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Hello, i just put a evga hydrocopper waterblock onto my RTX 2080 super and it idles at 38C and under load gets to 80C. every screw is in and I believe i put enough thermal paste on the gpu. The loop has been running now for 20 minutes and there is still noticeable air in the gpu block and cpu tempatures are normal. Does anyone have any suggestions? on the stock 3 slot air cooler i achieved a max temp of 60c and my water temp is 30C with 1 50mm thick 360 and a 30mm think 480 rad

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3 minutes ago, DominicNikon said:

Hello, i just put a evga hydrocopper waterblock onto my RTX 2080 super and it idles at 38C and under load gets to 80C. every screw is in and I believe i put enough thermal paste on the gpu. The loop has been running now for 20 minutes and there is still noticeable air in the gpu block and cpu tempatures are normal. Does anyone have any suggestions? on the stock 3 slot air cooler i achieved a max temp of 60c and my water temp is 30C with 1 50mm thick 360 and a 30mm think 480 rad

Usually this level of bad performance is down to a bad mount. Either not enough mounting pressure, or a thermal pad in the wrong place are the usual culprit.

 

A photo of your block dissassembled showing where you put the thermal pads as well as the thermal paste spread achieved by the current mounting pressure would be the fast way to a solution.

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Is the pump running enough?

If there’s air there you lack flow. 
Could be a clog adding to that. 

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2 minutes ago, Mick Naughty said:

Is the pump running enough?

If there’s air there you lack flow. 
Could be a clog adding to that. 

Pumps at full speed, there is some air in the gpu block, and I don't think there would be anything to clog it with since all the radiators are flushed and it's using a clear fluid

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6 minutes ago, For Science! said:

 

A photo of your block dissassembled showing where you put the thermal pads as well as the thermal paste spread achieved by the current mounting pressure would be the fast way to a solution.

That's not fun but I'll get some pictures

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2 minutes ago, DominicNikon said:

That's not fun but I'll get some pictures

if you want, you could try to "squeeze" your GPU waterblock and the PCB to see if "more pressure" improves the temperature. That might give you a hint too.

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7 minutes ago, DominicNikon said:

Pumps at full speed, there is some air in the gpu block, and I don't think there would be anything to clog it with since all the radiators are flushed and it's using a clear fluid

The air is almost certainly the issue, try bleeding the loop again or gently tilting your pc with just the pump powered to try and get the air out

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1 hour ago, For Science! said:

Either not enough mounting pressure, or a thermal pad in the wrong place are the usual culprit

All the thermal pads were in the right space because they came pre applied to the block. I doubt i messed up thermal paste because i've pasted gpus and cpus many times in before in the past. how would i get more mounting pressure? 

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Just now, DominicNikon said:

All the thermal pads were in the right space because they came pre applied to the block. I doubt i messed up thermal paste because i've pasted gpus and cpus many times in before in the past. how would i get more mounting pressure? 

are the screws around the GPU core (usually 4 of them) reasonably tight? obviously you don't want to go crazy, but normally I do go fairly tight on these screws. If its really bad, normally by applying pressure with your fingers on the backplate and the front of the waterblock while applying a load, you may observe a decrease in temps

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13 minutes ago, For Science! said:

are the screws around the GPU core (usually 4 of them) reasonably tight? obviously you don't want to go crazy, but normally I do go fairly tight on these screws. If its really bad, normally by applying pressure with your fingers on the backplate and the front of the waterblock while applying a load, you may observe a decrease in temps

Ok i re tightened all the screws. are these temps any better? Max temp on 3d mark timespy was 67C pic was during heaven  should I keep messing with pressure or add a 3rd radiator?image.png.a06f566e5aa3f5648ddd985a4d987660.png

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1 hour ago, thedangerine said:

The air is almost certainly the issue, try bleeding the loop again or gently tilting your pc with just the pump powered to try and get the air out

Here's what the inside of the block looks like

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19 minutes ago, DominicNikon said:

Ok i re tightened all the screws. are these temps any better? Max temp on 3d mark timespy was 67C pic was during heaven  should I keep messing with pressure or add a 3rd radiator?

they are better, but i would have expected slightly lower for your setup. I would try to go a bit further and see where it stops improving.

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Just now, DominicNikon said:

Here's what the inside of the block looks like

This is not a problem, the microbubbles are even on the acrylic side (and even if it was on the block, still insignificant)

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5 minutes ago, For Science! said:

they are better, but i would have expected slightly lower for your setup. I would try to go a bit further and see where it stops improving.

So keep trying to tighten the screws?

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Another rad won’t matter on a simple benchmark. 
Fan speed and flow should be the concern. 

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2 hours ago, For Science! said:

they are better, but i would have expected slightly lower for your setup. I would try to go a bit further and see where it stops improving.

Wait actually how is it a bad mount? i'm wondering because it idles at 30-34C and only gets hot when under load but if you have a cpu cooler that is not mounted properly its hot both at idle and under load. how are the gpus different?

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50 minutes ago, DominicNikon said:

Wait actually how is it a bad mount? i'm wondering because it idles at 30-34C and only gets hot when under load but if you have a cpu cooler that is not mounted properly its hot both at idle and under load. how are the gpus different?

I've had this happen to me before. Safest bet would be to take it apart and check the spread on the paste. I know it's a pain in the ass but on my 2080ti my max temps I've seen are 56c on benchmarks and that was after my entire loop was at equilibrium. My card also idles at around 28-30c. My max temps I saw running cinnebench on a loop and furmark going as well.

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4 hours ago, DominicNikon said:

Wait actually how is it a bad mount? i'm wondering because it idles at 30-34C and only gets hot when under load but if you have a cpu cooler that is not mounted properly its hot both at idle and under load. how are the gpus different?

The presence or absence of the IHS is a big one. direct die cooling is much more efficient at moving heat away.

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9 hours ago, For Science! said:

The presence or absence of the IHS is a big one. direct die cooling is much more efficient at moving heat away.

Here's the pics 

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I can see immediately that there is very low contact. Correct mounting pressure would mean ypu can see the silicon and the TP should be almost completely squished out.

 

I havent the time tonight to look at the pads but there is definitely a problem  witb contact

 

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13 minutes ago, For Science! said:

I can see immediately that there is very low contact. Correct mounting pressure would mean ypu can see the silicon and the TP should be almost completely squished out.

 

I havent the time tonight to look at the pads but there is definitely a problem  witb contact

 

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I just remounted it so I'll update you with temps soon

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1 hour ago, For Science! said:

I can see immediately that there is very low contact. Correct mounting pressure would mean ypu can see the silicon and the TP should be almost completely squished out.

 

I havent the time tonight to look at the pads but there is definitely a problem  witb contact

 

 

I've tried 4 times now and temps stay the same or are even worse....

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Just now, DominicNikon said:

I've tried 4 times now and temps stay the same or are even worse....

Do you screw the screws around the GPU die first? no idea if it makes a difference but I always do those first tightly before moving to the more peripherial screws

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1 hour ago, For Science! said:

Do you screw the screws around the GPU die first? no idea if it makes a difference but I always do those first tightly before moving to the more peripherial screws

I did screw around the die first and I talked to EVGA and they said the block has a defect with how its mounting

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