Hi Nate, thank you!!*
Spent half the night wondering if i had done wrong lol.
Did my i7 6700 a few days back, now getting 4.9ghz at 61 deg, seems pretty good to me, so did my i9 7980 yesterday and putting full EKwb water block on plus block on the Titan v, just in the middle of that one ( just spent an hour looking for screw I dropped, found it ) used liquid metal as it seems best thing to use so going very very carefull.
Haven’t finished build yet, 900d case is still in box till I get this bit done then on with installing everything.
Thanks for reply Nate.*

You should see 3c - 5c lower with liquid metal vs. thermal paste. I used Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut on my 7700k, what did you use ?

That is a very nice pc, I'd like to see some pics and temp results when you get it together. 🙂

Rob,
I have never used a full cover block, I have also never used LM between Block and HIS or on GPU core, only under HIS on CPU. I would mount and fully tighten the block, then remove it to check for contact, then clean, redo LM application and remount just for a little peace of mind
If you are using LM on the GPU die, I would recommend some liquid tape or some insulator around the GPU die before applying the LM as there are small components around the die that may not play well with LM.
Please share your results with us

Personally feel liquid metal is lost on GPU cooling. On a full cover water-block with correct application, conventional Thermal Grizzly and Arctic Cooling pastes I rarely see above 35c with 20-23c ambient (Strix 1080Ti).

Yep Menthol, you make a good point about taping up the transistors around the gpu die, I was going to mention that but it looks like he already has it done.

Checking the block is making good contact with the cpu is a good idea, it will save a big hassle if by chance it's not.

@Nate Yes I used Conductonaut on cpu and gpu, both under ihs and under blocks, for the difference it made to the i7 I thought I’d give it a go
@menthol it was after your comment about correct seating of a full block previously that made me think, so yep I have taken it apart and it seems a good cover contact was made with no spillover, “ used clear nail varnish ( nitrocellulose compound ) over components to protect from possible spillover *so m happy with assembly of blocks. * I was tempted to use the TG Kryonaut under the blocks* so it’s in reserve for if LM doesn’t come up to expectations. ( would be a hassle if I had to though.)
*@silentscone LM may well be unnecessary / overkill but someone has to try it, seems a good idea to me! Besides I’m chasing Menthol’s score so I need every degree going, lol.
So anyway water block is on the R6E, water block is on the TitanV all ready to unpack the obsidian 900D and start install tomorrow, *will update on the build as I go, thanks guys.
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Something I did notice about the r6e is I have all 8 mem slots filled with GSkill rgb ddr4 3600 so when installing the Ek mono block it is very tight between the banks of 4, left the memory in place to make sure everything fitted ok, so some makes of mem might not work out though being thicker?