AORUS RTX 5090 WATERFORCE Owner Reports Waterblock Cracks After 3 Weeks

A Reddit user says the waterblock on a GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5090 XTREME WATERFORCE developed cracks after 3 weeks of use, despite the card not being misused. The report was covered by Wccftech.

The owner, who posts as “MagicManPie,” is based in Western Australia, according to Wccftech. The article says GIGABYTE provided a replacement for the water-cooled graphics card in around two weeks.

The report describes the replacement as timely given the scarcity of the RTX 5090. It does not establish what caused the waterblock cracks; the claim that the card was not misused comes from the owner’s account.