Recent content by Deralique

Just giving you all an update - installed the Bykski block last night with some PTM7950. MUCH better results . . . I never tested PTM7950 on the alphacool block so take these results with a grain of salt I guess . . . Instructions were crap and you get more screws that you need and others that...

I have successfully returned the alphacool block to Ali Express and have a bykski one on the way also - hoping for better temps once it arrives - have some PTM7950 ready to go also - reading TIM pump out is a common scenario and happens across a wide range of cards on both air and water. I’d go...

Don’t worry! ‘Have a crack’ is just Australian slang giving something a try ;)

Did you tighten just the sprung screws around the die to 0.4nm or the back plate ones too? Which torque driver did you use/buy?

Anyone in this thread had a crack at using a phase change TIM like PTM7950 with our under performing XFX 7900xt/xtx water blocks? Doesn’t look likely that AliExpress will refund me - still holding out that a solution will present.

Hi Everyone, I was wondering of anyone could help me me with a small favour. After trying to remount/re-install the Alphacol Aurora block several times and getting no where with 40-50 degree deltas between hotspot and edge temps I removed the block and reinstalled the stock cooler and...

Have a refund request in now with Ali Express - hopefully they’ll approve. Any experience with the bykski block? ;)

Anyone have the “core” version of this water block? Similar results? Looks basically the same beside the inlets . . .

Is this modified block being provided by Alphacool?

Repasted and reinstalled the block last night. Used a much more liberal application of paste - see image. Fixed the issue with the bowed back plate - happily admit user error here. The outer most thermal pads were placed in the wrong position. Red squares indicate where the pads were - fixed...

Really appreciate your input Arran - I'll definitely be re-installing the GPU block tonight with a thicker application of thermal paste. Method before was a thin application manually spread across the entire die. I'll be much more liberal this time - hopefully that helps. Just FYI - the temp I...

The issue is it's performing much worse than the stock cooler though - the maximum the hot spot ever got was around 85/90 with fans maxed to 60% - That's in Cyberpunk with RT enabled. With this water block running just normal Time Spy it immediately jumps to 110c. I think that's the thermal...

Extracted the card from the loop (ugh) - took pictures as I disassembled. Definite bow in back plate - can provide images of where the thermal pad imprints and where they were sitting. Looking at the TIM imprint (Noctua NT-H1) . . . it was barely making contact hence the high temperatures. Only...

I have the same issue - XFX 7900xtx Merc, received the block yesterday and installed - followed instructions by the letter. I have been water cooling for years - multiple water blocked cards/CPUs. Same issue as described by multiple posters - bowed backplate - horrible temps. Attached some pics...