Well that's the thing, I don't invest in blocks. GPU blocks are not reusable, so I need to account in the price of the block which usually means getting a terrific deal on both a card and block.
£450 is about £100 less than the air cooled 2070 launched for which is great.
TBH this problem is mainly on Nvidia cards. There are just so many brands and models now. And because Nvidia are competing with their resellers those resellers are cutting corners and PCBs.
I literally spent three hours today just finding a card that has a block in existence. One out of about 10 great priced 2070s right now.
OCUK wanted £430 for the same card btw, I got mine through CCL.