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Guru3D.com » News » EK ASUS R9 280X DirectCU II Specific Water Block

EK ASUS R9 280X DirectCU II Specific Water Block

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/14/2014 01:57 PM | source: | 4 comment(s)
EK ASUS R9 280X DirectCU II Specific Water Block

EK introduces the full-cover water cooling solution for the ASUS engineered Direct CU II series AMD Radeon R9 280X graphics card. EK-FC R9-280X DCII water block directly cools the GPU, RAM as well as VRM (voltage regulation module) as water flows directly over these critical areas thus allowing the graphics card and it's VRM to remain stable under high overclocks.

Base is made of electrolytic copper (bare on nickel-plated - depending on the variant) while the top is made of quality cast acrylic material or POM Acetal (depending on the variant). Screw-in brass standoffs are pre-installed and allow for safe installation procedure. The cooling engine uses refined, 0.6 mm wide microchannel structure to even further improve the heat transfer while not sacrificing the famous low hydraulic restriction design.

Up to four EK-FC R9-280X DCII series water blocks can be interconnected using various methods (EK-FC Terminal, EK-HD Tube & Adapter System or EK-FC Bridge CSQ - depending on the water block variant) which allows for hassle-free piping job. The product is available in a three variants.



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James Frazer
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#4766779 Posted on: 02/16/2014 01:18 PM
Is there a specific reason why there doesn't seem to be any full cover water blocks for an ASUS GTX 760?

The Laughing Ma
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#4766790 Posted on: 02/16/2014 01:51 PM
Is there a specific reason why there doesn't seem to be any full cover water blocks for an ASUS GTX 760?


Too mid range? I WC my 670 and even then you had posts from folk questioning why anyone would want to water cool a mid to high end GPU that already OCd fairly well and had no real cooling issues.

On the other hand it may be the same issue I had that other GPU water blocks work with the 760 and thus don't require a dedicated block, a quick google threw up this

http://www.ekwb.com/news/366/19/Existing-EK-FC-water-blocks-compatible-with-GeForce-GTX-760/

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#4766796 Posted on: 02/16/2014 01:58 PM
Is there a specific reason why there doesn't seem to be any full cover water blocks for an ASUS GTX 760?


770 and up iirc.

James Frazer
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#4766815 Posted on: 02/16/2014 02:33 PM
It isn't an issue with water cooling as a whole for the GTX 760 as there are plenty of GPU blocks and there are even full cover water blocks for GTX 760's from other manufacturers although they may just be cards that use the reference 670 PCB and ASUS seems to usually use a custom PCB.
As for why you would want to, there are plenty of reasons... To keep your system quieter, especially if you pick up a single GTX 760 and plan to SLI it later as to air cool them would mean 4-6 extra fans in your system.
There are aesthetic reason too, water cooled systems look nice but not everyone needs, wants or can afford GTX 770's and above.

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