Sycom launches Lynk+ watercooled RTX 5090 before Palit

Remember the Lynk+ cooler developed and teased for Palit’s RTX 5090 cards? It was even prototyped with an integrated display, a one-of-a-kind design (pictured below). Unfortunately, like many Palit prototypes, it was never marketed or released. However, the idea wasn’t completely abandoned. Japanese system builder Sycom has now developed a card using the same cooler, customized for its own lineup.

Sycom is known for its use of custom brackets and Noctua fans on semi-custom graphics cards. As usual, these cards aren’t sold separately, they’re only available when purchasing a complete system. The company had also teased a water-cooled high-end GPU, and it seems the team from GDM was recently invited to a private demo.

Source: GDM

The card is officially called the Hydro LC Graphics Plus RTX 5090. While the Noctua fans come from Austria, Sycom continues its collaboration with German-speaking partners, as Lynk+ is based in Germany. The showcased model isn’t the final version, GDM describes it as a “sneak peek at an engineering sample.”

Interestingly, this card isn’t just an aluminum prototype. It features a 360 mm radiator equipped with Noctua NF-A12x25 fans, with plans to upgrade them to the upcoming “G2” models.

Here’s how the PALIT version looked like, courtesy of Der8auer:

Palit RTX 5090 Lynk+ Edition, Source:  Der8auer

For now, there’s no release date, pricing, or confirmation that the card will launch outside Japan.

Source: GDM