690 & 670 blocks from EK - Due Soon

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hyperst said:
Going to make mounting difficult with only 2x holes for fittings surely?
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There will be another set of holes on the underside as usual with EK blocks ;)

Bluntwrapped said:
Nice one :)

They are absolutely hideous to look at though ..
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The Acetal blocks are growing on me, still not sure on the Plexi though, want some pics of it with fluid in before I decide.
 
spixelspixel said:
The 670 block will be half the price of the 690 right? :)
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Be sure you understand that using a block on the 670 won't improve it's overclocking ability.
These cards just like the 680's are voltage limited and not hindered by cooling.

Buying one thinking it will increase your overclocks is going to be a disapointment.
 
wissel said:
Are you sure? the 680 block doesn't appear to (or am I missing something?)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-213-EK&groupid=962&catid=1520&subcat=


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Wow, I never noticed just presumed, all previous EK blocks have had g1/4 holes at either side. Well this is a bit of an over-sight by EK isn't it? Firstly if you have multiple cards you are now forced to buy the crossfire bridges, if single card then you only have the option of going in/out on the same side.
 
Legion said:
Be sure you understand that using a block on the 670 won't improve it's overclocking ability.
These cards just like the 680's are voltage limited and not hindered by cooling.

Buying one thinking it will increase your overclocks is going to be a disapointment.
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I know the idea isn't to increase my overclocking capability (as far as GPU is concerned) it's more of to cool my really hot IB chip and keep the GPU quite cool as well and for aesthetics.
 
Ollie1132 said:
Rather lame tbh. makes it quite impossible to have a somewhat tidy loop if your not SLI'ing.
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This.

Not very impressed by this move tbh, they could at least include a fitting to allow you to route tubing in the opposite direction, like a dual 90 rotary.
 
pgi947 said:
This.

Not very impressed by this move tbh, they could at least include a fitting to allow you to route tubing in the opposite direction, like a dual 90 rotary.
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I was thinking of two 90 rotary's but then I realised that they probably wouldn't work in the planned way. I suppose you could always have a 90 rotary going off to the left/right to a rad or something. still would look quite awful imo.
 
It would, its essentially what I was meaning by saying dual 90 degree rotary, as in 2 x 90 degree rotarys, giving you 180 degrees total to loop back in the other direction.
 
They should be water tight, each fitting come with a seal, I've dual linked rotarys in the past and had no leak issues.

Block>seal>90>seal>90>seal>barb/compression.

One great thing I've just noticed about this blocks is that you no longer need a thread extender to use a compression fitting.

Edit: I have a couple of 90 deg rotarys coming tomorrow, can always link them together and show them hanging around an old 6870 block I have spare.
 
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