XConnect gpu waterblock from AC discussion (concept only)

[Shoggy]

Well, I'm really suprised to see an extra thread about the Xconnect because we already stopped the developing of it around three weeks ago. The feedback that we had in our forum and an other relevant German forum was mixed. In our opinion more negative than positive feedback was noticeable.

Of course we could still produce a small amount of it if there is "enough" interest.

Using fittings on both sides without an plexiglas and/or delrin adapter is impossible with our flat design. The copper base is too thin. We would need a higher copper base and also a thicker cover. Great - than we would have almost the same design like the others... As lyl already mentioned: we also have an eye on design which sometimes mean you can't have everything. People with a single card (lion's share) love it, the rest hates it because at the moment they can only use bend connectors for SLI or Crossfire.

The second picture of the HD 4870 block with the additional fittings on the top is our current solution. If someone really wants to use SLI oder Crossfire, he can exchange the top with a modified top. The fittings in this picture are more or less only symbolic, we will offer screw connections in different sizes to make direct contact to the other cooling block.

The Xconnect was just our idea to solve that problem in a different way, but the customers have screamed for the current solution... We can live with it because the original design for our single card customers stays the same.
For a lot of our customers the flat design is an important reason for buying, so they would kill us if we change it