Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Today James is looking at the highly anticipated DeltaMate GPU water block for the Asus ROG Astral RTX 5090 from Thermal Grizzly. If you watched our Computex coverage you will have seen that Leo got a first look at the block, alongside the lowdown on how it's made from Joe Robey. Today, James get to do the fun stuff and install this beast of a water block on the RTX 5090 Asus ROG Astral and take it for a spin.
See the video from Computex: youtube.com/watch?v=TjyrBh_zTuw&ab_channel=KitGuruTech
See the written article: kitguru.net/components/cooling/james-dawson/thermal-grizzly-deltamate-rtx-5090-rog-astral-water-block-performance-and-thermals
00:00 The DeltaMate and Pricing
02:00 The Incredible backplate! / dummy plate
03:56 PCIe Bracket / PCB Removal
05:30 Copper Coldplate / Up Close
07:00 Asus ROG Astral RTX 5090
07:33 New Deltamate Fittings
08:55 Getting some ‘stock’ results
09:41 Installing the deltamate block
11:36 DeltaMate results!
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Build Specification
• CPU – AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
• Motherboard – MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk Wifi
• Graphics Card – Asus ROG Astral RTX 5090
• Memory – 32GB (2 x 16GB modules) G.Skill Trident Z Royal Neo RGB DDR5-6000
• Storage – 1 TB Corsair MP600 Elite PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD
• CPU Cooler – Deepcool LE360 V2
• Power Supply – Seasonic Prime TX1600
• Case fans – N/A
• Chassis – Open Test Bench
• Operating System – Windows 11
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Today James is looking at the highly anticipated DeltaMate GPU water block for the Asus ROG Astral RTX 5090 from Thermal Grizzly. If you watched our Computex coverage you will have seen that Leo got a first look at the block, alongside the lowdown on how it's made from Joe Robey. Today, James get to do the fun stuff and install this beast of a water block on the RTX 5090 Asus ROG Astral and take it for a spin.
See the video from Computex: youtube.com/watch?v=TjyrBh_zTuw&ab_channel=KitGuruTech
See the written article: kitguru.net/components/cooling/james-dawson/thermal-grizzly-deltamate-rtx-5090-rog-astral-water-block-performance-and-thermals
00:00 The DeltaMate and Pricing
02:00 The Incredible backplate! / dummy plate
03:56 PCIe Bracket / PCB Removal
05:30 Copper Coldplate / Up Close
07:00 Asus ROG Astral RTX 5090
07:33 New Deltamate Fittings
08:55 Getting some ‘stock’ results
09:41 Installing the deltamate block
11:36 DeltaMate results!
We never offer affiliate links or take percentages of product sales. If we say the product is good or bad we mean it. Our Editor in chief wrote about why you should value this and how the industry is rife with fake reviews from 'influencers' - read here bit.ly/3pXzaw4
Build Specification
• CPU – AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
• Motherboard – MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk Wifi
• Graphics Card – Asus ROG Astral RTX 5090
• Memory – 32GB (2 x 16GB modules) G.Skill Trident Z Royal Neo RGB DDR5-6000
• Storage – 1 TB Corsair MP600 Elite PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD
• CPU Cooler – Deepcool LE360 V2
• Power Supply – Seasonic Prime TX1600
• Case fans – N/A
• Chassis – Open Test Bench
• Operating System – Windows 11
Buy our merch from here: kitgurutech.myspreadshop.co.uk
Discord invite link: discord.gg/4cqFSWY
Steam Community steamcommunity.com/groups/kitguruofficial
Be sure to support us on PATREON patreon.com/kitgurutech and read our MANTRA on HONEST REVIEWS Here: bit.ly/2BopnF9
Visit our facebook page over here! facebook.com/KitGuru.net
Visit our Twitter page over here! twitter.com/kitgurupress?lang=en
#thermalgrizzly #deltamade #watercooling #5090
