Ek or Xspc

joshcowin

joshcowin

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Hi their im planning my next watercooled rig and im deciding what waterblocks and rads to get the rig will consist of :
2x480mm rads
1x360mm rad
1x240mm rad
3x7970 blocks
1xcpu waterblock
2xdominator memory waterblocks
1x Ek motherboard set
1xx-fire bridge serial

I need some help on which to choose either ek or xspc,i prefer the ek parts as they look better and match but i also want good flow and performance.i like the fact that you can put leds in most of the xspc range.x-fire block i was looking at the ek 3 way serial as it saves fittings and less mess.thanks Josh
 
I have the EK FC7950 which is virtually the same as the FC7970 its currently keeping my card at 6 degrees above loop temp when idle, and 15 degrees highers at stock speed under load, 20 degrees higher than loop temp heavily overclocked at 1.3/1.7v under full load.

edit, im using the EK supreme on the CPU, i don't wanna reccommend it though cause i didnt test my CPU on air so i cant tell you how good it is, someone else will have to help ya there. I had hte EK mobo set on my last mobo, was great, added quite a lot of heat into my loop though, wont be a problem for you with all them rads.
 
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Stay away from XSPC on the GPU block side of things, for everything else the choice is yours :)

You may also want to re-consider having both motherboard AND ram blocks, it is a potential nightmare for tube routing.
 
yeah i agree, on my last rig i had 2 mobo blocks 2 mosfet blocks 4 ram blocks and 2 gpu blocks, with a mixture of 4 different size tubing, was a nightmare getting hte air out espeically as i dont use a res.
 
Ive seen how im going to do it flow wise and how to get the air out quick for me the only problem is using crystal link as ive heard it leaks if at any angle at all
 
this is how im going to have it
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Never used them, always stuck with standard barbs. never had a leak with them. They dont look to pretty though :)
 
What's wrong with XSPC blocks, i have them on my GPU, idle around 21'c and loaded hit about 38-40'c. (was 70 + 65'c on air coolers) Work pretty good imo opinion. Obviously not used EK so can't compare, but they still give good temps for me.

I have EK on the CPU, it's a supremacy and is very good at cooling, i have the full nickel block.
 
*Rich* said:
What's wrong with XSPC blocks, i have them on my GPU, idle around 21'c and loaded hit about 38-40'c. (was 70 + 65'c on air coolers) Work pretty good imo opinion. Obviously not used EK so can't compare, but they still give good temps for me.

I have EK on the CPU, it's a supremacy and is very good at cooling, i have the full nickel block.
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No water flows over the vrm.
 
pgi947 said:
It appears to only be an issue with the 7970 blocks, I'm not sure why they didn't bother to give direct cooling, either way they have probably lost a fair few sales due to this.
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Stripped mine down over the weekend to re-apply thermal paste and mine cool the vrm's. Obviously 680's, forgot the op was using 7970's. ;)
 
I use the XSPC Raystorm 7970 Cooler and my VRM's are always seriously low. I found the 7970's don't need any particular VRM cooling once the core is watercooled...

Basically its a non issue if you want a sweet looking cooler and its fits inline with other XSPC stuff..
 
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