Oh My...

rjk · 29 Oct 2013 at 15:46

http://forum.aquacomputer.de/wasserk-hlung/103773-neu-kryographics-hawaii-f-r-radeon-r9-290x/

they will be available here as soon as I can buy them

breadturbo · 29 Oct 2013 at 15:51

Why cant they manufacture gfx cards the other way round so we don't need to have epic looking blocks facing downward -.-

rjk · 29 Oct 2013 at 15:55

inverted ATX case

daveip · 29 Oct 2013 at 15:58

I think I just jizzed in my pants ...

Rich - are you able to get the 7990 versions?

panyan · 29 Oct 2013 at 17:19

if they didnt have the palm trees theyd look better

i get the connection but it just doesnt look good

Something Else · 29 Oct 2013 at 17:40

Love the little islands they have put in there. Thought it was for cooling purposes at first haha.

tipes · 29 Oct 2013 at 19:08

They look really nice - not sure about the palm trees though.Shame I have just recently bought a block for my 780.

Mark

rjk · 29 Oct 2013 at 22:03

The palm trees make it for me.

Not sure on a 7990 block don't think they did one.

Will have a chat with them tomorrow when i order.

rjk · 29 Oct 2013 at 22:03

The palm trees make it for me.

Not sure on a 7990 block don't think they did one.

Will have a chat with them tomorrow when i order.

lukext · 29 Oct 2013 at 22:10

Looks pretty cool.

rjk.... any news on the ek blocks?

pgi947 · 29 Oct 2013 at 22:51

Love these glass looking blocks aquacomputer are churning out just now.

Though it does remind me of the malibu logo

JonJ678 · 29 Oct 2013 at 23:08

That's better - thin channels over the gpu instead of thick, slightly wavy ones. Good for aquacomputer.

daveip · 29 Oct 2013 at 23:15

Aquacomputer have done a glass nickel and also copper block for the 7990. Have been tempted to get one from a competitor rather than wait for the EK one to come back in stock. If you can get a nickel glass one, I WANT IT!!!!

Avenged7Fold · 30 Oct 2013 at 01:03

Stunning blocks!

Will stick to plexi for now due to budget but i have a feeling that i will switch over sooner or later.

ubersonic · 30 Oct 2013 at 08:23

breadturbo said:
Why cant they manufacture gfx cards the other way round so we don't need to have epic looking blocks facing downward -.-

When ISA slots were replaced with PCI slots they flipped the PCI cards upside down so that they could have both types of slot next to each other and share a physical bracket on the case. At the time heat/aesthetics simply wasn't an issue (only CPU's used heatsinks and putting fans on them seemed overkill), add to that most home computers used the "desktop" form factor (towers were only used in business workstations) so all the cards were sideways anyway. When AGP was added to the mix it followed the PCI layout which was a blessing really or the would have been collisions when CPU/GPU heatsinks started to get huge.

PCI-E could have broken the trend however that would have meant losing the first couple of slots due to the size of GPU heatsinks.

khemist · 30 Oct 2013 at 20:26

As nice as they look, i'm done with Aquacomputer after my Titan faulty active backplate disaster.

Randomface74 · 30 Oct 2013 at 20:32

jizz
i want graphics cards with trees

Bart_Hunt · 30 Oct 2013 at 21:54

Are those going to fit non-xcards ?
I really like this block, it fits my theme and I even planned orange for my gpu loop :-)

Diagro · 30 Oct 2013 at 23:21

Amazing looking block. Will have to stick a mirror at bottom of my case to see it