Danger Den Full Cover Radeon HD 3870 X2 Water Block Almost Ready

malware · Jan 29, 2008, 07:39 AM

Water cooling expert Danger Den is also rushing to release water cooling solution for ATI's HD 3870 X2. Danger Den's offer is a brand new full cover, single slot copper R680 water block designed to fit only on the HD 3 Series X2 cards. Pictures below show one of the prototypes, while the final product should be available in 5-7 business days.

Source: Danger Den

hacker111 · Jan 29, 2008, 11:36 AM

How come its only available for the HD 3 series x2? Why not for others?

Wile E · Jan 29, 2008, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hacker111

How come its only available for the HD 3 series x2? Why not for others?

Because no other card has 2 gpus on the same pcb.

selway89 · Jan 29, 2008, 11:51 AM

*drools* very nice, if only I had the money...
Looks like these will work in crossfire easily; infact just imagine 2 of those cards overclocked = insane. :P

Random Murderer · Jan 29, 2008, 12:08 PM

the EK block looks better...

King Wookie · Jan 29, 2008, 12:10 PM

Looks are one thing.
Performance is the key!

newtekie1 · Jan 29, 2008, 01:29 PM

Looks like it is going to have the same problem the stock cooler has. One GPU is going to run a lot hotter than the other because it is being cooled by the hot water from the first GPU in the loop. Though that is a common problem with certain watercooling loops with multiple cards anyway, and with water cooling the temperatures should still be more than acceptable.

tigger · Jan 29, 2008, 02:22 PM

It would work better if it was kinda like this.

Judas · Jan 29, 2008, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by selway89

*drools* very nice, if only I had the money...
Looks like these will work in crossfire easily; infact just imagine 2 of those cards overclocked = insane. :P

Imagine 4 of them

Mussels · Jan 29, 2008, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Judas

Imagine 4 of them

assuming 4 runs. there is only one bridge connector, so the two pairs would have to communicate via the PCI-E bus - seriously hard to find a board with 4 16x slots.

phanbuey · Jan 29, 2008, 03:03 PM

lol... nah it's good the way it is... thats a pretty solid chunk of copper, something like that would heat and cool pretty evenly with any decent flow rate; it devinitely wont have the problem of cooling one GPU more than another and if it did it would be too insignificant to matter.

AddSub · Jan 29, 2008, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Because no other card has 2 gpus on the same pcb.

Not exactly true. ATI did this before, two GPU's on one PCB. Anyone remember Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro Dual? Heck, it was in stock @ Newegg until recently.

There is a review right here on TPU.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/S...X1950_Pro_Dual

Anyways...

Quote:

Looks like it is going to have the same problem the stock cooler has. One GPU is going to run a lot hotter than the other because it is being cooled by the hot water from the first GPU in the loop. Though that is a common problem with certain watercooling loops with multiple cards anyway, and with water cooling the temperatures should still be more than acceptable.

I think two separate blocks would be a better idea for these cards, in fact if you are liquid cooling your entire system (CPU, NB, SB, etc) and have a multi GPU setup (either SLI/Crossfire, or a multi GPU card) it's not a bad idea to run two separate loops (two liquid cooling systems side by side). One dedicated to the GPUs, other to the rest of the system. Either way, way more room to experiment on X2's than with GX2. For sure.

Anyways, blocks are getting cheaper by the day.
The one below can be found for $20.80 @ Aerocooler.com

newtekie1 · Jan 29, 2008, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tigger69

It would work better if it was kinda like this.

http://img.techpowerup.org/080129/proto-1-600w.jpg

Agreed, I think that would be a much better design, but would require a more complicated tubing setup. Advantages/disadvantages...blah blah blah.

Random Murderer · Jan 29, 2008, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by King Wookie

Looks are one thing.
Performance is the key!

that's what i mean, the ek block looks like it will perform better. compare the fins on the two blocks.

ktr · Jan 30, 2008, 12:37 AM

Also the late voodoo 3dfx cards had multiple gpu's on a single pcb

Dr. Spankenstein · Jan 30, 2008, 12:40 AM

Man, hold onto your slots boys! That card with that cooler is going to weigh a ton!

intel igent · Jan 30, 2008, 01:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tigger69

It would work better if it was kinda like this.

yup!

love the paint skllz

DaMulta · Jan 30, 2008, 01:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tigger69

It would work better if it was kinda like this.

You should find a local machine shop and have 50 of them made. Then sell them on the internets

Wile E · Jan 30, 2008, 06:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AddSub

Not exactly true. ATI did this before, two GPU's on one PCB. Anyone remember Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro Dual? Heck, it was in stock @ Newegg until recently.

There is a review right here on TPU.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/S...X1950_Pro_Dual
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/S...card_naked.jpg

Ok, let me rephrase, the only ATI designed gfx card with dual gpus on the same pcb. lol. Iirc, wasn't that dual gpu 1950 a Sapphire in-house design?

Mussels · Jan 30, 2008, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wile E

Ok, let me rephrase, the only ATI designed gfx card with dual gpus on the same pcb. lol. Iirc, wasn't that dual gpu 1950 a Sapphire in-house design?

since sapphire make the generic ATI cards, one could theorise it was something of a prototype, and had some form of approval from ATI.

They were only ever sold under the sapphire name, that much is for sure.

Jan 29, 2008, 07:39 AM	#1
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Jan 29, 2008, 11:36 AM	#2
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Jan 30, 2008, 12:40 AM	#16
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