Tuesday, October 22nd 2013
EK Debuts Water Block for AMD Radeon R9 290X
EK Water Blocks, Ljubljana based premium water cooling gear manufacturer, is proud to introduce world's first full-cover water cooling solution for the latest AMD Radeon R9 290X, the new flagship performance graphics card.
EK-FC R9-290X 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. EK-FC R9-290X water block also features a very high flow design therefore it can be easily used in liquid cooling systems using weaker water pumps.
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 now 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 290X series water blocks can be interconnected with EK-FC Terminal which allows for hassle-free piping job. The product is available in five different variants, an aesthetic retention backplate is also available:
EK-FC R9-290X 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. EK-FC R9-290X water block also features a very high flow design therefore it can be easily used in liquid cooling systems using weaker water pumps.
- EK-FC R9-290X - 92,95€
- EK-FC R9-290X - Acetal - 94,95€
- EK-FC R9-290X - Nickel - 104,95€
- EK-FC R9-290X - Acetal+Nickel - 105,95€
- EK-FC R9-290X - Nickel (Original CSQ) - 105,95€
- EK-FC R9-290X Backplate - Black - 26,38€
14 Comments on EK Debuts Water Block for AMD Radeon R9 290X
Aside from Ek nickel fiasco back then,this might be a right time to give'em another chance :)
how much total it cost shipped to Indonesia including custom and other taxes ?
Truthfully, i would prefer to choose non reference pcb design of R9-290x kind of like ASUS custom pcb design on DC II variants and put it underwater with EK full gpu water block.
anyway have you got anAMDers gathering invitation in Bandung, West Java on sunday october 27th ? (OT)
I never use a kill coil. I'm all nickel. I use koolance or EK's colored coolant and I've been doing this for 10+ years (the beginning).
You know what the key is?
MAINTAINENCE. I perform it in regular intervals. (3-6 months) It's part of the hobby. I enjoy it.
Zero difference between FC and universal, unless it's for an aesthetic factor :)
Didn't use this on Titans because the additional waterblock wasn't available, it's gonna be available now.
It's a plate that you can cut to size for your VRM section :)
Doesn't touch the cost of a fullcover and every iteration saves you like 80% of the cost.
But cost isn't the issue here, it's more like I completely hate having tons of expensive/heavy paperweights around because that's what it happens to old waterblocks.
VRAM doesn't even need heatsinks, I tried putting a backplate on my gpus and it lowered memory overclock, go figure out lol.
What?I didn't know about that :cry: