Phanteks G40 Waterblocks for RTX 4090 ASUS STRIX & TUF Edition. Unbox, Install, Temps, and QC
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2024
- In this video I take a look at the Phanteks G40 series waterblocks for RTX 4090s. Performance will be better on 4080 as they have less power draw. If you want to see how to tear down the TUF 4090/80 it is in my TUF 4090 video. The strix would be the exact same process as they share the same mount points for the coolers.
0:00 - 6:39 Intro and Unbox
6:40 - 14:27 Install and Rant
14:28- 16:23 QC issues
16:24 - 24:58 Temp Test and Thoughts
#NVIDIA #PHANTKES #4090 #4080 #watercooling #rtxon 
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Thanks for your work, very little content like yours!
Disappointing to see a billion QC pass stickers only for standoffs to be missing. The soft screws are also a very avoidable oversight. Both QA and QC at Phanteks need to step up
Funny thing about the pads. The 30 series Strix instruction manual had a misprint. I asked them about it and they responded inside of 2 hours. But… never corrected the typo in the manual 🤣
Thx for the video, makes me want to get into water cooling
Thanks for the video, it was useful. One thing to note though is that the long thermal strip on the left is incorrectly placed. It should be on the componently immediately to the right.
wow almost a year later and this is the only review of this block...but it's a good one so it's all we need! i love my white 4090 strix, it's got an impressive cooler but some of these newer games are really stating to push the noise/temps a little too high for my taste so adjusting one will servery affect the other now, where in the past it wasn't an issue...haven't used a lc'd gpu since getting a 3090/4090 strix's but the g40 gpu block in white does look nice and i'm tempted to do this again!
Thanks for the video I have learned a lot. Could you please tell me if the flow direction matters? Thanks a lot and congrats for your video
Phanteks has the best looking GPU blocks, love them!
Hey do you have any experience with MSI Suprim waterblocks? Looks like EK, Alphacool, Byski and Phanteks are the only blocks available. Not a fan of EK so I'm looking for any info/experience you have with Byski, Alphacool or Phanteks blocks for 40 series. Thanks!
I’m waiting on the bitspower one, otherwise no
Hey, I'm just putting this block together. What kind of size/type of screw driver you used to screw in those screws. i could not find anything in my vast kits that will correctly align with the tiny hole they used on top of the screws they provide.
I don’t remember but a good screwdriver kit or the basic ifixit will have you covered
Instead of filming the whole test from the side, it would make much more sense to show the screen content large in the video. Especially for non-English speaking viewers, it would be possible to follow the results live. Like this, so much informations are lost, if you do not constantly rewind.
Yeah i need to setup a screen capture on another rig.
I have the G40 for my MSI Trio 4090 but I think gonna wait for the EK Vector 2 ABP block. I've seen multiple people say the Phanteks doesn't perform that well and uneven cold plates with bad nickel plating.
I have the Vector² ABP for my 4090 TUF OC. Its fking awesome!
Yes I just received my Pahnteks G40 MSI for my Suprim X... its a nightmare ! I have never had a waterblock with such a bad performance. 70C GPU and up to 90C Hotspot under water.
And I know how to monut etc.. it my 10-12th watercooled card... first time Phanteks block...Last time Phanteks
@@silversurfer3877 I just installed Phanteks g40 on my Asus strix 4090 and have temps of max 60 c oc 577w. I don't know what makes the difference from yours to mine. It was very easy to install, everything fit. It was easier than my previous Asus strix 3090 with active backplate, it didn't fit as well.
Here in Germany the Model is available in White or in Silver,👌matching my white Components. 💥💫yeah man! 🤩
Do you know if the gigabyte waterblock has dedicated inlet and outlet ports or can you use either one as one or the other? Sadly there is nothing about it in the manual
It does
Great video. Can anyone verify the pad thickness? I know JC said 2.0mm in front and 0.5mm in the back, but when I measure with my caliper, I get different numbers. Front 1.0 and 0.75 different spots, and the back 1.0 and 2.5 different spots.
1.8 is the thickness I used for my block on all parts.
No you're correct. I had to message them to ask them for pad size. They do use .75 and 1mm
compared to the stock aircooler any ballpark % improvement on temps?
If you have a cool environment and are willing to deal with good airflow and 80% fan or higher, than the temp difference is not drastic.
This block is out of stock sadly. I was looking at purchasing the EKWB 4090 block for the ASUS TUF 4080 and was wondering if it would fit?
Not positive I will ask and find out. I do not own a 4080 tuf or strix so I couldn’t check myself
@@JCustom Thank you! Let me know what you find out
@@dylanteague2272 there will be a separate block for 4080 strix/tuf from ek
Could you measure the exact dimensions Of the TUF pcb? Including the pci-e part. Thanks. :-)
220mm by 130mm
@@JCustom thanks a lot! 130mm - that’s not much. Is that including the PCI-E port?
im on Phanteks website , and its strange their listing does not show anything for 4080 cards fitting at all.
Sorry yeah it doesn’t fit the 4080. On the original marketing I saw it said both. Seems it was removed at some point
@@JCustom Perfect ! thank you. shame i like how this one has the fittings at the end corner !
Use 4K + no AA (or max 2x AA) in Furmark please!!! Pull´s more watts ;)
Start running dldsr at 1.75 or 2.25x, you will pull insane power
Yep mine was missing a standoff too
Anyone know how the Corsair Hydro X XC7 4090 waterblock performs?
I am not a huge fan of corsair blocks. So I never buy them.
Performs good. I got it myself for a build and it operates satisfactory
So avoid like the plague. Thanks for the review!
I like the look of the Phanteks block, but wish they weren't so long. If it ended ehere the PCB ended, I'd have gotten the white one.
By the way, the Bykski 4090 Strix/Tuf block that I got comes with a bunch of extra standoffs, screws, springs and thermal pads for everything, which is nice.
I'm about to order Byksi 4090 Strix block as well. I have a question. Does the Bykski block includes any thermal pads to put on the back of the PCB to make contact with the backplate as well like Phanteks do?
I had some bad experiences with previous byski blocks. Not lining up, plating issues etc. Maybe it's improved since.
@@UNIQUEGUY93 Not officially (their instructions don't say to add thermal pads to the back of the card at all), but mine included enough extra pads to put them on the back where the stock backplate had them and I also had enough to put them on the back of the GPU area.
@@JCustom Yeah, it can happen. I didn't have any issues with this one or my 3090 Strix Bykski block (with active backplate). I've had problems with EK GPU blocks not lining up before, though.
I couldn't get any other blocks than the Bykski in my country at the moment. Maybe I'll switch to something else once others become available, but right now it's doing it's job well enough (13-20°C GPU temperature Delta from the coolant under full load in a loop with two 360mm Radiators and a 12900KS). I really like that the Bykski block is relatively inexpensive and only as long as the PCB, which you don't get with Phanteks or EK as they are quite a bit longer. I don't think I can even get an Optimus block over here.
I hear Alphacool is preparing a block for the TUF/Strix, too, if it looks as good as the reference one and covers the whole PCB with the Chrome plating so you don't see through to the PCB, it may be tempting to give that one a shot. Heatkiller should be nice, too. Perhaps other companies will also come up with something nice and short. We'll see.
@@JCustom Thanks for the video do you have any tips when installing a block on a RTX 4090 to make sure the block isn't touching anything on the gpu PCB it shouldn't touch ie causing a SHORT this happened with GARBAGE EKWB on their 6800 blocks damn QC is none excistent. I was eyeballing the EKWB block for the MSI RTX 4090 guess what ALREADY posts on redit with screws NOT lining up causing issues i mean for gods sake...so how to tell if a block doesnt touch anything? Not talking about thermal pad imprint. Is it seeing through the PCB as best as you can or is there any other tips? Thanks in advance.
can u make a tutorial for granzon 4090 FE block?
I saw that. I think it's in render status only atm. Looking at the renders I even see it saying 3080ti lol. If I come across it sure.
Granzon released sadly only block for FE and Asus pcb
so will this work on a 4080 TUF? the Phanteks site doesn't even mention the 4080 ... im confused!
I'm also wondering this. Any answer?
@@tannerensign513 i reached the Phanteks customer service wich "confirmed" that its not compatible with the 4080 Tuf, but at the same time.. i had a talk with a guy on fb wich is using this samr waterblock with a 4080Tuf, he said 38 C° in full load... Im very VERY confused... ⚠️
@@SIG_333 In the past I used a Tuf 3080 block on a Tuf 3070ti and it worked fine. I’ll order the block and see if it works out.
No will not sorry I need to update. They changed the description compatibility after the 80 cards came out.
@@JCustom fine, thanks! i will go with the boring ek one :/
Sadly Phanteks says this block is now only for ther 4090's and not compatible with the 4080's.
i've stumbled on this exact issue now..
Add the distance mark up to to any part for conversion from USD to AUD and then you will see tears. I won't be upgrading my 3090TI anytime soon. And most of the pricing is being driven by Nvidia - AIB have to pay Nvidia for their GPU before they then add the over designed cooler to the part.
I'm aware of AUD pricing it is super rough. As for the aib pricing that is all on aibs. Aibs def have margins to charge less on some models.
finally this block worth? performance are not really good?
in line with everyone else pretty much. I did get the missing standoffs from phanteks without issues.
@@JCustom Ah nice, i'm looking for a good block for my 4090 Suprim X but i'm not really full acryl friendly, watercool and Aquacomputer don't plan any block for MSI, i'm still waiting for Granzon, but seems to be for FE and Asus only and Idon't want Bykski or Barrow btw.
So this G40 can be my next block or the EK one for the same price, i don't know which one buying.
Any suggestions ?
The standoff issue is not acceptable. Sorry, but Phanteks needs to do better here. Thats why I use only EKWB blocks for my expensive GPUs.
Those 4090 get voltage starved fast when OC and as a result get unstable around 3k mhz. I guess waterblocks looks cool but why spend even more money and add points of failure for no real benefit? Defenetly not the right gen for this specific mod. I am saving every penny to upgrade the rest of the pc. Some real benefits there to be had. Those cpu on the other hand run so redicously hot!
Component longevity is directly related to operating temperature.
The cooler you can keep your GPU, the longer it will be before your forced to upgrade.
@@petert3355 Sure, but those cards already run cold on air. And if you OC they only get so hot cose they are voltage locked. So you are spending money just for the looks at that point. That is totally fine as well btw.
@@Ureroll testing shows otherwise.
Standard card setup, no OC, stock cooler might run at 70 degrees under load.
Swap to water blocks and you drop that temp to mid 50's under same conditions.
That is the point here, every test, water cools better than stock heatsinks. It's just that water loops are a pain in the butt to build/maintain.
Well, watched this video to see the back. But it got cut. See ya.
Phanteks makes a nice block, got me to 10th ww enthusiast class the season 3090 dropped.. and no blocks come without backplates 🤣 " i dont know what qc passed means" 🤣🤣🤣 dude holy shit....
The backplates from EK's first run of quantum vector blocks last gen were sold separately.
@Mike Moore vector 2 i have on my 4090 now is a pos. Screws dont line up and everything. I have an eisblock im sitting on with a ram block. Just to lazy to drain and refil.
Quite weak manufacturing quality, especially the CNC work. I was expect more from Phanteks.
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