Alphacool Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX-N Geforce RTX 3080/3090 iGame with Backplate (13047)

The Alphacool Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX-N Geforce RTX 3080/3090 iGame with Backplate is a GPU water block for the Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3080 Advanced 10G and RTX 3090 Advanced, including their OC versions. It cools the card with a nickel-plated copper block under an acrylic top, and the black aluminum backplate is in the box.

Properties

Fits

Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3080 Advanced 10G and RTX 3090 Advanced

Cold plate

Nickel-plated copper

Top

Acrylic

Ports

4 x G1/4

Backplate

Aluminum, black, included

Lighting

14 digital aRGB LEDs, 5V

Compatibility

Alphacool lists these cards for this block:

• Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3080 Advanced 10G
• Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3080 Advanced 10G OC
• Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3090 Advanced
• Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3090 Advanced OC

The block was designed for one PCB layout, and graphics card manufacturers occasionally revise a card so that a cooler no longer fits later models. Before ordering, compare your card and its PCB number with the pictures in Alphacool's GPU configurator, or look it up in its Compatibility List for Nvidia cards.

The Aurora GPX series

Alphacool presents the Eisblock Aurora Acrylic GPX as a graphics card water cooler that combines style with performance. Two things characterize it in Alphacool's words: extreme cooling performance and an extensive digital RGB lighting. More than a decade of experience and technical know-how have gone into the development, and Alphacool says it did so without making any technical compromises. It calls the GPU cooler a significant evolution of the previous Alphacool model, which has been improved in every area.

More performance

During the development, emphasis was naturally placed on increasing performance, and Alphacool names three steps. First, the cooler was brought closer to the individual components of the card by reducing the thickness of the heat conducting pads. Next, the nickel-plated copper block was also made thinner. Step 3 involves the constant optimization of the water flow within the cooler, where each cooling fin is 0.6 mm thick. The result, Alphacool says, is that all important components such as voltage converters and RAM are cooled much better and more effectively by the water. It adds that the cooling performance increases significantly.

Brilliant design

The addressable digital aRGB LEDs are embedded directly in the cooling block and run along the sides of the entire cooler. Alphacool describes the effect as an illumination that engulfs the whole block, with no corner or edge left unlit. The new design is more angular, and all edges are beveled. Due to the reflections on these bevels, the light diffusion in the water cooler is better. They also create various contours, which Alphacool says give the cooler its very own visual touch.

Copper or aluminum?

Alphacool only uses copper in its water coolers, and in the case of this block the copper is nickel-plated. Compared to the previous models, however, Alphacool has once again improved the type of nickel plating. It says this significantly increased the acid resistance, which should prevent the plating from flaking off. Why does Alphacool use copper instead of aluminum? Its answer is that copper has almost twice the thermal conductivity and is therefore, for Alphacool, clearly the better material for water cooling.

Other special features

The patented screw plugs of the block sit flush with the surface of the terminal. The Alphacool logo, which sits in the corner on the top, is also fully illuminated. On the front of the terminal, the corresponding designations of the compatible graphics card manufacturers can be seen, and of course the addressable digital LEDs light these fully as well. IN and OUT are marked by small discreet triangles. Alphacool says the marks are easily recognizable and fit perfectly into the overall visual line of the cooler.

What the loop needs

The block has four G1/4 threads. Two take the compression fittings for your tube size, which are not in the box. The other two are closed with the two screw plugs that are, using the enclosed plug tool. To control the lighting, the included digital-RGB adapter joins the 3-Pin JST plug of the block to a digital RGB controller such as the Aurora Eiscontrol, which is not included. More digital RGB LEDs can be chained to the remaining 3-pin connector of the adapter. Thermal pads in 1 mm, 2 mm and 3 mm and thermal grease also come with the block. So do the screws and washers for the card and the backplate, and an M3x5 screw and nut for the slot cover.

Technical data cooler

Technical data backplate

Notes

• Alphacool asks that the block be used only with clear transparent water cooling fluids. It warns that the particles and additives in Pastel liquids can clog and permanently damage radiators, pumps, coolers and hoses, and that this can void the manufacturer's warranty.
• Remove the original cooler on an antistatic mat, taking extreme care if it is held with thermal glue. Clean the card of thermal paste and pad residues with a solvent such as isopropanol alcohol before fitting the block.

In the box

• 1x 8x77x1mm thermal pad
• 2x 15x51x1mm thermal pad
• 1x 15x38x1mm thermal pad
• 1x 15x15x1mm thermal pad
• 1x 8x84x1mm thermal pad
• 1x 30x30x2mm thermal pad
• 2x 15x51x2mm thermal pad
• 1x 15x15x2mm thermal pad
• 1x 8x77x3mm thermal pad
• 1x 8x84x3mm thermal pad
• 1x 30x30x3mm thermal pad
• 2x 15x51x3mm thermal pad
• 1x 15x38x3mm thermal pad
• 1x 15x15x3mm thermal pad
• 1x M3x5 screws
• 1x M3 nuts
• 6x M2x5 screws
• 6x M2 washers
• 8x M2x11 screws
• 2x Screw plugs
• 1x plug tool
• 1x Thermal grease
• 1x digital-RGB adapter
• 1x backplate

Alphacool's manual and data sheet are both PDF files.