Recent content by BrunoAFK

I own a Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom and recently purchased the Alphacool Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX-N RTX 4090 GameRock + Phantom. According to the instructions, the backplate requires 4x 100x8x3mm thermal pads, but I only received two. I have a few questions: Is it possible to adequately...

Is this actually gunk inside the GPU block? I've already rinsed it with distilled water, but it won't come off. Is there a way to remove it? Or maybe there's nothing there, and it's just my imagination :D The GPU block was purchased a month ago, and I don't think I should open it to clean it...

Thank you for the information. I’m waiting for the first order to arrive, and once it does, I’ll order the recommended items and anything else that might be missing.

Eddy, thank you so much for taking the time to go through this. Honestly, it means a lot to me because I have no idea what I’m doing. Maybe I’m crazy for taking this on, maybe I shouldn’t have, but I feel like I’ll never get a chance like this again in my life (though I do wonder if sleepless...

So far, I’ve never worked with an AIO cooler, let alone built a custom loop or anything similar. A friend decided to put together a good configuration and wanted to recreate a build he saw somewhere. I told him it’s not a good idea for someone with no prior experience to attempt something like...