ross Thomson · 27 Nov 2019 at 17:24

temps are perfectly fine

tyler_jrb · 27 Nov 2019 at 18:08

Should be. It’s possible they may even run cooler with the block soaking all the heat from the core vs the heatsink having to cool all the mem, vrm and core as one unit.

Just have to ensure it has at least some airflow passing over these parts and keep an eye on the temps.

dazzerd · 28 Nov 2019 at 18:16

The verdict is dont bother. CPU core dropped by35/40 degrees, vrms were OK as well around 70 but ram was over a 100! So back on air until I can fidgure something out

lukext · 28 Nov 2019 at 21:02

dazzerd said:
Hiya I have a power color red devil 5700xt and want to watercool it and cannot find any compatible full cover blocks.

Alphacool do 5700xt Red Devil blocks apparently

Ross Thomson · 28 Nov 2019 at 21:06

dazzerd said:
The verdict is dont bother. CPU core dropped by35/40 degrees, vrms were OK as well around 70 but ram was over a 100! So back on air until I can fidgure something out

not a surprise the GDDR6 memory was so hot without a full cover block.

red eye · 11 Dec 2019 at 19:05

dazzerd said:
Hiya I have a power color red devil 5700xt and want to watercool it and cannot find any compatible full cover blocks.

I have generally always used universal blocks anyway and never bothered to worry so much about ram and vrms.

I tested my ram and vrm temps yesterday under air and ram got to about 80 with vrms about 65 or so. Do you think I will get away with just cooling the core and putting some passive sinks on the vrms and ram?

Alohacool do one, I’m looking at the gaming x. Not exactly had luck with an Alphacool res which started cracking

pastymuncher · 11 Dec 2019 at 19:27

@red eye You had best remove the link before a mod see's it and gives you a holiday. Links to competitors are not allowed on here. Tyler_jrb seems to have gotten away with it for some reason but they are definately a competitor.

dazzerd · 11 Dec 2019 at 20:23

Yes thanks have one on its way now

red eye · 11 Dec 2019 at 21:13

pastymuncher said:
@red eye You had best remove the link before a mod see's it and gives you a holiday. Links to competitors are not allowed on here. Tyler_jrb seems to have gotten away with it for some reason but they are definately a competitor.

what link

Malek988 · 28 Jan 2020 at 08:49

lukext said:
Alphacool do 5700xt Red Devil blocks apparently

They do indeed, I have been running one for a month now on my red devil.... Card never goes above 45 under load..... cant recommend it highly enough. Buy a back plate as it doesn't come with one in the kit and the standard plate looks wrong as its a few inches longer than the card. The block itself is exactly the same length as the card.

Ross Thomson · 28 Jan 2020 at 18:06

How did you find fitting the block. I didn’t think I the thermal pads were thick enough or the mounting pressure strong enough

Malek988 · 28 Jan 2020 at 18:14

Honestly it all went together fine, was easier than the previous Alphacool blocks I used for my old r9 390's. Thermal pads werent (in my eyes anyway) any thinner than the old pads from previous blocks

Ross Thomson · 28 Jan 2020 at 23:26

Malek988 said:
Honestly it all went together fine, was easier than the previous Alphacool blocks I used for my old r9 390's. Thermal pads werent (in my eyes anyway) any thinner than the old pads from previous blocks

Went on easy enough but my mem temps were pretty poor. Put thicker pads on and they came down.