If you only ordered the block you'll be below the £150 limit for import duty/VAT. I ordered several bits (about £300 worth) and mine is sat 1.2 miles away at the Royal Mail local depot waiting for me to pay the duty but the card I need hasn't arrived yet :(
I ordered mine at 10:14 GMT (Order 30137587) today along with a bunch of other bits and I also noticed the 19% VAT - I live in the UK and will therefore be charged:
1) 19% EU VAT
2) +20% UK VAT
3) +Import duty :(
It would be nice to have the EU VAT refunded but I'm just so glad this is finally...
This! I think you also get a free cooler if you do this... not sure it that's only for "new coolers" or not though:
Linky here: https://www.alphacool.com/send-it-and-get-one-cooler-for-free
Great post! That goes for ailveen as well! Interesting stuff both, thank you!
Based on the other AC cards I assume that the AC Waterblock for these cards will remove this issue with odd thickness pads and reduce everything to 1mm with the odd 2mm area...
@Eddy @Thomas_S - Are either of you...
Given this has been asked a few times now... There's no firm date, however if you consider we were told by Eddie that production would start soon on the 29th March (page 14) and that it takes 6-8 weeks (see post from Metropolis on page 15) for the blocks to be available in the shop that puts the...
This. Alphacool is listening to it's customers in many different ways, including this fairly niche block and being open and transparent alongside creating great products. The least we can do is repay that by buying Alphacool (and get the best products going into the bargin!).
#ThanksAlphaCool...
The title of thread certainly suggests so to me!
Some googling of the PCBs also shows these cards (in thread title) are not the FE or Reference PCB which is why they need a different block. Layouts look similar to Reference but component height (VRMs etc) looks different (just guessing here).
+1 Customer waiting patiently happy in the knowledge this will be made for my GameRock 3090 OC :)
Just posting here to help the business case (if required).
@Eddy - Thank you for all the updates - very much appreciated!
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