Just ordered an Eiswolf 2.0 kit. Should I get new thermal pads?

[mycaddy97]

Hey Guys,

I just ordered an Eiswolf 2.0 AIO for my Rog Strix 3090. Should I order some extra thermal pads for this? It seems alphacool doesnt supply the correct ones no matter what 3090 is being used? Am I off base here?

Thanks for any help!

 

[Thomas_S]

Hi, basically we supply the right pads! Ultimately, it is often due to Nvidia's package problem with the 3XXX series. (often different tolerances in the heights of the components, see the article from IgorsLab!) Whether your card is affected by this can only be seen after the initial installation of the water cooler by looking at the imprints on the heat conduction pads. If they do not fit, contact our support team by email (info@alphacool.com) and they will send you the right thermal pads free of charge.

 

[mycaddy97]

what is the thermal conductivity of your pads? are they as good as the Gelid Ultimate?

 

[Thomas_S]

For some time now, our AIOs have been delivered with 7W/mk pads. I don't like to compare us with our competitors, or at least not at all ;-) In a test, IgorsLab named our pads the price/performance winner. I think that says a lot! ;-) Here is the article, in case you don't know it yet:

Datasheet vs. Reality: Gelid GP-Extreme and EC360 Silver Review - Heat Conduction Pads with alleged 12 W/(m*K) | igor´sLAB

Disclaimer: The following article is machine translated from the original German, and has not been edited or checked for errors. Thank you for understanding!

www.igorslab.de