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are you ready for this I think I think you were born ready for this so so we're basically gonna install Corsairs new XG water block onto a Founders edition r-tx 2080 and I'm gonna make my wife do it because you know I've been working extra hard I deserve a break I think I deserve this so yeah of course and you know how to operate a screwdriver come on how many how hard could it be all right and they're saying that this is supposed to be a more seamless integration and installation than existing water blocks on the market so I think this is good you know you've actually never installed the water block in your life so what what better proof of performance then then right now so all right go ahead first first step you you got to remove the this is a lousy air cooler on here there's a lousy backplate just asking to be upgraded all right so remember we're on a time crunch here because in about 30 minutes or so we're gonna have a whole group of Chinese press walks straight through that door and completely obliterate this video so we are this is a ticking time bomb right now not to put any pressure on you but you better you better hurry hurry your ass up this is actually probably the longest part of the process is has nothing to do with the actual crosshair block but just removing the stock cooler from our r-tx 2080s II is is a bit on the tedious side now while she's doing that I'm gonna just briefly talk about this so they actually have pre installed thermal pads which is probably the second most time-consuming parts of GPU water block installation but having them all pre applied like this definitely saves you a chunk of time there's also a nice little cover here for a pre applied thermal paste very nice it that's pre applied because there's so many different schools of thought on the best way to apply thermal paste so it's kind of nice that they've already taken care of that for you all so if you'll just look at the design of the block itself kind of have like a Dominator look right here on the unenlightened outlet ports this is a extruded aluminum it's very nice to the touch kind of a matte black finish are you done go ahead and yes carefully remove it making sure not to damage anything now this is super fragile one wrong step you could completely damage the $700 GPU that's just beneath it might be a little into a little sticky oh there it is you got it beautiful oh wait are there more hex screws under here yes there are okay so now we need to find a hex yeah cue jeopardy music so now alright I think you got all the screws off right yeah I don't hold this off right no yeah you can't you should be you should be able to pull the shroud off now from the PCB separate the - you know you just gotta be you gotta show who's boss alright oh you broke it just kidding I just want to give you a quick little heart flutter there you're good so go ahead and take that all the way off go ahead and unplug that yep from the PCB side it just should disconnect now there it is now we don't need him anymore and now we can finally install this guy so that was about roughly 12 minutes to adjust get the stock founders Edition block off of there are not blocked but air cooler and now we're gonna see how long it actually takes wifey to install the x-gene okay so here we have some cabling for the RGB LEDs that are on board and she's gonna make sure to unzip tie those pop that sucker off you should probably first clean off the the GPU but we actually have some assistance at the moment which is very helpful it's a dirty job but someone's got to do it a you always might want to make sure that you get the residual thermal pad off of there and make sure it's not gonna interfere with your fresh new pads you definitely want to make sure that these cables are routed around in that that little groove there they don't pinch them down when you connect the block and then it's just a matter of screwing it all back in kind of doing the opposite of what you just did alright so this is our sort of anomaly screw here because it does need a nut on the other side just to secure the expansion slots to it alright just easy does it beautiful oh look at that mounting technique and then it's just a matter of screwing down but make sure you put the the GPU backplate on first very cool that this actually comes included with the XP water block that's a huge bonus at because these can be upwards of 40 bucks from competitors who we won't pain yep there it is and sometimes what I like to do is leave the screws just a little bit loose that one you can probably tighten but the other ones if you want to leave a little loose just to give a little bit of wiggle room for the backplate in case you need to wiggle it around for lining up with the other mounting holes 2:43 plenty of time sue me what if you put the screw in the screw hole first and then do that okay that works you got it but it looks like you're practically done you have 1 2 3 more screws ok so on on the recorder here it's been it's been under 10 minutes you basically installed this block in about 8 minutes if you're if you're not including the removal of the founders of dition trout and there it is ladies and gentleman wifey sauce good job I would I would give you a round of applause yeah ok so what did you think oh wow wow ok it's good it's good I'm great I'm glad I married an independent woman I mean it's it definitely takes a lot of the intimidation factor I think out of custom water cooling something like this is definitely a factor that I've heard a lot of people talk about being scared of when they're actually doing their first liquid loot first custom loop but as you see here folks even a wife could do it thanks honey good job