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This probably isn't news for most but here goes:

The popularity of watercooling is rising with more and more "budget cards" seeing blocks than ever before. The lowest of these being the latest RX 480 and GTX 1060 cards.

The most popular GTX 1060's are able to use the blocks developed for the GTX 1080 as MSI, ASUS and Gigabyte have re-used the same PCB for many models. However the only RX 480 blocks available are for reference designs.

Unhappy with this situation I looked around to find the most popular aftermarket RX 480; the Sapphire NITRO+. I contacted Sapphire directly regarding whether they had approached any waterblock manufacturers to create a compatible block for the NITRO+ but they confirmed they had not.

So there we have it; there will be no waterblock available for the fastest selling RX 480 in the market.


Note: I have contacted EKWB asking if they would work on a block if I provided a sample; it's a very long shot, but I figured if you don't ask the question...
 
Whilst I have known for a long time (because reading project logs around the net is one of my pastimes) that people do water cool cheaper cards (usually because they are only doing the build for the cooling, rather than the performance, hence why a lot of people don't even water cool the GPU) there needs to be cheaper blocks to cater for these cheaper cards.

£90 for a block is kinda stupid when the GPU cost say £120 (GTX 950 etc).

There is a company that make blocks by scanning but it takes about two months. I read about it in a log yesterday over at OCUK, so I will try and find out who it was specifically.
 
Daiyus said:
This probably isn't news for most but here goes:

The popularity of watercooling is rising with more and more "budget cards" seeing blocks than ever before. The lowest of these being the latest RX 480 and GTX 1060 cards.

The most popular GTX 1060's are able to use the blocks developed for the GTX 1080 as MSI, ASUS and Gigabyte have re-used the same PCB for many models. However the only RX 480 blocks available are for reference designs.

Unhappy with this situation I looked around to find the most popular aftermarket RX 480; the Sapphire NITRO+. I contacted Sapphire directly regarding whether they had approached any waterblock manufacturers to create a compatible block for the NITRO+ but they confirmed they had not.

So there we have it; there will be no waterblock available for the fastest selling RX 480 in the market.


Note: I have contacted EKWB asking if they would work on a block if I provided a sample; it's a very long shot, but I figured if you don't ask the question...
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Madness when the 480 REALLY needs a block too
 
tinytomlogan said:
Madness when the 480 REALLY needs a block too
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I know. It's the fastest RX 480, just runs a bit warm. A block would make it nigh perfect.

I really want to watercool and while I don't mind going nVidia this time around I'd rather stick with AMD. I just don't want a reference card.

Is there anything else I can do to see if we can't get someone working on one?

AlienALX said:
Whilst I have known for a long time (because reading project logs around the net is one of my pastimes) that people do water cool cheaper cards (usually because they are only doing the build for the cooling, rather than the performance, hence why a lot of people don't even water cool the GPU) there needs to be cheaper blocks to cater for these cheaper cards.

£90 for a block is kinda stupid when the GPU cost say £120 (GTX 950 etc).

There is a company that make blocks by scanning but it takes about two months. I read about it in a log yesterday over at OCUK, so I will try and find out who it was specifically.
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Nice find, sounds really interesting. I had no idea anyone made bespoke blocks.

Daiyus said:
This probably isn't news for most but here goes:

The popularity of watercooling is rising with more and more "budget cards" seeing blocks than ever before. The lowest of these being the latest RX 480 and GTX 1060 cards.

The most popular GTX 1060's are able to use the blocks developed for the GTX 1080 as MSI, ASUS and Gigabyte have re-used the same PCB for many models. However the only RX 480 blocks available are for reference designs.

Unhappy with this situation I looked around to find the most popular aftermarket RX 480; the Sapphire NITRO+. I contacted Sapphire directly regarding whether they had approached any waterblock manufacturers to create a compatible block for the NITRO+ but they confirmed they had not.

So there we have it; there will be no waterblock available for the fastest selling RX 480 in the market.


Note: I have contacted EKWB asking if they would work on a block if I provided a sample; it's a very long shot, but I figured if you don't ask the question...
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UPDATE: I got a reply from EKWB.

"Dear Daiyus

Thank you for contacting us.
I'm really sorry, but sadly I must inform you that due to the amount of work we have with other water blocks and products we have no plans of making a full cover water block for this card.
We can offer you a universal water block for this card if you like - https://www.ekwb.com/shop/water-blocks/vga-blocks/universal-vga-waterblocks/vga-supremacy

Best regards, Igor"

So there we have it. EK certainly won't be working on a full cover block for the NITRO+.
 
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Daiyus said:
UPDATE: I got a reply from EKWB.

"Dear Daiyus

Thank you for contacting us.
I'm really sorry, but sadly I must inform you that due to the amount of work we have with other water blocks and products we have no plans of making a full cover water block for this card.
We can offer you a universal water block for this card if you like - https://www.ekwb.com/shop/water-blocks/vga-blocks/universal-vga-waterblocks/vga-supremacy

Best regards, Igor"

So there we have it. EK certainly won't be working on a full cover block for the NITRO+.
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If I remember right, they didnt product a block for the KFA2 HoF edition cards. If you wanted one of those you had to look elsewhere instead of EK.

Basically EK only seemed to provide blocks for the big selling AIB cards, or reference which does make sense.
 
Warchild said:
If I remember right, they didnt product a block for the KFA2 HoF edition cards. If you wanted one of those you had to look elsewhere instead of EK.

Basically EK only seemed to provide blocks for the big selling AIB cards, or reference which does make sense.
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It does, but the NITRO+ seems to be the biggest selling RX 480, which is why I went to them first.
 
HDMI 1.4b is going to be supported on the usb type c interface without the use of an adaptor efectivelly bringing type c to hdmi cables
 
Corsair RGB mousepad, I NEED IT !!!! A black mousepad with white underglow would look amazeballs !!!!

I seriously started breathing heavy and drooling when I saw this !

 
Dicehunter said:
Corsair RGB mousepad, I NEED IT !!!! A black mousepad with white underglow would look amazeballs !!!!

I seriously started breathing heavy and drooling when I saw this !

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Dice, Your love for Corsair is borderline sick (I think you need help) :p You want everything they make expect for the AIR 740 :p
 
NeverBackDown said:
It's like the old razor days with him... Except now it's worse:o
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I was into Razer for like 2 months and have been using Corsair since the end of 2013 so it's hardly a fad ^_^

The thing is, I like brand consistency, I'm not a fan of having lots of different brands spread out everywhere, Apart from when it comes to sound equipment and monitors.

Plus it makes warranty issues a lot easier :)
 
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