Recent content by direstorm

I finally decided to bite the bullet and get a Byski waterblock for my XFX 7900XTX. I am very impressed with this new waterblock. I ran Cyberpunk on Psycho RT and the highest I got was 75 Celsius using Honeywell's paste. I was getting 95 Celsius with the Alphacool. I recommend if you have...

I'm in the low 90s with Ray Tracing on ultra in a heavy ray tracing part of the city. This is with 1mm shaved off all my standoff screws with regular paste. Eventually, I will try liquid metal again but won't happen until I need to do a thorough cleaning in about a year. Too tired of taking...

I'm pretty sure the reason Alphacool couldn't recreate this problem is the amount of money they would lose if they had to recall and then re-engineer this waterblock. There are just too many people with issues and it has to do with the coldplate not touching the GCD.

I did some experimenting with liquid metal and it seems my suspicions were correct. The GCD didn't even touch the plate from the waterblock. I tried to shave .5mm from all the washers and even then the GCD didn't touch the plate. I think Alphacool screwed up the engineering on this one. I...

That's funny considering I just ordered liquid metal as well. Hope I know what I'm doing. Only thing I'll be doing differently is adding liquid tape around the GCD. Glad it worked out for you.

Not sure why but temperatures have started to creep up again.

I used thermal paste for the gcd.

Basically, I tightened the screws as much as I could.

Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures.

After doing some more experimenting, I think my theory that the waterblock is not making solid contact with the IHS is turning out to be correct. I took it apart again and this time put a thick layer of thermal paste on the GCD and when I put it back together, I screwed on the bolts as tightly...

I wonder if those washers are removable. I will be experimenting myself including switching thermal paste and adding a thicker layer. I am suspecting that there is gap between the IHS and the waterblock.

That is disappointing. I'm actually getting close to 105 degrees Celsius when playing games. I was thinking of using less thick pads on the front to see if the IHS made better contact but I'm just guessing at this point. I might even try liquid metal if I get desperate enough.

Yes, it is the GCD that gets hot.

I am also having the same issue with the hotspot. Also have an XFX 7900xtx. I have disassembled the waterblock and repasted but the issue still persists. I'm starting to get the impression that the IHS is too thick considering the quick temperature swings.