Alphacool Unveils Core-series Radeon RX 9070 XT Water Block

[btarunr]

Alphacool International GmbH, based in Braunschweig, has been a pioneer in PC water cooling technology for over 20 years. With one of the most comprehensive product portfolios in the industry and over 20 years of experience, Alphacool is now expanding its portfolio with the new Core RX 9070 XT graphics card water coolers with Backplate.

The GPU water coolers have been completely redesigned. Precise adjustments to the spacing between the cooler and the PCB, along with optimized water flow simulations and extensive practical testing, have resulted in significant improvements to the cooler base and jetplate. These enhancements ensure maximum cooling performance for the newest AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT generation. The GPU water coolers feature a precisely machined copper base with high-quality chrome plating for exceptional durability and a smooth surface. The design is further complemented by robust brass fittings with a nylon cover, ensuring maximum safety and reliability.



Compatibility:
14778 - Alphacool Core RX 9070 XT Nitro+ with Backplate

• Sapphire NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 9070 GPU
• Sapphire NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU

14779 - Alphacool Core RX 9070 XT TUF + Prime with Backplate

• ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 OC Edition 16 GB GDDR6
• ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Edition 16 GB GDDR6
• ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 OC Edition 16 GB GDDR6
• ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Edition 16 GB GDDR6

10289 - Alphacool Core RX 9070 XT Mercury with Backplate

• XFX Mercury AMD Radeon RX 9070XT OC Gaming Edition with RGB (RX-97TRGBBB9)
• XFX Mercury AMD Radeon RX 9070XT OC Magnetic Air Edition with RGB (RX-97TMARGB9)
• XFX Mercury AMD Radeon RX 9070XT OC White Gaming Edition with RGB (97TRGBBW9)

14780 - Alphacool Core RX 9070 XT Aorus Elite with Backplate

• Gigabyte AORUS Radeon RX 9070 XT ELITE 16G (GV-R9070XTAORUS E-16GD)
• Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 XT GAMING OC 16G (GV-R9070XTGAMING OC-16GD)

14781 - Alphacool Core RX 9070 XT Red Devil with Backplate

• PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB GDDR6 (RX9070XT 16G-E/OC)

14782 - Alphacool Core RX 9070 XT Hellhound + Pure with Backplate

• PowerColor Hellhound AMD Radeon RX 9070 16 GB GDDR6
• PowerColor Hellhound AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB GDDR6
• Sapphire PULSE AMD Radeon RX 9070 GPU
• Sapphire PULSE AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU
• Sapphire PURE AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU
• PowerColor Reaper AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB GDDR6

14799 - Alphacool Core RX 9070 XT Swift + Quicksilver with Backplate

• XFX Quicksilver AMD Radeon RX 9070XT White Gaming Edition (RX-97TQICKW9)
• XFX Swift AMD Radeon RX 9070XT White Triple Fan Gaming Edition (RX-97TSWF3W9)

14806 - Alphacool Core RX 9070 XT Steel Legend with Backplate

• ASRock AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend 16 GB

The Alphacool Core RX 9070 XT GPU Coolers with Backplate can now be ordered in the Alphacool Shop.

View at TechPowerUp Main Site

 

[Kwadratowicz]

I'm curious how it would work with gigabyte vapor chamber , but the cost is too much for now

 

[Noci]

Very nice, just be aware that there are still long delivery times at the moment (6 to 9 weeks) and they don't exactely come cheap,

 

[zo0lykas]

Very nice, just be aware that there are still long delivery times at the moment (6 to 9 weeks) and they don't exactely come cheap,

View attachment 399776

30% of gpu price for water block? Ill pass

 

[N/A]

I'm curious how it would work with gigabyte vapor chamber , but the cost is too much for now

You mean instead of the vapor chamber because you have to remove the stock cooler? Yes, 99 would be nice, but 199 is a fair price too. Anyway, pleasure has no price.

 

[Kwadratowicz]

You are right, I thought how to make a sandwich not a cooling solution
Edit1: so it is pointless in my case, cause I've bought this gpu for vapor chamber.

 

[maxfly]

Unfortunately everything waterblock has gotten way more expensive and Alphacools lead times are long long with so much pent up demand. Such is the price we pay if we want to play.

 

[Leiesoldat]

30% of gpu price for water block? Ill pass

If you check Alphacool's store details, that price includes VAT and shipping. Shipping to the US without the VAT is 208 Euro for the Sapphire Pulse compatible block. A Sapphire Pulse in the US is roughly 760 Euro at the moment through MicroCenter, equating to the block being about 27% the cost of the card. Water blocks have always been expensive additions to a water cooling setup; the block for my 6800XT was probably around a third or more of the cost of the card. Not sure why you're up in arms about water block pricing right now.

 

[redeye]

Unfortunately everything waterblock has gotten way more expensive and Alphacools lead times are long long with so much pent up demand. Such is the price we pay if we want to play.

always been expensive, you do it because it is a hobby. (and love building stuff like lego kits)… (a hobby is a business you lose money at.lol) silence is golden!… and almost costs as much!

watercooling is “like” boating, “a hole you throw money into” … break out another thousand… BOAT bucks…

 

[Tomorrow]

By the way there are unique PCB shots of all the compatible models from front (and back if you modify the URL yourself): https://download.alphacool.com/homepage/compatibility_list_AMD.pdf
For example:

Spoiler: PCB images, front and back.

Unique because most reviews do not disassemble the card and take PCB shots. Thus for some models there are zero PCB shots on the internet.
Good to see Alphacool covering majority of AIB models.

Based on what i see the following 9070 XT AIB models share the PCB design (maybe just some capacitor/choke capacity/model number differences, but no component placement differences):

ASUS:
Asus Prime Radeon™ RX 9070 XT OC Edition 16GB GDDR6
Asus TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Edition 16GB GDDR6

Gigabyte:
Gigabyte AORUS Radeon™ RX 9070 XT ELITE 16G
Gigabyte Radeon™ RX 9070 XT GAMING OC 16G

PowerColor:
PowerColor Hellhound AMD Radeon™ RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6
PowerColor Reaper AMD Radeon™ RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6

Sapphire:
Sapphire PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 9070 XT GPU
Sapphire PURE AMD Radeon™ RX 9070 XT GPU

XFX:
XFX Mercury AMD Radeon RX 9070XT OC Gaming Edition with RGB
XFX Mercury AMD Radeon RX 9070XT OC Magnetic Air Edition with RGB
XFX Mercury AMD Radeon RX 9070XT OC White Gaming Edition with RGB

XFX Quicksilver AMD Radeon RX 9070XT White Gaming Edition
XFX Swift AMD Radeon RX 9070XT White Triple Fan Gaming Edition

Both AsRock models seem to use their own, unique PCB design.
Also Sapphire Nitro+ and PowerColor Red Devil seem to be of unique PCB design.
This is also somewhat expected since one AsRock and one Sapphire model use the dreaded 16pin high failure rate connector and hence require unique PCB.

 

[EddyAlphacool]

You can also view the PCB layouts in our configurator. That might be easier for some users when looking for a compatible cooler or if they simply want to compare PCB layouts.

Alphacool International GmbH - Water cooling specialist

High End Water Cooling for: OEM Manufacturing - DIY Solutions - Industrial Cooler - Enterprise Solutions - German Development - Own Manufacturing - Since 2003!

www.alphacool.com

Since pricing is such a common topic: everything has become more expensive in recent years — energy costs, material costs, transport costs, labor costs, just everything. Anyone who thinks we're just increasing our margins to make a fortune is completely mistaken.

 

[Tomorrow]

You can also view the PCB layouts in our configurator. That might be easier for some users when looking for a compatible cooler or if they simply want to compare PCB layouts.

Alphacool International GmbH - Water cooling specialist

High End Water Cooling for: OEM Manufacturing - DIY Solutions - Industrial Cooler - Enterprise Solutions - German Development - Own Manufacturing - Since 2003!

www.alphacool.com

Since pricing is such a common topic: everything has become more expensive in recent years — energy costs, material costs, transport costs, labor costs, just everything. Anyone who thinks we're just increasing our margins to make a fortune is completely mistaken.

Do you also plan on releasing Eiswolf AIO's for RX 9000 series?

I assume since the block design is done then making one with a pump and radiator attached should be the easy part?
Im asking because im not into custom water cooling myself but i would be interested in a GPU AIO instead.

Also i would argue that not everything has gotten universally more expensive. CPU's are roughly the same price. Monitors have fallen a lot in price (especially OLED). RAM has fallen in price. SSD's (even Gen5 models) have fallen. It's mostly GPU's and related components that seem to be in an never ending increase...

 

[Noci]

I don't own a RX 9070 XT (yet), but as soon as I do, I'm willing to pay this price and hope it delivers the same excellent cooling as my current Alphacool Eisblock GPX (on a RX 6700 XT).
So I'll be looking at the cheapest (to ease the pain ) 9070 XT OC model with a 3 x 8 pin power supply and rip that aircooler off asap. Just don't know how to explain these expences to the big boss (my wife) without having some valueable body parts ripped off too .
But no worries, I'll figure it out .

Also curious to see if these blocks (partially) fix the 'high' VRAM temps that some are reporting about.
Time will tell .

 

[Tomorrow]

So I'll be looking at the cheapest (to ease the pain ) 9070 XT OC model with a 3 x 8 pin power supply and rip that aircooler off asap.

Depending on the region the Gigabyte OC and ASUS Prime models are the cheapest XT models with 3x8pin.
Best i can tell from the PCB designs that there's not much difference. Most manufacturers use the same controllers and similar components.
There does not seem to be any premium PCB's that give significant advantages on clock speed or features.

 

[Noci]

Depending on the region the Gigabyte OC and ASUS Prime models are the cheapest XT models with 3x8pin.

Yup, they are slowly decreasing in price here locally

Asus prime OC down to €750 now

Gigabyte Gaming OC is still € 800 atm

Patience is a nice virtue , once the Alphacool blocks are in stock, hopefully the GPU prices are even closer to MRSP . No hurry here.

And for the record; I do realize that for the combined prices (GPU & block) I could get a faster GPU, but call me crazy I just want to watercool it for the fun of it.

 

[maxfly]

Also i would argue that not everything has gotten universally more expensive. CPU's are roughly the same price. Monitors have fallen a lot in price (especially OLED). RAM has fallen in price. SSD's (even Gen5 models) have fallen. It's mostly GPU's and related components that seem to be in an never ending increase...

Apples and oranges.

 

[Tomorrow]

Apples and oranges.

No it's not. All of these components matter for PC gaming but only GPU's for some reason keep increasing in price and there too mostly on the green camp.
Even arguments like cutting edge nodes getting more expensive dont hold much weight when CPU's made on these same nodes have not increased on prices.

I suppose the logical counter argument would be that CPU silicon is much smaller and that's true to an extent, but even with smaller chip there should have been increases, but there were not. Besides low end and midrange GPU's are also very small now. AMD's Navi 48 chip looks like a mobile chip from years ago.

Also one of the main arguments has been inflation that in theory should affect everything equally. How is it then that GPU's are so much more affected by inflation compared to most other components?

 

[maxfly]

No it's not. All of these components matter for PC gaming but only GPU's for some reason keep increasing in price and there too mostly on the green camp.
Even arguments like cutting edge nodes getting more expensive dont hold much weight when CPU's made on these same nodes have not increased on prices.

I suppose the logical counter argument would be that CPU silicon is much smaller and that's true to an extent, but even with smaller chip there should have been increases, but there were not. Besides low end and midrange GPU's are also very small now. AMD's Navi 48 chip looks like a mobile chip from years ago.

Also one of the main arguments has been inflation that in theory should affect everything equally. How is it then that GPU's are so much more affected by inflation compared to most other components?

He's talking about the manufacturing of water blocks.

 

[zo0lykas]

If you check Alphacool's store details, that price includes VAT and shipping. Shipping to the US without the VAT is 208 Euro for the Sapphire Pulse compatible block. A Sapphire Pulse in the US is roughly 760 Euro at the moment through MicroCenter, equating to the block being about 27% the cost of the card. Water blocks have always been expensive additions to a water cooling setup; the block for my 6800XT was probably around a third or more of the cost of the card. Not sure why you're up in arms about water block pricing right now.

No they don't, i remember my 1st water cooling system, back plate cost £15, most companies included it, water block back in days cost from 40 to 80 quid..

Its nowadays prices are crazy 200-300 quid for block..

 

[Tomorrow]

He's talking about the manufacturing of water blocks.

My apologies, but the wording was ambiguous and did not directly state that only water blocks have gotten more expensive.