** EK WATER BLOCKS GTX 980 BLOCKS & OCUK TECH LABS CARD AVAILABLE TO PRE ORDER **

Hi Guys

Seems we are first to market with this one also.

Order placed with EK Water Blocks this morning for hundreds of 980 waterblocks.

We have the full range of EKWB 980 Blocks available to pre order on our site right now.




EK-FC980 GTX is a high performance full-cover water block for nVidia reference (NVA-1G401) design GeForce GTX 980 series graphics cards. Please check our Cooling Configurator online compatibility system for detailed compatibility list!

This 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-FC980 GTX water block features a central inlet split-flow cooling engine design for best possible cooling performance, which also works flawlessly with reversed water flow without adversely affecting the cooling performance. Moreover, such design offers great hydraulic perfromance allowing this product to be used in liquid cooling systems using weaker water pumps.

Base is made of electrolytic copper while the top is made of quality acrylic material. The top also features two pre-drilled slots for 3mm LED diodes. The sealing is ensured by quality rubber washers. Screw-in brass standoffs are pre-installed and allow for safe, painless installation procedure. Block is mounted with enclosed M2.5 DIN7985 screws and allows for re-use of the original NVIDIA backplate.

EKWB recommends the purchase of aesthetic retention backplate (EK-FC980 GTX Backplate - Black or Nickel) which improves the looks of your graphics cards and also provide some passive cooling to the circuit board VRM section.

G1/4" threaded fittings can be used on both sides of the FC terminal. Up to four EK-FC980 GTX water blocks can be used on a single ATX form factor motherboard by using EK-FC Terminal (DUAL, TRIPLE or QUAD type) system or other means of interconnectivity. Please note that EK-FC Bridge & Link system is not compatible with this water block.

EK-FC980 GTX series product is also the choice of EVGA for their factory liquid cooled NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 HydroCopper series graphics cards.

Enclosed:
- EK-FC980 GTX series water block
- mounting mechanism with screw-in brass standoffs
- thermal pads
- thermal grease EK-TIM Ectotherm (1g)

Made in Slovenia - Europe!








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The OcUK Tech Lab H2O Custom GeForce GTX 980 combines the most overclockable single GPU card available with the most effective cooling solution.You can expand your visual real estate across three HD displays in jawdropping 3D and experience immense framerates with blistering graphics.

With a choice of the finest cooling solutions from EK Water Blocks, this card looks incredible no matter what finish you choose.

Never has a pre built watercooled card been such a complete package!
All of this cooling power would be wasted without the addition of the worlds leading cooling paste, a retail tube of IC Diamond is included with this package. The paste is applied to the GPU to maintain supreme performance with the GPU block.

The 980 operates at extremely low temperatures and has massive overclocking headroom out of the box, but the addition of a waterblock really allows the user to push the card to its limits easily and safely.

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- Bus Type: PCI Express 3.0
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- DisplayPort: Yes
- HDCP: Yes
- HDMI: Yes
- Dimensions: 268.6 x 98.4 x 40 mm
- Power: 2x 6-Pin
- 500W PSU Required
- 178W TDP
- Warranty: 2yr

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Any news on 970 blocks at all?

970 is all non reference so far (coolers anyway, not necessarily different PCBs throughout). So it would be the same ol' policy of custom PCB blocks as before.

rjkoneill

which card company allows the fitting of these blocks and you keep the full warranty?

thanks.

Smok3alot said:

rjkoneill

which card company allows the fitting of these blocks and you keep the full warranty?

thanks.

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I'm sure rjkoneill will confirm but EVGA allow the removal of the coolers as long as they are attached when returned. I think OCUK some times allows the coolers to be removed depending on agreement with the suppliers.

Not looking forward to having to do another drain and block fit when these come in

I know MSI allow the removal of coolers for waterblocks as long as you send everything back if you RMA. The warranty void sticker is just there as a deterrent for inexperienced users AFAIK.

Also there are quite a few reference 970s for sale now. Any chance of re-stocking 670 waterblocks?

Aye I can vouch for MSI and OCUK in that respect, I removed the coolers(along with warranty void if removed sticker) from 3 MSi 290's and 1 broke down the line, I attached the reference blower back on, Sent it back and got a brand new 1 a few weeks later.

Ordered mine direct from EK, seems they've got pretty huge demand this time round.

Smok3alot said:

rjkoneill

which card company allows the fitting of these blocks and you keep the full warranty?

thanks.

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Warranty is at manufacturers discretion.

I have never had a single issue with any stock cooler removal. if you dont break anything then there shouldnt be an issue with warranty.

easiest thing to think is that if the cards have warranty stickers over screws, these tend to be manufacturers that are strict with warranty voiding products.

brands I have personally owned in the past and removed stock coolers without issue:

Sapphire
Gigabyte
Asus
EVGA
MSI
KFA2/Galax
HIS
VTX3D
XFX if you are very careful and reinstall the stock cooler perfectly.

essentially, if you have a sticker over any of the screws, then the company is generally a pain when it comes to stock cooler removal.

The truth is that most manufacturers now, especially ones that OCUK deal with are fine with cooler removal. They have to be in this day and age.

some may publicly go on record as being against it but as long as you dont send your card back for a warranty claim with it looking like a bag of smashed crabs then you will be fine.

rjkoneill said:

essentially, if you have a sticker over any of the screws, then the company is generally a pain when it comes to stock cooler removal.

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This is why you use long nose pliers to unscrew the screw without piercing the seal

rjkoneill said:

Warranty is at manufacturers discretion.

I have never had a single issue with any stock cooler removal. if you dont break anything then there shouldnt be an issue with warranty.

easiest thing to think is that if the cards have warranty stickers over screws, these tend to be manufacturers that are strict with warranty voiding products.

brands I have personally owned in the past and removed stock coolers without issue:

Sapphire
Gigabyte
Asus
EVGA
MSI
KFA2/Galax
HIS
VTX3D
XFX if you are very careful and reinstall the stock cooler perfectly.

essentially, if you have a sticker over any of the screws, then the company is generally a pain when it comes to stock cooler removal.

The truth is that most manufacturers now, especially ones that OCUK deal with are fine with cooler removal. They have to be in this day and age.

some may publicly go on record as being against it but as long as you dont send your card back for a warranty claim with it looking like a bag of smashed crabs then you will be fine.

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the last 3 cards i bought where from MSI and they all had the sticker on them so i never bothered adding a block to these, (mind you i didn't purchase from ocuk)... but i will from now on.


thanks rjkoneill.......

ubersonic said:

This is why you use long nose pliers to unscrew the screw without piercing the seal

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I've done this with some other products, not GPU's, but you can also use a hairdryer to heat the sticker.. and put them back ;D

ubersonic said:

This is why you use long nose pliers to unscrew the screw without piercing the seal

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Was taught this when I phoned OcUK support about warranty. Such a good technique and passed through another ****taker etailer's RMA procedure for my 780 lightning.

Had my 980 EK waterblock on pre-order since 19th... any idea when they will come in @rjkoneill ? or should I cancel / get a refund and get one direct from EK, they have stock and could be with me in 3-4 days.... my legs are cooking from the heat!

EDIT: It turned up and is now fitted, thanks for the response.

Got myn today but havn't got a 980 yet lol just thought I would preorder it as I guessed it would be a week or two but I was wrong

For a long time I've not been a fan of the Acetal blocks as I liked to be able to see inside (for blockages or staining or stuff like that). However I do like that they cover the full card, why can't the plexi ones be the same shape?

So got my two 980's all I need is the Blocks. Anyone know if there are any delivery updates ?



SJ

Machines are running all day long to catch up and get everyone's blocks to them ASAP!

Any more info on when these are likely to hit the shelves? Have a couple of 980s that are sweating on air at the mo'. Cpu is loving the loop all on its own, never been as cool.

Where's the 970 blocks?