VRM Quality of $500 RTX 2070s (Reference PCB Analysis)

Buildzoid talks about the VRM and PCB quality of the most basic RTX 2070 VRM and PCB, featuring the reference board found on most models.

We analyze the EVGA RTX 2070 Black PCB -- the same as the Founders Edition -- to determine build and VRM quality at the MSRP of roughly $500. This is the same PCB used on the Founders Edition and most other entry-level RTX 2070s. The board is designed by NVIDIA and sold to their partners as a reference model. The question is how much power it can handle.

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Analysis: Buildzoid of AHOC
Timestamps: Keegan Gallick

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[ImCrazyCow]

OK we need a SHIRT STEVE "POWER LIMITS ARE STUPID" Buildziod 2018

[FinaRagnarok]

Huh I just discovered Actually Hardcore Overclocking yesterday and now Buildzoid is on GN...I don't know what that means but its pretty neat!

[Don_Valentino]

for a 500$ premium price tag (on the mid tier) i expect a beefier PCB, just compare this with a reference 1080

[reddeugemo]

at minute 6:52 there's a couple of resistor that looks out of place just under the ic marked 330. is that normal?

[iTzDaNiiLo]

Good God, Buildzoid has forgotten more than what I would ever know. The guy is a genius

[tor]

It’s beautiful there are 5 comments and none of them are first ;;;—;;;

[kennethhicks]

Good stuff...but i cant believe you counted the memory chips!

[vrbobde]

I would like to see how good is gigabyte 2070 has to offer as their 2070 has 8+2 phase and 8+6 pin power.

[JensEjvinsson]

150W on the 8-pin PCIE? Really? From what I can tell it should be fed through 12V4 and 12V5 rails and those are like 25A each on any decent PSU. The spec seems to require at least 8A on 12V4 though, with a peak of 13A on a 550W PSU. So is that where your number of 150W (12V * 13A) comes from?

[johngermain]

Good Job Buildzoid, even if the trolls are gonna eat me alive.

[aliimran]

Steve please do more videos with buildzoid. Like asus maximus xi hero and code.

[TheGyoushi]

Would the FE card be slightly different from the reference design? I seem to remember the PCIe power on the 2070 FE facing towards the front rather than to the top like this EVGA board.

[Zubkover]

6:40 what is this random capacitor on the left tho xD

[starsstripesjacket]

Hey Buildzoid, for future video's why dont you show GN how to check what each of those minor rails goes to?

[mitchell]

Still weird hearing “GDDR6.” We’ve had GDDR5 for SO long.

[lukasdaskalopoulos]

Why are they using the TU 106 Chip, wasn´t that the XX60 Chip in previous generations, or am I mistaken ?

[ADrunkNnja]

Can anyone tell me why the lines (idk their actual name) from the PCIe connector, to the GPU die, are not equal lengths and just appear sloppy? I could be wrong on the equal lengths. But either way, I've noticed that on all the 20 series cards, even aftermarket cards, that they just generally look like crap. Compared to the older generation cards.

[KarolisValickas]

Why isn't RAM put on the back side of PCB? Wouldn't that make them even more compact and even faster, since memory lanes could be shorter?

[sadlerbw]

8:30 those tiny MLC's stuck across two bits of the larger SMD cap pad at a funky angle are making my teeth itch. For the love of all that is OCD, why couldn't they mount them to the center little pad instead. At least that way the little MLC's would be square with the rest of the components in that area!

[cobraguy]

When can we expect an EVGA "Buildzoid Edition" motherboard and Graphics card?
Then install them in a GN designed chassis.