EKWB Outs World's First Radeon R9 290X Water Block

[N.Broekhuijsen]

EKWB has announced its water blocks for the new R9-290X graphics card, being the first worldwide to do so.

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[clonazepam]

Very nice but never doing the nickel again... ever.

 

[Amdlova]

I see some benchies above 1200mhz LOL! one radiator per card.

 

[bowzef]

i would do this but, one too much work and 2 high chance of issues, il stick to safe aftermarket air coolers

 

[net_nakul]

Good thing the card temp is capped at 95c, or else the water may reach boiling point if the radiator fans are to malfuction or sth!

 

[one-shot]

Water boils at 100C at sea level with 1.00 atmosphere (pressure). I live at 4500 feet where the boiling point of water is about 95C. If you live at higher elevations, be careful or add a solute to raise the boiling point above that of H2O only.

 

[one-shot]

This site won't let me edit my previous post, so I'm going to post again. It should be 100C, not 1000C.

 

[teodoreh]

I think VGAs need watercooling more that CPUs. I mean, even the stronger CPU has a TDP of 130~150 while a GPU may reach TDP of 300!!

 

[Au_equus]

if the water in your liquid cooled system is approaching anywhere near 80C, you're doing something very wrong.

 

[KelvinTy]

People are commenting about the dumbest things. If you are looking forward to a decent performance boost, water cooling is a great solution, it transfers the heat away a lot more efficiently than air, PREVENTing the chip from overheating. It also raises the thermal ceiling and reduces noise output (in most cases).
The chip should be destroyed way before the water reaches 95 degrees, since the voltage needed to heat that much water would be insane.
If you would think about it, using your brain, we humans are around 80% water, and we don't simply explode even if we are cooked...

 

[Steveymoo]

So cheap.

 

[Narcissistic_Martyr]

Test it test it test it test it test it test it test it test it!

 

[Amdlova]

kelvinty put your head on a supermicrowave i think your head will blow. lol

 

[DRosencraft]

Anyone interested in buying a couple 6950s, one with a wateblock on it? I need help to finance a new 290X with one of these water blocks strapped on. They've done good this year... AMD and EKWB done good.