EK CPU block crack again :-(

Glowballs · 26 Feb 2015 at 14:22

Hi guys and girls.

Yet another EK supereme HF CPU block cracked. Also found cracks in the res. Can anyone recommend an alternative block that would fit and less prone to cracking?? and cheap... :-)

Cheers

Cerelia · 26 Feb 2015 at 15:21

How hard are you screwing them in? From the looks of it it seems to be from your screwing rather than the block.

Remember you don't need to overkill tighten the fittings, you'll ruin the fitting and the seal o-ring.

NMBlack · 26 Feb 2015 at 15:24

Glowballs said:
Or maybe someone has a spare they want to sell??

Careful, you can get in trouble here for trying to do trades outside of the members market. You should remove that sentence.

Mynight · 26 Feb 2015 at 15:25

See I though that but then I googled it and there's been a fair few incidents like it. I've never had an issue with them but if it's two in a row it's got to be a bad batch(dates of Google search suggest not) or user error sorry.

The angle of the cracks do appear to be over tightening the way they radiate. If it were a manufactoring flaw Id expect to see a single spider web type crack.

Glowballs · 26 Feb 2015 at 15:31

NMBlack said:
Careful, you can get in trouble here for trying to do trades outside of the members market. You should remove that sentence.

Done, thank you for making me aware

Glowballs · 26 Feb 2015 at 15:33

I didn't actually screw this one in that hard this time. I think it may have happened when I lifting the loop out a couple of days ago to clean the fans out but I dont know.

They wasn't that tight anyway.

ErikN · 26 Feb 2015 at 17:55

Well the easy way would be to get an acetal/nickel block instead of plexi, occams razor and all that, but I suspect you want the bling factor of the plexi block

pastymuncher · 26 Feb 2015 at 18:49

I am going to have to be careful when I fit my new Supremacy Evo with the plexi top by the look of it. I will be paranoid over the damn thing now.

andybird123 · 26 Feb 2015 at 18:54

get anything without a plexi top, metal in to metal to avoid over tightening issues

pgi947 · 26 Feb 2015 at 19:10

Plexi can be quite brittle, I've had similar fracturing on my ac d5 tops.

Tend to buy full metal or acetal top blocks now.

As for spares, check ek's store, they used to sell spare tops for the supreme hf.

Glowballs · 26 Feb 2015 at 19:21

Im not really bothered how it looks atm, I just don't want to worry about it fracturing and seeping water over 100's of pounds worth of cards.

JeffyB · 26 Feb 2015 at 22:10

Plexi is fine so long as you don't over tighten your fittings, remember fittings have O rings to make the seal. If you are having these sort of issues go for acetal or metal topped blocks.