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EK offers Water Blocks for GIGABYTE X99 Motherboards
EK launches a new, universal hybrid water cooling kit for GIGABYTE X99 series motherboards, consisting of a MOSFET water block and a passive PCH heatsink.
EK-FB KIT GA X99 LE is a value oriented hybrid water cooling solution for GIGABYTE X99 Series motherboards consisting of VRM water block and a passive heat sink. Universal PCH cooling solution allows this product to be compatible with virtually every GIGABYTE X99 series motherboard.
The water block directly cools power regulation (VRM / MOSFETs) module while the passive aluminum heat sink cools Intel X99 southbridge (PCH) chip. Please note this water block cools exactly as much heat generating components as GIGABYTE factory cooling solution. The VRM cooler is a high flow water block that can be easily used with systems using weaker water pumps.
In order to simplify the search for suitable and compatible water block EK is adding newly released graphics cards and motherboards from various manufacturers to EK Cooling Configurator database and compatible hardware are being added to the list on daily basis. This hybrid water block kit is made in Slovenia, Europe and is readily available for purchase through EK Webshop and Partner Reseller Network.
- EK-FB KIT GA X99 LE - Nickel 64,95€
Base of the water block is made of nickel-plated electrolytic copper while the top is made of acrylic glass material. The screw-in standoffs are already pre-installed on both water block- as well as aluminum heatsink and allow for easy and trouble-free installation by utilizing original motherboard backplates.
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#4973720 Posted on: 12/08/2014 11:02 PM
I literally face palmed more than once while reading this thread.
I literally face palmed more than once while reading this thread.
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#4973763 Posted on: 12/09/2014 12:17 AM
Yeah? Good luck getting a 5820K / 5930K anywhere near 4.4GHz+ @ 1.25V+ without exotic watercooling with enough rads. I am running a water loop with 2 x 360mm 60mm thick rads and an XSPC Raystorm (and GPU waterblocks) to keep the 5820K @ 4.3GHz 1.25V around ~65C max @ ~29C ambient when loaded with Prime95 AVX instructions. An older version of Prime95 used to get to 73C or so even.
Until the frequency wall is overcome, and that will definitely take some time, achieving high overclocks on 6+ core systems will require water cooling going forward.
We live in an age where we can get a 6-core system to nearly 5GHz on air. Water cooling now is all about aesthetics and noise reduction, at least on intel/nvidia systems.
Yeah? Good luck getting a 5820K / 5930K anywhere near 4.4GHz+ @ 1.25V+ without exotic watercooling with enough rads. I am running a water loop with 2 x 360mm 60mm thick rads and an XSPC Raystorm (and GPU waterblocks) to keep the 5820K @ 4.3GHz 1.25V around ~65C max @ ~29C ambient when loaded with Prime95 AVX instructions. An older version of Prime95 used to get to 73C or so even.
Until the frequency wall is overcome, and that will definitely take some time, achieving high overclocks on 6+ core systems will require water cooling going forward.
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#4973776 Posted on: 12/09/2014 12:50 AM
Yeah? Good luck getting a 5820K / 5930K anywhere near 4.4GHz+ @ 1.25V+ without exotic watercooling with enough rads. I am running a water loop with 2 x 360mm 60mm thick rads and an XSPC Raystorm (and GPU waterblocks) to keep the 5820K @ 4.3GHz 1.25V around ~65C max @ ~29C ambient when loaded with Prime95 AVX instructions. An older version of Prime95 used to get to 73C or so even.
Until the frequency wall is overcome, and that will definitely take some time, achieving high overclocks on 6+ core systems will require water cooling going forward.
The problem will enlarge when we see six cores available for consumer level equipment, I'm guessing that'll happen with Skylake at the earliest.
Yeah? Good luck getting a 5820K / 5930K anywhere near 4.4GHz+ @ 1.25V+ without exotic watercooling with enough rads. I am running a water loop with 2 x 360mm 60mm thick rads and an XSPC Raystorm (and GPU waterblocks) to keep the 5820K @ 4.3GHz 1.25V around ~65C max @ ~29C ambient when loaded with Prime95 AVX instructions. An older version of Prime95 used to get to 73C or so even.
Until the frequency wall is overcome, and that will definitely take some time, achieving high overclocks on 6+ core systems will require water cooling going forward.
The problem will enlarge when we see six cores available for consumer level equipment, I'm guessing that'll happen with Skylake at the earliest.
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So does this mean they know something we don't, as in Gigabytes X99 chipset runs incredibly hot maybe. I doubt this is aesthetics because Gigabyte mobos look amazing as is. Even if you are over clocking really high then surely the chipset doesn't get that hot since no one really OC's the FSB much anymore.
I doubt increasing the multiplier on an unlocked CPU will cause that much heat. My mobo temps don't go up if i mess with my Multi. (maybe around the CPU but not the North/south bridge)