EVGA

EK unveils revolutionary new NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980 water blocks

Author
Post
Essentials Only Full Version
vsg28
SSC Member
  • Total Posts : 611
  • Reward points : 0
  • Joined: 2013/10/23 07:51:14
  • Status: offline
  • Ribbons : 17
2014/09/18 20:31:35 (permalink)
Source
 

 
For the first time ever, the EK-FC980 GTX water block features a central inlet split-flow cooling engine design - just like with the flagship EK-Supremacy EVO CPU water block - for best possible cooling performance. Such type of heat exchanger also works flawlessly with reversed water flow without adversely affecting the cooling performance. Moreover this radical design offers great hydraulic perfromance allowing this product to be used in liquid cooling systems using weaker water pumps.

 
I have the Supremacy Evo and personally, I am glad to see the split inlet flow making it to GPU blocks as well now. With reports of these cards hitting 1400+ MHz core on air, I can't wait to see how these perform under water1
#1

11 Replies Related Threads
    the_Scarlet_one
    formerly Scarlet-tech
    • Total Posts : 24581
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2013/11/13 02:48:57
    • Location: East Coast
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 79
    Re: EK unveils revolutionary new NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980 water blocks 2014/09/18 21:43:57 (permalink)
    Those blocks look incredible, and hopefully they perform as well as they look.


    TSgt Matthew Schwartz  SrA Bryan Bell A1C Matthew Seidler SSgt Joseph Fankhauser
    #2
    vsg28
    SSC Member
    • Total Posts : 611
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2013/10/23 07:51:14
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 17
    Re: EK unveils revolutionary new NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980 water blocks 2014/09/18 21:54:18 (permalink)
    Ya, I am trying hard to not sell my KPEs but those blocks are a hindrance to this lol.
    #3
    rjohnson11
    EVGA Forum Moderator
    • Total Posts : 102253
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2004/10/05 12:44:35
    • Location: Netherlands
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 84
    Re: EK unveils revolutionary new NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980 water blocks 2014/09/19 00:47:30 (permalink)
    There is some more info on this here as well:
     
    http://www.techpowerup.co...-980-water-blocks.html

    AMD Ryzen 9 7950X,  Corsair Mp700 Pro M.2, 64GB Corsair Dominator Titanium DDR5  X670E Steel Legend, MSI RTX 4090 Associate Code: H5U80QBH6BH0AXF. I am NOT an employee of EVGA

    #4
    the_Scarlet_one
    formerly Scarlet-tech
    • Total Posts : 24581
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2013/11/13 02:48:57
    • Location: East Coast
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 79
    Re: EK unveils revolutionary new NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980 water blocks 2014/09/19 01:11:50 (permalink)
    I absolutely love the look of these blocks.  I wish they would upgrade the existing tops to these.  I would absolutely pay to play.  


    TSgt Matthew Schwartz  SrA Bryan Bell A1C Matthew Seidler SSgt Joseph Fankhauser
    #5
    XeroHertZ
    SSC Member
    • Total Posts : 718
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2009/02/09 01:07:29
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 0
    Re: EK unveils revolutionary new NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980 water blocks 2014/09/19 02:48:28 (permalink)
    Will be definitely getting these waterblocks for my 2x GTX 980's.

    Case: Corsair 750D
    Motherboard: Asus Rampage V Extreme
    CPU: Intel Haswell-E 5960x @ 4.4Ghz
    Memory: Mushkin Redline DDR4 16GB (4x4GB) 13-13-13-35
    GPU's: 2x EVGA GTX 980 SC's
    Sound Card: Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium Fatality Champion Series
    CPU Cooling: Corsair HX110i Liquid Cooling
    Storage1: Mushkin Scorpion 240GB PciE SSD
    Storage2: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB
    Storage3: 2TB WD Caviar Black
    Power Supply: Corsair AX1200i
    Speaker: Logitech Z-5500
    3DMark Benchmark: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3410236
     
    #6
    Xavier Zepherious
    CLASSIFIED ULTRA Member
    • Total Posts : 6746
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2010/07/04 12:53:39
    • Location: Medicine Hat ,Alberta, Canada
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 16
    Re: EK unveils revolutionary new NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980 water blocks 2014/09/19 06:40:55 (permalink)
    those hydrocoppers look good for my next build


    Primes found     Affiliate Code:YN2AHK39LH



     
    #7
    holton0289
    Superclocked Member
    • Total Posts : 113
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2009/08/08 11:01:53
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 0
    Re: EK unveils revolutionary new NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980 water blocks 2014/09/19 15:03:54 (permalink)
    they are short blocks and leave part of the PCB exposed.  After owning hydro coppers i will never but anything that leaves some PCB exposed.  Guess ill run my 2 980s on air for a week or so untill i find full cover waterblocks.
     
    They do look good though....just too short.

    Cooler Master HAF 932
    eVGA x58 SLI Classified E760 (New E770) ----- i7 965 ----- Corsair 12GB DDR3 ----- 2 eVGA GTX 580 HC2 3GB
    2 OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD RAID0 Sata3-----2 G.Skill Falcon 128Gb SSD RAID0 ----- 1TB Seagate  ----- LG BDR ----- 2 koolance PMP-450 w/ 452x2 res -----Koolance 24v Dual Pump Controller-----HK Pro 3.0 CPU Block ----- Thermaltake Toughpower 1200w-----Lamptron 30w Ch. Fan Controller
     
    #8
    vsg28
    SSC Member
    • Total Posts : 611
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2013/10/23 07:51:14
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 17
    Re: EK unveils revolutionary new NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980 water blocks 2014/09/21 15:16:23 (permalink)
    You can get the acetal or original CSQ plexi blocks if you want that style 
    #9
    davestune
    iCX Member
    • Total Posts : 464
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2009/01/31 17:17:07
    • Location: Cape Cod
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 4
    Re: EK unveils revolutionary new NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980 water blocks 2014/09/21 16:57:51 (permalink)
    so whats wrong with short blocks?

     
    Intel 965                 Intel 520 X2   Raid 0   
    X58 Classic 3           Lian Li case
    Gskill ripjaws DDR3  9 9 9 24
    GTX 680  X2  SLI


    900D , X99 Classified, 5930k, 2x 860evo 2 TB ssd   2800 Corsair Platinum, duel loop 480's AX1200I  , EVGA RTX 2080 Super ,  EK waterblock
     gaming at 4.6 OC
    #10
    wolfpack122
    New Member
    • Total Posts : 68
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2008/10/07 21:02:08
    • Location: Montreal, QC
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 0
    Re: EK unveils revolutionary new NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980 water blocks 2014/09/21 18:11:35 (permalink)
    davestune
    so whats wrong with short blocks?




    Nothing is wrong with short blocks. Some people prefer to have all of the PCB covered by the block, which I think gives it a cleaner look.

     

    #11
    Xavier Zepherious
    CLASSIFIED ULTRA Member
    • Total Posts : 6746
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2010/07/04 12:53:39
    • Location: Medicine Hat ,Alberta, Canada
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 16
    Re: EK unveils revolutionary new NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980 water blocks 2014/09/22 02:02:09 (permalink)
    short blocks...since when?
    http://www.evga.com/articles/00872/EVGA-GeForce-GTX-980-970/#2989 
    take a gander at the blocks
     
    only place exposed is where the DVI cables go
    and where the power connectors are
     
    MY 780's Classified HC have full blocks... 100% coverage
    All black
     
    whereas the 980 HC's  have a acrylic block with a metal cover -im assumming EVGA will light up on the sides too
    I'll just wait for 980 classified HC's or possibly titan II
    post edited by Xavier Zepherious - 2014/09/22 02:11:03


    Primes found     Affiliate Code:YN2AHK39LH



     
    #12
    Jump to:
  • Back to Mobile