CORSAIR Hydro X Series XG7 GPU Block (RTX 4090 Strix/TUF)

[VSG]

Our GPU block roundup continues with CORSAIR's full-cover Hydro XG7 block for the ASUS RTX 4090 Strix/TUF. It uses a design reminiscent of CORSAIR's premium RAM sticks and aims to offer a good balance of aesthetics, ease of installation, coolant flow restriction, and thermal performance for a reasonable price.

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[Footman]

Wow, what a price! Just took a look on AliExpress and can grab a Barrow waterblock for the Asus Strix 4090 for $111 shipped and Bykski for $128.... Both come with backplates and the Bykski comes with RGB.

I would really love to see a review of these budget blocks to see if the law of diminishing returns still exists...

BTW, great review.

 

[VSG]

Wow, what a price! Just took a look on AliExpress and can grab a Barrow waterblock for the Asus Strix 4090 for $111 shipped and Bykski for $128.... Both come with backplates and the Bykski comes with RGB.

I would really love to see a review of these budget blocks to see if the law of diminishing returns still exists...

BTW, great review.

I don't have the GPU here anymore sadly, all the testing was done in a short time thus.

 

[N/A]

Bykski is 125+20 vat +30 shipping for me, still very pricey,
But there is a $15 0.08mm CPU block for S1700/1800.

 

[Vya Domus]

Bykski is 125+20 vat +30 shipping for me, still very pricey,

If your paying the 2000$ or however much a these cards are does this really matter ?

 

[bogami]

Corsiair Hydro X7 is another example of the far overestimated value of an ultra-cheap block where only mega profit and abuse of the name to bash the US market, where they play on patriotic buyers, are important. As we can see, the part is printed from what, I don't know, chromed aluminum was added on the previous models with an added AIO miserably small copper part, not to mention the quality! Disappointment . No one ,who has anything in their head will buy this cooling element, It is not a block and the quality is not either. There are real blocks for this money.

 

[N/A]

The right side of the VRM PCB has been neglected so much that not only is there no water flowing directly over it and the part it connects to the rest is only barely anything really, the rest has been eaten away to create an opening for the capacitors that stick out. I would remove the top and back aluminium cover plate and use it like that for light weight. Others are 1.27kg and that's alot for diminishing returns.

If your paying the 2000$ or however much a these cards are does this really matter ?

I could consider it for 4080 Super or something.

 

[RH92]

240 EUR when the HEATKILLER exists at 250 EUR ( performs better and looks MUCH MUCH nicer ) ?

Nah , Corsair needs to be at least 50$ cheaper to even be a consideration and even there it would be a hard sale because if you are looking for cheap stuff you have options from China that are much cheaper .

Bottom line being , if Corsair want to charge that sort of money then they need the whole package ( looks + perf ) and they are not delivering on it !

 

[Chrispy_]

LOL, what a turd.
Perhaps this version doesn't leak like their old versions did at least, but there are so many better blocks on the market, especially given the high European price.
Corsair watercooling was a joke, their reputation was ruined so they now rank alongside EK for "overpriced crap that you pay to beta-test".
No thank you, the competition is better, cheaper, and higher-quality.

 

[VSG]

LOL, what a turd.
Perhaps this version doesn't leak like their old versions did at least, but there are so many better blocks on the market, especially given the high European price.
Corsair watercooling was a joke, their reputation was ruined so they now rank alongside EK for "overpriced crap that you pay to beta-test".
No thank you, the competition is better, cheaper, and higher-quality.

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That leak issue was overblown, I never had it happen in all my testing of the older blocks and the design was updated last gen itself to account for the small chance it could happen. While there are concerns about the value offering from Corsair blocks, this is not an issue anymore.

 

[Chrispy_]

That leak issue was overblown, I never had it happen in all my testing of the older blocks and the design was updated last gen itself to account for the small chance it could happen. While there are concerns about the value offering from Corsair blocks, this is not an issue anymore.

Trust is hard to earn and easy to lose, even easier when the thing that betrays you was overpriced as well.
That's all I'm saying. I've only owned Corsair Asetek AIOs before I build my Alphacool loop so I can only go on all the video evidence that proved quite conclusively that there was a poorly-tested design flaw.