Which manufacturer is going to be ready with 5850/5870 blocks?

[Utnorris]

I don't doubt that Eddy has a disdain for standoffs, as I already pointed out, he promised at the very least plastic ones glued on, which still has not happened. The question originally asked was why EK did not fittied/machine the standoffs into the block, which would be cost. That was my first point, my second was the promise made by Eddy one year ago today about having the standoffs either machined or glued onto the block. Quite honestly, it's a pain and messy to use TIM to hold plastic spacers in place while you line up the block. My first FC blocks were EK's for my HD3870's and I had no issue mounting them without the spacers/standoffs and therefore am capable of doing so, but I still would rather have them on the block anyway.



Edit: By the way, I am pretty sure we agree that the blocks should use standoffs and that even experienced folks have had issues with blocks not having standoffs.