** 7970 Waterblock Updates - Pre Order Customers, Please Read **

[rjk]

Hi Guys

just to give you a little bit of an update. we have loads of pre orders for the 7970 blocks and I wanted to make sure everyone was in the know.

EK are sending us nickel acetal blocks first. we should be getting them midway through next week.

the Nickel plexi blocks are due the week after as they are still being manufactured at the moment.

at the moment, the ETAs on the website are being updated by myself as soon as I hear anything and I have a tracking tab open on my desktop to keep me on top of it.

as soon as I know anything more about the blocks you will all have updates.

Also, to answer a lot of the queries in the private support sections of the forums, we will have more than enough stock to fulfil all back orders. If you order your block or an OcUK tech lab 7970, you are GUARANTEED a block to be assigned to your order.


I have updated the pictures to the new official pictures too, check out the product images for a great overview of how these blocks are looking.






EK-FC7970 Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Acetal **EN Nickel Plating** @ £79.99 inc VAT

EK-FC7970 is a high performance full-cover water block for AMD reference design Radeon HD 7970 and -7950 graphics card. 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-FC7970 water block also features a very high flow design therefore it can be easily used in liquid cooling systems using weaker water pumps.

Base is made of electroless nickel (EN) plated electrolytic copper while the top is made of quality POM Acetal material. The sealing is performed by quality rubber washers. Screw-in brass standoffs are pre-installed and allow for safe, painless installation procedure. Block is mounted with enclosed M3x4 DIN7985 screws.

EKWB also offers a single-slot I/O bracket which frees adjacent PCI/PCIe expansion slot. The bracket is available as an optional add-on and can be purchased through EKWB webshop.

G1/4" threaded fittings can be used on both side of the water block (on copper and plastic) and 2 plugs (EK-Plug G1/4) are enclosed!

Enclosed:
- EK-FC7970 series water block
- mounting mechanism with screw-in brass standoffs
- thermal pads

Only £79.99 inc VAT.

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EK-FC7970 Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Plexi **EN Nickel Plating** @ £79.99 inc VAT

EK-FC7970 is a high performance full-cover water block for AMD reference design Radeon HD 7970 and -7950 graphics card. 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-FC7970 water block also features a very high flow design therefore it can be easily used in liquid cooling systems using weaker water pumps.

Base is made of electroless nickel (EN) plated electrolytic copper while the top is made of quality cast acrylic material. The sealing is performed by quality rubber washers. Screw-in brass standoffs are pre-installed and allow for safe, painless installation procedure. Block is mounted with enclosed M3x4 DIN7985 screws.

EKWB also offers a single-slot I/O bracket which frees adjacent PCI/PCIe expansion slot. The bracket is available as an optional add-on and can be purchased through EKWB webshop.

G1/4" threaded fittings can be used on both side of the water block (on copper and plastic) and 2 plugs (EK-Plug G1/4) are enclosed!

Enclosed:
- EK-FC7970 series water block
- mounting mechanism with screw-in brass standoffs
- thermal pads

Only £79.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

 

[rjk]

we do not stock the copper blocks sadly. that combo always sells really poorly for us.

the acetal block is a great alternative to plexi admittedly as plexi is fragile if you overtighten your fittings.

 

[rjk]

There has been a shipping delay from what I can see on the carriers site. Hopefully I will know more tomorrow

 

[rjk]

anymore news mate

sadly not, there has been a shipping delay with the courier which is meaning that we are still waiting.

Plexi is strong! It's used in riot shields, aquarium wondows etc.

If you crack it, only one thing can be said

nope, I have seen loads of plexi blocks crack with only slight pressure.

it is more fragile than acetal and that is a fact.

but it is fine as long as you aren't heavy handed with it.

 

[rjk]

if it shipped tonight, it will have left us tonight

they came in at the last minute but the warehouse stayed to pack the orders

it may be with you on Monday yet zoomee

let us all know what you think of the block when it arrives chief

 

[rjk]

Any news on the backplates from EK? Will OCuk be stocking them rjk? thanks.

as soon as I can buy them, they will be listed

Thanks OCUK, superb service as always.

 

[rjk]

initial orders shipped and we are getting trickles of stock as shipments arrive with us.

the backplate doesnt require you to take the card and block apart to fit it.


the backplates are on order at the moment, will be live on the site once we have the setup sheets from EK

 

[rjk]

EK have done a great tutorial vid here

 

[rjk]

also...

EK-FC7970 Backplate - Black @ £19.99 inc VAT

EK-FC7970 Backplate is a retention backplate made of black painted aluminum for EK-FC7970 series water block.

Backplate cover the whole lenght of graphics cards PCB, serves as an aesthetic add-on and also provides passive cooling for the backside of voltage regulation module (VRM).

This backplate is guaranteed to be compatible only with AMD reference design Radeon HD 7970 / 7950 graphics card in combination with any EK-FC7970 series water block. No other water blocks are officially supported! Please check our Cooling Configurator for detailed compatibility list!

Enclosed:
- EK-FC7970 Backplate - Black
- mounting mechanism
- thermal pads

Made in Slovenia - Europe

Only £19.99 inc VAT.

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[rjk]

that looks SWEET

epic job

 

[rjk]

should be tomorrow but that was the last ETA I had from EK.

they are coming from slovenia so could be a few days late.

it depends how many we are allocated as they are still struggling to meet demand.

OcUK will have a big share of what comes to the UK though.

 

[rjk]

Okay thanks, i phoned today with no luck, hope they are in soon Also by any change have you ordered any more ASUS Max4 Extreme Blocks?

Cheers,
Lee.

Hi Lee

we have ordered more blocks but EK are not producing them at the moment.

we have them on backorder

7970 block production has put everything on the back burner from what I understand.

excellent - looks like my backplate has just shipped so OCuk must have had a delivery today

yep, we got the backplates but not the blocks, *sigh*

 

[rjk]

got some Tech Labs 7970s built up today.

take a look

OcUK Tech Lab H2O Radeon HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 [MSI R7970-2PMD3GD5] @ £649.94 inc VAT

The OcUK Extreme H2O Radeon HD 7970 combines the fastest single GPU card on the planet with the most effective cooling solution. With features such as cinematic DirectX 11 graphics, AMD's Eyefinity Technology and all solid capacitors. .You can expand your visual real estate across three HD displays in jawdropping 3D and experience immense framerates with blistering graphics.

Featuring the Excellent MSI Radeon HD 7970 graphics card, the OcUK Extreme H2O Radeon HD 7970 allows for incredible overclocking potential on an already outstanding graphics card.

This graphics card has been updated to include the incredible EK HD 7970 Full Cover Waterblock. This block features a new revised design that optimises thermal performance and is claimed to be the greatest block that EK have ever produced..

All of this cooling power would be wasted without the addition of the worlds leading cooling paste, a retail tube of Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g) is included with this package. The paste is applied to the GPU to maintain supreme performance with the GPU block.
The remainder of the paste will be sent with the card for future applications.

Note - The waterblock fitted to this card will be EN Nickel Acetal.

Features:-
• EK HD 7970 Nickel Acetal Block, 'The best performing GPU block that EK have ever created'
• EK-FC7970 Backplate - Black, sleek aluminum backplate for striking aesthetics.
• Fastest single GPU graphics card on the planet
• Hugely overclockable
• Vastly cooler running than previous generation
• Quieter running than previous generation
• Compute Power: 3.5 TFLOPS
• Core Clock Speed: 925MHz
• Primitive Rate: 2 prim / clk
• Shader Architecture: GCN
• Stream Processors: 32 CU / 2048 ALU
• Texture Units: 128
• ROPS / Z-Stencil: 32 / 128
• Frame Buffer / Memory: 3GB GDDR5
• Memory Width / Speed: 384 bit / 5500MHz
• Load / Idle Board Power: <300W / <3W
• Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin
• Display Outputs: 1xDVI + 2x mDP + 1x HDMI
• 3yr Warranty

Only £649.94 inc VAT.

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[rjk]

nope, we build the tech labs cards to order

the build cost literally covers the technicians time to build and test the card.

backplate can be retrofitted easily.

I did it with my 590 with no problem at all

 

[rjk]

we have limited stock of the 7970 blocks at the moment.

this includes nickel plexi, acetal nickel and the black backplates.

all tech labs 7970s are shipping same day as well

7950 blocks and watercooled cards will be available as soon as EK make a block available to us.