EK R600 FC blocks

[qwerty69]

heh, it's early beta for testing only, this is the only one made

it's a year old now, i think

It looks sexy to me, so it's an EK afterall.

[Eddy_EK]

It looks sexyyyyyy but why can't EK aim for slim designs

Slim design - more flow restriction.
If you want slim restriction go for alphacool blocks

[burton]

man those blocks look nice

[SP1]

Thats an interesting block zbogorgon.
Did you deliberately black it out to hide what is underneath?

[Cyprio]

Thats an interesting block zbogorgon.
Did you deliberately black it out to hide what is underneath?

I was wondering what that block was myself. I can see a small EK insignia on it...

[Eddy_EK]

Thats an interesting block zbogorgon.
Did you deliberately black it out to hide what is underneath?

The black area are jets made of delrin...

[Cyprio]

The black area are jets made of delrin...

... AND??????

[zbogorgon]

this is very old design, there was a newer a few moths ago and even newer is comming, so forget about this block, but is't quite good my I add

[zbogorgon]

if you have a very thin device, top slot could be usable, Eddy also said that all screws will be sinked

[migueld]

Slim design - more flow restriction.
If you want slim restriction go for alphacool blocks

Eddy, it's possible to design slimmer blocks without affecting flow. Just consider the delrin tops for this block, they are too thick. The only reason you need this kind of thickness at all is for the fittings, however I've seen blocks that are only thick in the fittings area while the rest of the block is thinner. Also, the copper block can be made slimmer if you widen the channels, which is perfectly possible judging from your picts, there is lots of room.

I think a thinner block is possible; it may not be cheaper or easier to make, but I think it’s possible without extra flow restriction. And think about the advantages, you would save material, cheaper to users and more profit to you, lighter, and the possibility of saving extra PCI-slots.

It seems plenty appealing

[\Karting_freak]

zbogorgon
is that a camera fault or i can see the card highly bent?

[zbogorgon]

bend where ?

[\Karting_freak]

now it looks fine
just check the post 84 again. must be the angle of the photo causing this effect..

[dietwaterrr]

where r the picks of the single slot one??!!

[Crazystang01]

So any word on the time frame when these waterblocks will be released? Liking the red acrylic blocks for my crossfire.

[zbogorgon]

where r the picks of the single slot one??!!

So any word on the time frame when these waterblocks will be released? Liking the red acrylic blocks for my crossfire.

soon

[I34z1k]

Soon? :P I need one. Any ideas on the price, cause importing is gonna kill me

[fhpchris]

Eventually, they'll be switching to GDDR4 (which should run even cooler, though nn could correct me if I'm wrong there) and, if they bump the onboard memory to 1GB (as Sapphire seems to have planned for the 2900XTX), then this block likely won't be compatible anyway. My point was that adding that whole extra assembly to water cool the memory on the back of the card is pretty ridiculous (and it certainly doesn't future-proof it in any way). You aren't likely to see a substantial performance difference between the two models of the block but there probably will be a substantial price difference.

Petra, GDDR4 isn't new, the X1950XTX had it, and it isn't really much cooler, when you run it at like 2.4v like I did it certainly isn't getting cooler.

Adding an assembly to cover the memmory on the GPU sounds like a full cover block to me...

[zbogorgon]

[ranker]

Will you be counter-sinking the screws like we had talked about?

Being able to use the PCI slots above would really help sell this card.

[serialk11r]

LOL I can already see people going "BUT THE RAM COOLING IS TOO SKIMPY!"

[eXceeded]

The ram cooling is too skimpy!





























sorry couldn't resist.. but yeah its looking good

[zbogorgon]

I think alu part of normal version will be slightly ribbed, with Xtreme you get fully watercoold rams, all of them

p.s. availability in cca 10 days

[jabski]

10 days and counting .....

[ranker]

I think alu part of normal version will be slightly ribbed, with Xtreme you get fully watercoold rams, all of them

p.s. availability in cca 10 days

Will the screws be counter-sunk?