Gigabyte Gaming OC RX 7900 XTX Waterblock

[DaniloThe2nd]

Hey all, I've had this card for a while now and deciding I'll try my hand at a custom loop for the pc. However I'm struggling to find a Waterblock that I'm confident will fit my GPU. I've seen the Corsair XG3 but it would leave a lot of the PCB exposed which doesn't exactly look great. 

 

Trouble I have is I don't know if this card uses a reference PCB, because Gigabyte refused to give me any information about it.

 

Any input appreciated 

[jaslion]

From just googling the pcb the gigabyte only looks similar around the gpu core everything else is custom. So no no reference pcb.

 

If you don't need a custom loop don't do it. It's a huge money sink and does require maintenance to keep things going proper. Upgradability also just becomes terrible. If you ever sell the system DO NOT expect to get a premium for it just the same price as a normal pc with the same specs if even that.

 

If you are ok with it being a waste of money, quite a bit of work and it's just a hobby project sure go for it. Just don't go all ek or corsair and such. Heaps better long term watercooling makers out there that also cost less. Also avoid acrylic mounting points it's not and if it will start hairline cracking but when will it start cracking. I've done enough watercooled towers AND work with acrylic aquariums and THEY ALWAYS hairline crack and become a problem later when attachments are made direct to acrylic.

 

Anyway the xg3 does the same the old kraken g12 did. Properly cool the gpu die and vrm (somewhat) and provide some air to the rest for cooling. THIS IS NOT OK!!!! a lot of cards need active cooling on other components and AIR IS NOT ENOUGH. I've seen many people KILL their card using a g12 and the xg3 does not look like to fix the g12's downfalls fully. Anything that has a thermal contact with the cooler NEEDS to be actively cooled or well stuff breaks. The xg3 also DOES NOT COVER ALL VRM on the 7900xtx from gigabyte. So yeah big yikes.

 

 

 

 

[ChrisLoudon]

1 hour ago, DaniloThe2nd said:

Any input appreciated 

Hi buddy,

 

I just looked at EKs compatibility checker and they don't do a block for that particular card and couldn't find anything from them.

 

I did however find this...

 

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005709276536.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.790a7f038i78Sj&algo_pvid=7f94809c-6373-45c7-9a58-7b53ee4fb88f&algo_exp_id=7f94809c-6373-45c7-9a58-7b53ee4fb88f-0&pdp_npi=3%40dis!CAD!192.81!173.53!!!!!%40211bf04a16878787203442287d07a0!12000034080888100!sea!CA!0&curPageLogUid=VvGAw527QImE

 

Bykski are pretty good but depending on your location, availability might be an issue.

 

DON'T go down the Kraken or XG3 route as they are botch jobs and just don't look good for what is now pretty much an exercise on making your PC look cool rather than performance enhancing.

 

I love water cooling but as others have mentioned, its a ridiculous money pit and given how good even air coolers are (especially GPU coolers) you're unlikely to find much additional performance.

[GraysonJ90]

2 hours ago, DaniloThe2nd said:

Hey all, I've had this card for a while now and deciding I'll try my hand at a custom loop for the pc. However I'm struggling to find a Waterblock that I'm confident will fit my GPU. I've seen the Corsair XG3 but it would leave a lot of the PCB exposed which doesn't exactly look great. 

 

Trouble I have is I don't know if this card uses a reference PCB, because Gigabyte refused to give me any information about it.

 

Any input appreciated 

Love this idea, but if this is your first time going custom looping thins will get tough. Custom looping is super difficult and requires water changing/refilling. Looping is also difficult to get the water through everything without leaking on your motherboard. I’m sure Bykski have something tho. Good luck with this!