grr, sorry for double post.
grr, sorry for double post.
Project Elegant Dreams
CPU: Intel 980x (3005F803T) @ Stock , Mobo: Rampage III Extreme, Ram: 24GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 C9 1T 1.51v GPU: SLI EK'd Vanilla GTX580, 0.875v @ idle.
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EK GTX480 blocks on EVGA 580s
MCP355 and MCP35X in serial
Dual BlackIce GTX480 Rads
I believe it is mentioned on the 2nd page. 1x 360 RAD, 3x Yate Loons D12SH-12 2200rpm, 1x D5 + EK X-TOP, 2m 12/16mm tubing (1/2" ID).
EK Water Blocks R&D
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Hobby: Rotary SS bench unit (LPG/R-507) | -75°C Auto-cascade (R-600/R-290/R-744) | Plate HX water chiller (1kW cooling power) | My 2nd cascade MP14FB R-507/R-1150 | Mini cascade R-507/R-1150 | GPU single-stage | Mach I restoration mod -> -38°C @ 230W
Milestones: 7.12GHz P4 | 6.84GHz K10.5 | 6.45GHz Ci5 | 3.31GHz K7
3DMark2001SE -> Favourite Game!
I cannot wait for these. I just ordered 3 HIS 7970's. I plan on getting Nickel/Plexi blocks and backplates.
For the impatient crowd: http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/shop/bl...x0-series.html
84.95- to 94.95€ per block. FC Backplates should be available in 14 days or so.
EK Water Blocks R&D
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Hobby: Rotary SS bench unit (LPG/R-507) | -75°C Auto-cascade (R-600/R-290/R-744) | Plate HX water chiller (1kW cooling power) | My 2nd cascade MP14FB R-507/R-1150 | Mini cascade R-507/R-1150 | GPU single-stage | Mach I restoration mod -> -38°C @ 230W
Milestones: 7.12GHz P4 | 6.84GHz K10.5 | 6.45GHz Ci5 | 3.31GHz K7
3DMark2001SE -> Favourite Game!
@Eeeaugheeeaugh: LOL!
EK-VGA I/O bracket HD7970: http://file.si/pfiles/221080/7970%20bracket.jpg
EK Water Blocks R&D
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Hobby: Rotary SS bench unit (LPG/R-507) | -75°C Auto-cascade (R-600/R-290/R-744) | Plate HX water chiller (1kW cooling power) | My 2nd cascade MP14FB R-507/R-1150 | Mini cascade R-507/R-1150 | GPU single-stage | Mach I restoration mod -> -38°C @ 230W
Milestones: 7.12GHz P4 | 6.84GHz K10.5 | 6.45GHz Ci5 | 3.31GHz K7
3DMark2001SE -> Favourite Game!
Don't make it so exciting. Please show us some pictures of the internals.
@Tiborr: Please tell me that the standoffs are part of the waterblock and not loose like your other GPU waterblocks....
@Neutronman: Screw-in standoffs are a standard for at least the last 3/4 of the year.
P.S.: I have been playing with Unigine Heaven DX11 today. Nothing serious, just pretesting on EK-FC7970 water block. Clocks are awesome. Need to do physical volt mod for moar juice. I believe 1400MHz isn't too far! :thumb: 10°C colder GPU yields at least 20MHz on the GPU at the same Vgpu.
RAM timings are crappy, ignore it. I'm running two stick of good Powerchip PSCs and two sticks of unknown IC.
http://hwbot.org/submission/2240220_....18_dx11_marks
Also some P45k single GPU in Vantage with a 3930K CPU at mere 5GHz: http://hwbot.org/submission/2240155_...70_45408_marks
EK Water Blocks R&D
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Hobby: Rotary SS bench unit (LPG/R-507) | -75°C Auto-cascade (R-600/R-290/R-744) | Plate HX water chiller (1kW cooling power) | My 2nd cascade MP14FB R-507/R-1150 | Mini cascade R-507/R-1150 | GPU single-stage | Mach I restoration mod -> -38°C @ 230W
Milestones: 7.12GHz P4 | 6.84GHz K10.5 | 6.45GHz Ci5 | 3.31GHz K7
3DMark2001SE -> Favourite Game!
Screw in standoffs..... Music to my ears Tiborr. I hated the damn loose standoffs you guys used in the past....
Been playing with my Sapphire 7970 today with stock cooler and I am able to hit 1250mhz on the core and 1750mhz on the memory with 1.3v. I doubt waterblook will help me oc more, I'm getting hard locks at 1260mhz even with temperatures around 69C...
When will you have stock in place for USA market?
Last edited by Neutronman; 01-11-2012 at 04:22 PM.
The card scales with cold. Try lowering the voltage, perhaps you're hitting the thermal limit of the GPU at given frequencies/voltage.
Available next week in the States for sure!
EK Water Blocks R&D
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Hobby: Rotary SS bench unit (LPG/R-507) | -75°C Auto-cascade (R-600/R-290/R-744) | Plate HX water chiller (1kW cooling power) | My 2nd cascade MP14FB R-507/R-1150 | Mini cascade R-507/R-1150 | GPU single-stage | Mach I restoration mod -> -38°C @ 230W
Milestones: 7.12GHz P4 | 6.84GHz K10.5 | 6.45GHz Ci5 | 3.31GHz K7
3DMark2001SE -> Favourite Game!
I'll try with the volts, but once I get the waterblocks in place, thanks for the information. BTW best place to purchase EK in the states is?????
I'd say FrozenCPU since they get them quickly. In fact, they have theirs listed but not in stock. You can pre-order them. Don't forget to use this coupon to take 5.1% off your order.
If Jab-Tech would get them at the same time I'd rather order through them since I don't have to wait as long for shipping. But their selection leaves a lot to be desired unfortunately.
Thanks for the information SimpleTech. Cheers Guys.
I think he meant standoffs which are part of the block. The screw in standoffs tend to break quite easily.
tiborr
One quick question. Why is there always a delay of a couple of weeks after the launch of a new GPU before we can get the waterblocks for it?
I think the only time I've seen a synchro launch between new GPUs and blocks was for the Nvidia 590. For everything else, we always have to wait a couple of weeks before the blocks are out.
Just curious why.
I have 4 shiny new Asus 7970 sitting on my desk because there is no waterblocks out for it.
i7 3930k EK-Supreme HF - Asus Rampage IV X79 - QUAD-Fire: 4X Asus 7970 EK waterblocks - 4X4GB=16GB RipjawsZ 2400 CL9 - Crucial C300 128Gb M4 128Gb 2x Intel X25-M 160GB 3X Seagate 2TB - Mountain Mods Extended Ascension + Pedestal 24 - Dual-PSU: Antec HCP-1200 + Corsair AX850 - EyeFinity 3X 30'' LCD - Windows 7 64
Hi Levesque,
it all comes down to the availability of the working samples. With 7970 is the situation even worse. We wouldn't dare to send out a product that wasn't extensively tested. Better to be late a week or two than to be sorry I always test the stuff to the maximum, sometimes until the poor thing dies :P
EK Water Blocks R&D
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Hobby: Rotary SS bench unit (LPG/R-507) | -75°C Auto-cascade (R-600/R-290/R-744) | Plate HX water chiller (1kW cooling power) | My 2nd cascade MP14FB R-507/R-1150 | Mini cascade R-507/R-1150 | GPU single-stage | Mach I restoration mod -> -38°C @ 230W
Milestones: 7.12GHz P4 | 6.84GHz K10.5 | 6.45GHz Ci5 | 3.31GHz K7
3DMark2001SE -> Favourite Game!
Are the ports spaced far enough apart to accommodate 1/2" compression fittings? It appears to be a "maybe, but it'd be tight" just eyeballing the picture.
hey tiborrr, how much is the total system pulling wattage wise with that overclock when you are running unigine?
When can we expect to see these in retailers? I need three of them.
i7 3930k EK-Supreme HF - Asus Rampage IV X79 - QUAD-Fire: 4X Asus 7970 EK waterblocks - 4X4GB=16GB RipjawsZ 2400 CL9 - Crucial C300 128Gb M4 128Gb 2x Intel X25-M 160GB 3X Seagate 2TB - Mountain Mods Extended Ascension + Pedestal 24 - Dual-PSU: Antec HCP-1200 + Corsair AX850 - EyeFinity 3X 30'' LCD - Windows 7 64
Levesque, I understand you completely. I have another problem - no way to get two more cards here, everything is sold out
Two cards with EK-FC7970 @ 1300/1750 in CrossFireX. 53k 3DMV on 5.1GHz Ci7 3930K: http://hwbot.org/submission/2241201_...70_53978_marks
This thing is soooo CPU underpowered I hurts
Last edited by tiborrr; 01-16-2012 at 06:37 AM.
EK Water Blocks R&D
ekwb.com
Hobby: Rotary SS bench unit (LPG/R-507) | -75°C Auto-cascade (R-600/R-290/R-744) | Plate HX water chiller (1kW cooling power) | My 2nd cascade MP14FB R-507/R-1150 | Mini cascade R-507/R-1150 | GPU single-stage | Mach I restoration mod -> -38°C @ 230W
Milestones: 7.12GHz P4 | 6.84GHz K10.5 | 6.45GHz Ci5 | 3.31GHz K7
3DMark2001SE -> Favourite Game!
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