interesting how deep those circles are? when we sand down 'em it will shorten thread a bit - won't it cause problem with long-threaded fittings?
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interesting how deep those circles are? when we sand down 'em it will shorten thread a bit - won't it cause problem with long-threaded fittings?
it is less than 1 mm, no problem at all. And really long-threaded fittings shouldn´t be used with this block anyway (just count the threads).
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http://www.abload.de/img/120806007a7suo.jpg
How the hell are you suppose to get the circular o-ring to sit in the non-circular slot when replacing the base plate? This is ridiculous. :shakes:
I s'pose you have never opened up a fullcover GPU block? :D The Supremacy was pretty easy actually, the Supreme was a lot harder to get the O-ring back in place.
No. I finally got it on. Trying to get it to sit in the damn channel is impossible as far as I'm concerned. So I instead positioned in the interior of black mounting bracket (which has a larger diameter) and then sandwiched everything together that way. No leaks. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Zeus
EK sent me this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M9V-...PwKcuGoKo1uYqg I'd love them to show me assembly video, not sped up, of the Supremacy which has a less circular channel for the o-ring than the Supreme. ;)
Wow. I am shocked.
I was finally considering buying a new graphics card because the HD5850 I have now was starting to show it's age. I once bought a graphics card (4850) before buying the waterblock which turned out to be a big hassle because I was forced to buy a Swiftech universal block when I really wanted a Full Cover EK block.
For my next card, the 5850, I bought the EK block first (Nickel/Plexi) and then tried to find a reference 5850 to fit it onto. Now I was thinking about a 7970 so I started looking for a nice block first. First stop: EKWB
I saw the design with the stripes before and I didn't really approve but I would've gone with it anyway, then I saw the circle design and my mind just blew up. I couldn't even try to like it. Ugly in every aspect. It even makes the stripe design look like DA BOMB as Jessy would have said.
I decided to give XS another visit to see what the others thought of it and no surprises there either, everyone hates it. Then I read on to find this:
From someone who works at EK?Quote:
@churchy: Beauty is in the eyes of beholder. I see no point in arguing about the looks with anyone.
I only buy EK products because (normally) they are the best looking blocks with the highest build quality. But this post made me puke in my mouth and swallow it after, only to puke again and destroy my keyboard.
WTF? As a company you should learn from your mistakes, listen to feedback instead of saying you don't discuss looks. Let me enlighten you here, EK has always been about looks.
So...What the ****. This is my last purchase (untill you make another stunning looking block) but I am disgusted by your comment.
Ekshop has some of those older design 7970 waterblocks leftQuote:
Originally Posted by TJ Tom
I bought my EK LTX cpu block because I wanted something with a nice clean look. I adored all the old EKWB black acetal designs, easily the most understated waterbloocks out there in a sea of bling chrome ones. They have now totally ruined that with this CSQ stuff.
Nominating this as the most ridiculous, petty thread of the year. Seriously guys? :shrug:
most of the time i understand that it's only EK business to invent and use designs. and they don't have to ask us: do we like it or not... and performance still very good... but sometimes i ask myself - why there was such drastic design change?
/OT