I’ll certainly keep you posted to tell you
Do NOT buy the barrow block!!!!!
The engineering is suffering, in not only the block and how it makes contact with components but also the fact the because the G1/4 terminals are shifted so far to the left one cannot use an Nvlink bridge, can’t mount it. I’ve already contacted the seller Performance PCs and how they react to this after having sent the complete wrong one already which they made good on will make or break my reviews and feed back from them. The bits power block did not have the short comings this one has. I would have stuck with the bitspower if I could source another. Looks like I’m just going to have to learn patience. I’m going to research the Byski blocks and look very closely at the blocks cold plate.
In the images below you can see that only the chip, memory and VRMs on the outboard side made contact. VRMs toward the output side not only has gaps in the plate by design but also only made partial contact. None of the chokes did althoough thicker thermal pad may have resolved that. The instructions are non existent, not that I need them as I’ve done so many I can do these in my sleep, they show a smaller card and different block and only 4 screws. At least the bitspower shows all the correct hardware and you have to figure it out. The VRMs closer to the output side are cooled passively by contact with the support frame by factory intsallation as is VRAM. I have to say I wasn’t expecting a perfect finish but burrs that were not cleaned up in the block where holes were drilled and tapped for the Plexi top left me bleeding. Not that anything ever looks as good as the marketing but this misses by a fairly large margin. Parts that are chromed are done so very poorly and the cheap wreaks from within. I conceded on aesthetics but will not on build and performance. Here’s a few shots, I’ll snap more before I send these back or to the junk yard, depending on Performance PCs reaction.
Firstly card layout. The VRMS circled prettyy much get nothing from this block. For whatever resaon the part that is supposed to make contact is cut out not even present on 3 of these VRMs for reasons unknown. Ill show that in a bit. This is actually a beautiful card all nekked! both front and back....

Moving on you can see that the only part of the block that actually makes contact as it should is the chip and the VRAM (although not much of a pressure imprint on the VRAM)

The main VRMS on the outboard side have some of them making contact, not very well, but not all. Same for the chokes, just a few even touch. Both should have solid imprints all the way down. This may or may not be corrected with thicker thermal pads.

Heres the left side where the block is cut out. The spots you see where there is an additional layer of thermal pads there is no metal, its been machined all the way down flush with the rest of the block. On on end there is a tiny little part that I wonder why they even bothered as it wouldnt cover 10% of a single VRM. One choke made contact.

Here is their stock image, note the area circled in red that omits coverage of 3 of the VRMs. One end doesnt even start until its past a VRM then the other has that little bitty piece that covers nothing, Ill upload a better image later.

Nice pre installed gouge from tooling under the plexi. Almost looks like a crack but Im not 100% sure without removing the block. Makes one think whats present where you cant see?
Now for the real deal breaker. No NVlink possible. I looked at the Bitspower block and it appears the G1/4 terminals are far enough to the right that this isnt a problem. Its a huge problem on this block. I looked at other links and most of them are even wider at this point so its not a matter of the ASUS ROG Nvlink

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