SUMMARY: Newly installed Alphacool Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX-N RTX 3090/3080 TUF with Backplate, mounted on ASUS RTX 3090 TUF Gaming OC, doesn't have enough clearance for 2 of the capacitors near the video ports. The acrylic top is pushing down on these capacitors, causing the PCB to flex. This flexion then puts a curve through the entire PCB, bending it away from the backplate in the center section. So the backside RAM -> 2mm thermal pad -> backplate is barely touching, causing the memory to run hot. End result: the memory runs HOTTER than it did with the stock air cooler, AND my PCB is being flexed and possibly damaged.
Picture 1: Marked with red arrows at the top of the photo are the 2 capacitors in the row that are significantly taller than the rest, impacting the acrylic.
Picture 2: Left side capacitor impaction and PCB flexing.
Picture 3: Right side capacitor impaction and PCB flexing.
Picture 4: UPC of the Eisblock.
Picture 5: UPC of the GPU.
Now that I am double checking the parts, I see that the GPU has part number 90YV0FD1-M0AA00, but the Eisblock manual claims compatibility with part 90YV0FD1-M0NM00 . Is this the source of the issue? How can the average consumer be expected to know this? If the waterblock advertises that it is for ASUS RTX 3090 TUF Gaming OC, then I would expect it to work on all cards bearing that model name. I purchased the GPU on December 28 and the Eisblock on February 21.
Picture 1: Marked with red arrows at the top of the photo are the 2 capacitors in the row that are significantly taller than the rest, impacting the acrylic.
Picture 2: Left side capacitor impaction and PCB flexing.
Picture 3: Right side capacitor impaction and PCB flexing.
Picture 4: UPC of the Eisblock.
Picture 5: UPC of the GPU.
Now that I am double checking the parts, I see that the GPU has part number 90YV0FD1-M0AA00, but the Eisblock manual claims compatibility with part 90YV0FD1-M0NM00 . Is this the source of the issue? How can the average consumer be expected to know this? If the waterblock advertises that it is for ASUS RTX 3090 TUF Gaming OC, then I would expect it to work on all cards bearing that model name. I purchased the GPU on December 28 and the Eisblock on February 21.