Alphacool Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX-N RTX 3090TI Founders Edition with Backplate (13056)

The Alphacool Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX-N RTX 3090TI Founders Edition with Backplate is a GPU water block for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition graphics card. Alphacool also lists two Inno3D RTX 3090 Ti cards for it, the ICHILL FROSTBITE and the X3 OC. 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

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition, Inno3D ICHILL FROSTBITE and X3 OC

Cold plate

Nickel-plated copper

Top

Acrylic

Ports

4 x G1/4

Backplate

Aluminum, black, included

Lighting

11 digital aRGB LEDs, 5V

Compatibility

Alphacool lists these cards for this block:

• Inno3D GEFORCE RTX 3090 TI ICHILL FROSTBITE
• Inno3D GEFORCE RTX 3090 TI X3 OC
• Nvidia 3090 Ti Founders Edition

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. Alphacool's active backplate for this block, which water-cools the back of the card, is the Eisblock Aurora GPX-N Acryl Active Backplate 3090 TI Founders Edition.

The Aurora GPX series

Alphacool presents the Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX as a graphics card water cooler that combines style with performance. In its words, extreme cooling performance and extensive digital RGB lighting characterize it. Experience and technical know-how from more than a decade have flowed into the development, and Alphacool says it did so without making any technical compromises. It calls the GPU cooler a serious further development of the previous Alphacool model, one that has been improved in every area.

More performance

During the development, value was naturally placed on increasing performance, and Alphacool names three steps. In the first step, the cooler was brought closer to the individual components by reducing the thickness of the thermal pads. In the second step, the nickel-plated copper block was also made thinner. Step 3 involves constantly optimizing the water flow within the cooler. 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 capacity increases significantly.

Brilliant design

The addressable digital aRGB LEDs are embedded directly in the cooling block, and they run along the sides of the entire cooler. Alphacool describes the effect as lighting that encompasses the whole block, where no corner or edge remains unlit. The new design is more angular, and all edges are beveled. Due to the reflections on these bevels, the light scattering 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 uses only copper in its water coolers, and on this block the copper is nickel-plated. Why does Alphacool use copper instead of aluminum? Its reason is that copper has almost twice the thermal conductivity and is therefore clearly the better material for water cooling. Compared to the previous models, it says it has again improved the type of nickel plating, which has significantly increased acid resistance. That should prevent the plating from chipping or flaking off.

Other special features

The block has the patented screw plugs, which are flush with the surface of the terminal. The Alphacool logo, which sits in the corner on top, is fully illuminated. So are the corresponding designations of the compatible graphics card manufacturers, which can be seen on the front of the terminal and are of course lit by the addressable digital LEDs. IN and OUT are marked by small subtle triangles. Alphacool says they are easily recognizable and fit perfectly into the overall visual line of the cooler. The manual notes that, because of the position of the terminal, the NV-Link connector cannot be plugged into the graphics card.

What the loop needs

The block has four G1/4 connections. 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 connection 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 male connector. Thermal pads in 1 mm and 3 mm, thermal grease and the screws and washers for the card and the backplate also come with the block. The IO Shield in the box is optional: it is attached with 2 of the M2x11 screws from the backplate and the 3 M3x5 screws from the side.

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.
• Spread the thermal grease on the GPU in a layer less than a millimeter thick, so that it does not contaminate the surrounding components. The manual shows the pad positions for the short and the long PCB version.

In the box

• 1x Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX-N RTX 3090TI Founders Edition cooler
• 2x 8x100x1mm thermal pad
• 2x 15x51x1mm thermal pad
• 1x 15x40x1mm thermal pad
• 1x 15x15x1mm thermal pad
• 2x 15x51x3mm thermal pad
• 1x 15x40x3mm thermal pad
• 1x 15x15x3mm thermal pad
• 1x 30x30x3mm thermal pad
• 2x 8x100x3mm thermal pad
• 1x IO Shield
• 3x M3x5 screws
• 4x M2x5 screws
• 4x M2 washers
• 8x M2x11 screws
• 2x Screw plugs
• 1x plug tool
• 1x Thermal grease
• 1x digital-RGB adapter
• 3x M2x1.6 washers
• 1x backplate

Alphacool's manual and data sheet, which repeats these specifications, are both PDFs.