EK announce GTX 670 and GTX 690 water blocks

[Computer crazy]

[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Below is the link, will be interesting to see how the GTX 670 looks with the water block installed.[/font]

[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]The water blocks will be readily available on June 27th (EK-FC670 GTX) and June 29th (EK-FC690 GTX).[/font]

http://www.ekwb.com/...d-EK-FC670-GTX/

 

[FTR.4500MHz]

Their blocks were good looking , dont really like the new CSQ design .

 

[Kyze]

Theyre going into a position like Noctua.

Nice performance but looking like .. meh.

 

[JackyBoy]

Yeah, really annoyed about this!

They finally release the blocks for my 670s, and they are a crappy design, and also come with the EK GeForce link (to link multiple cards for watercooling) which previously had to be bought separately which I have already bought, and they are more expensive than 680 blocks.

Just release them already and take my money.

 

[dipzy]

I hope they bring out other designs, i'm not feeling the circles on the blocks

 

[GtaOutKast]

Nice performance but looking like .. meh.

 

[SieB]

Hahah, i've been waiting to see watercooled reference versions of the 670, I think they will look awesome.

 

[SparkleDJackson]

the csq design is growing on my i have to be honest the frosted acrylic on nickel is really not awful. i checked the ek website and the colours fllok good through it. now if the we to make the sli wc bridge in clear acrylic instead of delrin id be as they say in the geordie shore not that i watch that bullcrap

on it like a car bonnet

 

[Vicey]

If I was in the market for a top I'd still buy EK even with these designs because the performance and prices are very competitive but this design isn't their best.

 

[nothingspecial]

I wrote in the other thread about how much of a fail these blocks are, but seriously, not having holes/ports on both sides is such a massive pain in the arse!

Yes, they supply the block so you can have them pointing out of the side, but then you've still got to get two 90 degree fittings, instead of the simple "barb either side" setup they've always been able to do.

 

[Vicey]

I just looked and realised these don't have G1/4 threads on both sides of the block only on one side? WTF?

I'd never buy these what a waste of money. I like to have the CPU block go straight in to the top GPU. That isn't possible with these blocks. What was EK thinking?

 

[ruthless_villain]

I just looked and realised these don't have G1/4 threads on both sides of the block only on one side? WTF?

I'd never buy these what a waste of money. I like to have the CPU block go straight in to the top GPU. That isn't possible with these blocks. What was EK thinking?

it is you just have to use 2 90 degree fittings joined

 

[Vicey]

it is you just have to use 2 90 degree fittings joined

Why would I do that for when I can just buy a different block? Which is exactly what I'll be doing when I upgrade my graphics cards.

Two 90 degree fittings joined would look so messy. I like my loops neat and attractive. Not like something whipped up on scrapheap challenge.

 

[demonking]

Not like something whipped up on scrapheap challenge.

gotta love scrap heap challange tho

 

[Swinder]

Terrible design, even worse layout, I do hope for EK that these perform like nothing else on the market because this is such a backwards step in my opinion.

 

[wassupdoc]

I just looked and realised these don't have G1/4 threads on both sides of the block only on one side? WTF?

I'd never buy these what a waste of money. I like to have the CPU block go straight in to the top GPU. That isn't possible with these blocks. What was EK thinking?

you would just use the gpu bridge connector that comes with the blocks