V-GTX 10 1080/1070 Water Block

This may not be the cheapest or most popular water block, but the performance per dollar is incredible. On stock air, I was able to achieve a 2088 MHz overclock on my 1080 at ~60 degrees C. With this custom loop block, I was able to get a 2214 MHz overclock on the GPU and 11200 MHz on the memory, all while the highest temps reached just 41 C during load. The idle temps were in the mid 30's, even with a constant boost clock of 2227 Mhz, which proved to be unstable on the founders edition card. (Too little power delivery.) The weight of the water block and coolant does weigh the card down a bit. However, the addition of a rigid back plate does help to reduce sag. Installation took fifteen minutes at most and couldn't have been easier. The kit came with more than enough screws to attach the block and back plate, (I must have had twenty extra screws and washers that weren't used.) I can't wait until the price of the GTX 1080 drops so I can add a second card with this block.

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Using eVGA GTX1070 SC.. same form factor (ish) to Founders.2 stars because it is really pretty. I’d love to see coolant pouring through a central lead instead of manually plumbing but..Another review said the same but the orings are impossible to align - the area where they are supposed to rest is too shallow. You’ll need a little glue?Also the block prohibits even the stock SLI bridge, no chance on any fancy light up HB bridge work. The block is wider on one side for really no reason I can understand.Would have loved to have all Thermaltake, easy and matched up but simply not going to work. Working on a DIY solution with TT compression rings.

First one is the provided o'rings. It was a real pain to mantain them in place in order to install it. I had to use a tape to keep them in place.Second one is this bridge size. The extra space on the side oposite to the single input/output hole is too big, using a dual SLI HB bridge (EVGA) is not possible. My option was to cut almost 1 cm from the Thermaltake bridge and 2 mm from my EVGA HB bridge. Look at my picture and you will notice.Third problem was the screws SIZE. They are too big, I had to cut them in order to properly attach to my Thermaltake block.

I absolutely love this block for my 1080 msi Seahawk card. It was a breeze to install. Maybe 15 minutes at most. With my custom water cooling loop, I my temps were 40C tops under stress testing. You get plenty of everything you need to install and it has a nice thick backplate to. The block is a little heavy but the back plate gives it excellent support. It does the job. Now if the dam 1080's weren't so dam expensive. I would buy another and this block. I have look at others but for the money you can't go wrong on this one. I would say that if you have a 1080 founders edition card and looking for a water block,then I would say get this one. It works great for me.

I used this on my dual ROG STRIX 1080's with a Barrow water block, and it fit like a dream. Sealed up very nicely. Installing was a little tricky trying to hold the O-rings in place, but that was probably mostly user error. I would definitely recommend this to someone. A nice look for any custom loop.

Fit my 1080 FE perfectly. Using an EK pump and 480mm rad, even at full O.C. I can run my fans at 30% RPM and not see the card go beyond 110F. -At Idle, it tends to run about 5F above ambient temp!!! I'm running a tower 900 case and love the clear plexi look with a black-light LED above.This block is HEAVY. Make sure you've got room to install it and a way to take strain off your components.

The seals do not come pre-mounted and are circular rubber gaskets similar to a hard tube fitting gasket. Try inserting that into an oval shape and then mounting it. Have fun. I just created my own bridge and sent this back.

It is incompatible with zotac 1080 amp extreme

Perfect fit on a EVGA GTX 1070 had no problems installing the block on the video card. Too bad it didn't come with RGB LEDs but I still gave a five star for the look and finish of the product.