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MSI RTX 4090 Suprim Liquid X Review – VRM MONSTER!



The MSI RTX 4090 Suprim Liquid X gives us our first look at a watercooled RTX 40-series GPU. It uses a 240mm AIO but retains an active fan on the shroud to cool the VRM. As Dominic finds out however, the attention to detail is lacking… Read the written article here:

00:00 Introduction
00:50 Design overview
01:40 RGB lighting
01:57 Why an AIO card could be a space saver…
02:52 Backplate and dual-BIOS
03:34 Radiator and fan setup
04:58 Something to be aware of with the tubing
05:51 Installing the radiator… two things to fix
09:04 PCB and cooler analysis
10:00 Test setup
10:35 Thermals and acoustics
12:40 Coil whine soundtest
13:11 Noise-normalised thermals
13:50 Power and clocks
14:44 Game benchmarks
15:16 Overclocking
15:56 Closing thoughts

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50 Comments

  1. Late review, but this card is excellent. It dumps all the GPU heat outside of the case! Much cooler inside than my 4070ti ever was, lower temperatures on the GPU, and I'll never go back to normal air cooling for the GPU.

  2. 9:34
    is the copper in direct contact with liquid metal? Or does it even use liquid metal?
    Asking because "Der 8auer" was complaining about the ASUS aio GPU having liquid metal against the copper which causes some issues apparently in the long term.
    DO YOU KNOW????

  3. Super nice video, thumbed up BUT, bruh, you put your GPU AIO upside down, the pipes on the radiator side should be put as low as possible or you'll get bubbles that keep getting into your circuit, which isn't good

  4. I was able to flip over the fans into a top-mounted pull configuration with ease – the screws weren't an issue. Not sure if my July 2023 purchase had different screws, but it worked without issue.

  5. So finally: Dont buy it. Temp.´s too high, copper plate with screwed extensions (= design error one!) Lol. Newer ever seen before copper extensions. Coil wine. The fan does not blow fresh/cool air to the components that need it most (= design error two). And all of this for such an amount of money?! NO!

  6. Hallo, habe jetzt die MSI Suprime X Liquid 4090 da. Sieht gut aus, aber die Pumpe ist mir ein wenig zu laut. Wie und wo kann ich denn die Pumpen Drehzahl verstellen? Im MSI Center habe ich nichts dazu gefunden.

    LG

  7. I am currently planning on building with a Cooler Master HAF XB EVO and was thinking of having this GPU. The case supports a 200mm fan on top which I would use for exhaust and use the radiator as intake fans. At least that was my idea. I guess I better buy some additional screws to mount the radiator the way I want it. Thanks for the insight.

  8. "best 4090 temps" thats a lie for a few reasons

    1: if you are front mounting you are just dumping all that heat into your case in the direction of the GPU
    2: I have the Gigabyte AIO 4090 and never seen about 60c

  9. I wanted to consider this gpu for a dual 4090 system (for 3d rendering) but the memory temps make me a little worrie…

    And also the other AIO alternative, the gigabyte waterforce seems to have building issues.

  10. swapped out the stock fans for Noctua NF-F12 iPPC 3000 PWM, Heavy Duty Cooling Fan, 4-Pin, 3000 RPM (120mm, Black) out of habit like i did with the 140 mm version for my arctic freezer ii 420 rad aio for my cpu bc nothing in terms of static pressure comes close and the airflow is just as good best fans id say you can get or at least that i can find for case airflow or rad fans anyway with these fans the screws were able to thread on the side of the my case to the rad no problem thought id mention that also i can only speak for these fans and the ones that come with arctic coolers but the noise dampeners on the corners are not needed I've never had rattling even at 3000 rpm so though the stock fans may be able to side mount if you didn't try removing them shaving off a few mm more or less could be all that it needed to fit through

  11. I believe gale would be a reference to gale force winds so silent gale would not strike me as a necessarily strange name by any means.

  12. This is why I chose to air cool my CPU, incase i ever got another hybrid GPU and I'd want to mount the rad up top. Grabbing my 4090 Suprim Hybrid today; she's a tight fit against the CPU cooler tho lol

  13. I bought my Suprim X in January and the memory temps are better than reported here (mid 70s vs mid 80s). I’ll have to assume MSI changed something at the factory to help improve temps.

  14. At 4k you are CPU limited and thus not actually testing what the card can do which is why the gains are minimal. You should test at 1080P to truly test the cards performance.