for all your EVGA water block needs https://www.ekwb.com/news...s-for-gtx-1080-series/
 

Scarlet-Tech

EK_Luc

Dschijn
EK will make waterblocks for the FTW and the Classified! :D
https://www.ekwb.com/news...s-for-gtx-1080-series/

LUC! *Waves* how have you been?

Fine Scarlet thanks! 
 
 

seta8967

EK_Luc

Dschijn
EK will make waterblocks for the FTW and the Classified! :D
https://www.ekwb.com/news...s-for-gtx-1080-series/

Thank you EK and EVGA for getting the issue settled, I know a lot of people love their EK blocks and EVGA cards. Hopefully a better partnership in the future can be had. 

R'amen

Scarlet-Tech
People always tend to go grab an Asus or a MSI card, sometimes even a gigabyte.. And then when a warranty is needed, they come back, because a lot of the other brands don't allow their cooler to be removed.. It puts a huge damper in a purchase when a 3 year warranty gets tossed out of the window with a single screw.

Not to mention, the nightmare that is known as Asus customer service. If you want to play with that fire, feel free... I will never go through that.

interestingly, when i called asus about mismatched logos on my old 560ti dc11 coolers, they sent me a new cooler, no questions, when they really didn't have to do.
terrible service!

realKHz

Scarlet-Tech
People always tend to go grab an Asus or a MSI card, sometimes even a gigabyte.. And then when a warranty is needed, they come back, because a lot of the other brands don't allow their cooler to be removed.. It puts a huge damper in a purchase when a 3 year warranty gets tossed out of the window with a single screw.

Not to mention, the nightmare that is known as Asus customer service. If you want to play with that fire, feel free... I will never go through that.

interestingly, when i called asus about mismatched logos on my old 560ti dc11 coolers, they sent me a new cooler, no questions, when they really didn't have to do.
terrible service!

 
I know MSI has this policy (called and asked when I had my 980). If you are careful you can sometimes sneak the original cooler back on, but in the end it is much easier to just buy an EVGA card...
 
Also, EVGA customer service is just ace. 99% of the time I have gotten a person who speaks fluent clear English. Also, I called them once asking about my power supply and mentioned I had just purchased a 980 Ti Classy. I asked them something about the bios switch and without provocation they recommended I check out the Overclocked.net Maxwell BIOS threads as that is where they got the bios they were playing around with at their office.

loopflow
I game at 1440p 144Hz on an Asus G-Sync panel and have no interest in going 4k yet so the reference is good enough for me.  I recently removed my entire WC loop and just have a corsair 240 aio on the cpu, preordered the ACX 3.0 1080 and will just use a Thermosphere on it with a swiftech H240x unit.  I'll leave the baseplate on, put some heatsinks over the VRM section and then figure a way to mount a good 92mm fan over that.  Will be every bit as good as my custom loop was and zero maintenance, possibly better since the cpu and gpu have their own cooling loops and can keep the nice EVGA backplate.  I did this before on a 980 FTW and it works very well as long as the vrm is adequately cooled.

I was thinking of doing just this with the 1070 if it has the same base plate. How is the clearance over the plate on your 980? I'm worried it wont mount correctly with my Thermosphere's. If you can I'd appreciate more pics of it installed on that card. Thanks!
Edit: Never-mind, I found your previous thread with more pictures. Thanks for figuring this out!

loopflow
I game at 1440p 144Hz on an Asus G-Sync panel and have no interest in going 4k yet so the reference is good enough for me.  I recently removed my entire WC loop and just have a corsair 240 aio on the cpu, preordered the ACX 3.0 1080 and will just use a Thermosphere on it with a swiftech H240x unit.  I'll leave the baseplate on, put some heatsinks over the VRM section and then figure a way to mount a good 92mm fan over that.  Will be every bit as good as my custom loop was and zero maintenance, possibly better since the cpu and gpu have their own cooling loops and can keep the nice EVGA backplate.  I did this before on a 980 FTW and it works very well as long as the vrm is adequately cooled.

DUDE, I have this exact Universal Water Block, do you think it'll be enough for a 1080?... I was thinking on selling it and actually get the full block that is supposed to fit and fully cool even the VRAMS, I have some VRAM heatsinks but I'm worried it could be not enough...
 
What do you recommend?

Is there a chance that the 1080 FTW block will work with the 1070 FTW?  I wonder how different the custom layouts will be.  Otherwise, I might have to go with a thermosphere setup.

Knock knock EK It's LATE AUGUST Less then 3 days to go. They have been ignoring my posts on their Facebook wall when they announce other products. Posts simply asking if they are still on point with the stated release. This delay keeps up and I may go with a different manufacturer of block. Have the paperweight of FTW still sealed on my desk and getting tired of just looking at a box.
 
The fact they can't respond to a simple post asking a simple question but can reply to some moron about what parts he would need for a system (DUDE ARE YOU UNDER A ROCK USE THE COOLING CONFIG PAGE THEY HAVE BEEN TOUTING ABOUT) not once but twice in the same hour. They seem to for the majority keep ignoring the countless 1080 FTW posts people make. I've seen them ignore plenty of Classy posts also.
 
Avoidance is one quick reason for me to look elsewhere and spend my money with a different company. I've already taken a huge leap from red to green because amd can't get their crap together and want to cater to budget builders and lower end mechanics. Sure not afraid to find a different full cover block from an EK competitor.
 
BTW To the dude above that slapped his gpu on the "Outside" of the ESD bag. Not a good idea. You may want to research ESD bags and how they work. Straight on that table below was a better choice.

scgt1
Knock knock EK It's LATE AUGUST Less then 3 days to go. They have been ignoring my posts on their Facebook wall when they announce other products. Posts simply asking if they are still on point with the stated release. This delay keeps up and I may go with a different manufacturer of block. Have the paperweight of FTW still sealed on my desk and getting tired of just looking at a box.
 
The fact they can't respond to a simple post asking a simple question but can reply to some moron about what parts he would need for a system (DUDE ARE YOU UNDER A ROCK USE THE COOLING CONFIG PAGE THEY HAVE BEEN TOUTING ABOUT) not once but twice in the same hour. They seem to for the majority keep ignoring the countless 1080 FTW posts people make. I've seen them ignore plenty of Classy posts also.
 
Avoidance is one quick reason for me to look elsewhere and spend my money with a different company. I've already taken a huge leap from red to green because amd can't get their crap together and want to cater to budget builders and lower end mechanics. Sure not afraid to find a different full cover block from an EK competitor.
 
BTW To the dude above that slapped his gpu on the "Outside" of the ESD bag. Not a good idea. You may want to research ESD bags and how they work. Straight on that table below was a better choice.

 
I don't handle the EK Facebook page so I can only apologize for the lack of answers there.
 
And the ETA for the FTW is in 2 weeks.