EK unveils new NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 water blocks

[Sir Asvald]

EK, the manufacture of water cooling has announced that they will be releasing the new EK water blocks for the new GTX 1080/70

 

Link to their site: https://www.ekwb.com/news/ek-unveils-new-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-water-blocks/

 

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Designed for best performance

EK-FC1080 GTX is a new Full-Cover water block, designed for NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 Founders Edition graphics cards. The block comes in four different variations and each of them 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 its VRM to remain stable under high overclocks. Performance-wise all variants of the block are the same, the only difference being the overall aesthetics. Each EK-FC1080 GTX water block covers the entire PCB of the card and with the corresponding retention backplate, users get visually stunning GPU in their system.

 

Two Plexi variants; EK-FC1080 GTX (left) and EK-FC1080 GTX – Nickel (right)

 

 

 

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Two Acetal variants; EK-FC1080 GTX – Acetal (left) and EK-FC1080 GTX – Acetal+Nickel (right)

Every EK-FC1080 GTX water block features a central inlet split-flow cooling engine design – just like with the flagship EK-Supremacy EVO CPU water block – for best possible cooling performance. Such type of heat exchanger also works flawlessly with the reversed water flow without adversely affecting the cooling performance. Moreover, this radical design offers great hydraulic performance, allowing this product to be used in liquid cooling systems using weaker water pumps.

  

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Beautifully machined details and distinctive EK design.

The base is made of electrolytic copper (EK-FC1080 GTX and EK-FC1080 GTX – Acetal) or nickel-plated electrolytic copper (EK-FC1080 GTX – Nickel and EK-FC1080 GTX – Acetal+Nickel) while the top is made of quality POM Acetal or acrylic (again, depending on the variant). There is no difference in performance between different bases. Screw-in brass standoffs are pre-installed and allow for safe installation procedure.

 

 

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Availability and pricing

EK-FC1080 GTX water blocks are made in Slovenia, Europe and will be available for purchase through EK Webshop and Partner Reseller Network on Friday, 27th of May, 2016. An aesthetic retention backplates, which also cool the memory IC on the backside of the circuit board, will also become available for separate purchase. In the table below you can find the MSRP with VAT included:

NameInterconnectivity method
MSRP (incl. VAT)

EK-FC1080 GTXFC Terminal / HD Tube99.95€

EK-FC1080 GTX – AcetalFC Terminal / HD Tube99.95€

EK-FC1080 GTX – NickelFC Terminal / HD Tube109.95€

EK-FC1080 GTX – Acetal+NickelFC Terminal / HD Tube109.95€

EK-FC1080 GTX Backplate – Black–29.95€

EK-FC1080 GTX Backplate – Blue–33.95€

EK-FC1080 GTX Backplate – Red–33.95€

EK-FC1080 GTX Backplate – Gold–33.95€

EK-FC1080 GTX Backplate – Nickel–37.95€

 

[ImBleu]

Would be interesting to see a waterblock for the GTX1080s with a bit of an agressive angular look, similar to the founders edition cards.

 

Please EK can we get them please? I'd buy

[Sir Asvald]

2 minutes ago, ThatCoolBlueKidd said:

Would be interesting to see a waterblock for the GTX1080s with a bit of an agressive angular look, similar to the founders edition cards.

 

@EK Luc can we get them please? I'd buy

Or write "AMD cards are too hot, they'll burn through our water blocks"  

[themctipers]

Il just wait for the GT 2030 in 2030.

I heard it has the same performance as a GTX 1490ti today. 

[PopReference]

2 minutes ago, ThatCoolBlueKidd said:

Would be interesting to see a waterblock for the GTX1080s with a bit of an agressive angular look, similar to the founders edition cards.

 

@EK Luc can we get them please? I'd buy

Then they would have to charge $100 more.

[xentropa]

Looks like its only for the founders edition.

[Sir Asvald]

3 minutes ago, xentropa said:

Looks like its only for the founders edition.

I'm sure they'll make for the board partners as well. 

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Yea. I wouldn't buy a block for a 1080 that only has one 8 pin.

[y_unit265]

If only I had any idea how to set up an actual loop without fear of killing my desktop >.<'

[captain cactus]

I want them to do a 2-slot block. Since the card has I/O on the 2nd row anyway, why not use it?

[Naeaes]

13 minutes ago, y_unit265 said:

If only I had any idea how to set up an actual loop without fear of killing my desktop >.<'

There's an entire board for watercooling here. I bet you'll manage it with help. Watercooling's really not rocket science anyway. Plan ahead, find stuff that fit, screw everything in tight, profit.

[patrickjp93]

33 minutes ago, xentropa said:

Looks like its only for the founders edition.

AIB blocks take a couple months since the partners don't show anyone their designs ahead of time.

[patrickjp93]

13 minutes ago, lots of unexplainable lag said:

I want them to do a 2-slot block. Since the card has I/O on the 2nd row anyway, why not use it?

It wouldn't do anything. The more distance you put between any heat source and heat well, the slower that heat dissipates. In this case, thin, highly conductive metal and a thermally conductive fluid are the best combination.

[positivePXL]

38 minutes ago, xentropa said:

Looks like its only for the founders edition.

Jesus Christ, have you not been keeping up with what an FE card is?! It's just a reference PCB wth a reference cooler made with a different alloy, and then actually sold by Nvidia! The GTX 1080, and the GTX 1080 FE, have the exact same PCB!

35 minutes ago, Pohernori said:

Yea. I wouldn't buy a block for a 1080 that only has one 8 pin.

1) See first piece of rant

2) Gamer Nexus did an interesting video where they talked about water-cooling the GTX 1080, they have some interesting points. They weren't actually able to get that much more overclocking out of a water-cooled chip because it ended up getting limited by the voltage, which was extremely limited in how much you could adjust it, a countermeasure by Nvidia to prevent you from frying your chip. Appearantly, the new GP104 chip is particularly intolerable to voltage boosts, so even with a second 8-pin, you won't be able to overclock very high.

[xentropa]

41 minutes ago, y_unit265 said:

If only I had any idea how to set up an actual loop without fear of killing my desktop >.<'

Distilled (de-ionized) water is insulating.  If it spills in your comp no problem.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

2 minutes ago, positivePXL said:

Jesus Christ, have you not been keeping up with what an FE card is?! It's just a reference PCB wth a reference cooler made with a different alloy, and then actually sold by Nvidia! The GTX 1080, and the GTX 1080 FE, have the exact same PCB!

1) See first piece of rant

2) Gamer Nexus did an interesting video where they talked about water-cooling the GTX 1080, they have some interesting points. They weren't actually able to get that much more overclocking out of a water-cooled chip because it ended up getting limited by the voltage, which was extremely limited in how much you could adjust it, a countermeasure by Nvidia to prevent you from frying your chip. Appearantly, the new GP104 chip is particularly intolerable to voltage boosts, so even with a second 8-pin, you won't be able to overclock very high.

 

I'll reserve my comments for when the 6+8/8+8 pin cards come out. If it turns out GP104 is really intolerable to increased voltages. It is quite disappointing.

[Davehaslanded]

Please can you post a link to the source. You're quoting is great, but still like to read the original page.

[Sir Asvald]

 

3 minutes ago, Davehaslanded said:

Please can you post a link to the source. You're quoting is great, but still like to read the original page.

It's from EK's site? And I've quoted everything from their site

[Davehaslanded]

Just now, Abdul201588 said:

 

It's from EK's site? 

Ok that's great, But I believe its in forum guidelines to put a link to source site when posting in the tech news forums.

[captain cactus]

59 minutes ago, patrickjp93 said:

It wouldn't do anything. The more distance you put between any heat source and heat well, the slower that heat dissipates. In this case, thin, highly conductive metal and a thermally conductive fluid are the best combination.

Fair enough.

[CTR640]

4 hours ago, xentropa said:

Looks like its only for the fuck you edition.

FTFY

[blu4]

This.. This... Looks exactly the same as every other block they made after the 7xx series

[Thony]

Water-cooled cards are sexy AF !!!

 

Shame watercooling needs maintanance and I can't be asked especially if things go wrong. Air-cooling is just a tiny little bit more reliable.