[videocardz] EK releases AMD Radeon R9 FURY X water block

[raghu78]

http://site.ekwb.com/news/609/19/EK-releases-AMD-Radeon-R9-FURY-X-Full-Cover-water-block/
http://videocardz.com/57087/ek-releases-amd-radeon-r9-fury-x-water-block

EK Water Blocks, Ljubljana based premium computer liquid cooling gear manufacturer, is excited to launch the true single-slot liquid cooling solution for AMD® Radeon® reference design R9 FURY X graphics card.

EK-FC R9 Fury X directly cools the GPU, HBM 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.


Now where is the voltage unlocking support in MSI AB and Sapphire Trixx when its needed most.

 

[flopper]

its small and sexy for the card for sure

 

[Sabrewings]

Sweet. Now it can have a legitimate cooling solution.

 

[Shehriazad]

The VRM part is the important bit. At first I thought the copper pipe would actually be on the VRMs in that reference design...but somehow AMD figured that this wasn't of importance...and now we got a copper pipe that is barely off the VRMs and thus let's them hit 100°C+ without overclocking.



If I was getting a Fury X...that would definitely be an interesting looking solution for me.(I'm waiting for R9 Nano)

Either way..if someone gets one make sure to post your results on here after installing!

 

[Elixer]

OP, why are you not going to the source, instead of going to another site?
http://site.ekwb.com/
http://site.ekwb.com/news/609/19/EK-releases-AMD-Radeon-R9-FURY-X-Full-Cover-water-block/

 

[thilanliyan]

The VRM part is the important bit. At first I thought the copper pipe would actually be on the VRMs in that reference design...but somehow AMD figured that this wasn't of importance...and now we got a copper pipe that is barely off the VRMs and thus let's them hit 100°C+ without overclocking.

Isn't the stock Fury water cooler cooling the VRMs directly as well? I thought that was the case?

 

[Shehriazad]

Isn't the stock Fury water cooler cooling the VRMs directly as well? I thought that was the case?

From how it looked to me the copper pipe is actually like 1-2cm AWAY from the VRMs...thus not really giving it any cooling at all.

But please do correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[guskline]

EK has once again done a great job. Will AMD allow these cards to be unlocked? How will they overclock even under custom water? I ask because most of the reviews I have read so far appear to show FIJI as a poor overclocker.

Could it be that OCing the Fiji raises the temp too much for the rad?

 

[thilanliyan]

From how it looked to me the copper pipe is actually like 1-2cm AWAY from the VRMs...thus not really giving it any cooling at all.

But please do correct me if I'm wrong.

According to this it is cooled directly:
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/R9_Fury_X/5.html

 

[digitaldurandal]

According to this it is cooled directly:
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/R9_Fury_X/5.html

Looks like their solution is

Copper Pipe
--------------
Thermal Tape
-------------
VRM

yea?

Either way he is right about the VRM's getting very hot under stress testing.

If Nano is full fiji.. will there be blocks that come out for it thus making the cost the same as fury x but with a custom block?

 

[railven]

Looks like their solution is

Copper Pipe
--------------
Thermal Tape
-------------
VRM

yea?

Either way he is right about the VRM's getting very hot under stress testing.

If Nano is full fiji.. will there be blocks that come out for it thus making the cost the same as fury x but with a custom block?

Comparing that to the EK Block, it seems that the Coolermaster is one continuous loop. So is the VRMs getting cool water from the radiator or hot water from the core?

 

[thilanliyan]

Either way he is right about the VRM's getting very hot under stress testing.

How hot do they get while gaming? If they reach 100C while gaming that is a crappy thermal solution.

Comparing that to the EK Block, it seems that the Coolermaster is one continuous loop. So is the VRMs getting cool water from the radiator or hot water from the core?

It would be warm water from the core, but full cover blocks are usually the same way IIRC. There's no "separate" loop to cool the VRMs.

 

[railven]

How hot do they get while gaming? If they reach 100C while gaming that is a crappy thermal solution.



It would be warm water from the core, but full cover blocks are usually the same way IIRC. There's no "separate" loop to cool the VRMs.

Ah, good point. I guess I was looking at the EK block with water coming in through the right fixture thus the VRM get cool water and the core gets a mix of cool and VRM warmed.

But I guess if you connect it the other way, the core gets fresh water and the VRM half of it.

 

[moonbogg]

Is there any way to tell what temp your VRM's are at? That's a nice looking little block BTW. Nice and compact and clean looking card.

 

[guskline]

Is there any way to tell what temp your VRM's are at? That's a nice looking little block BTW. Nice and compact and clean looking card.

moonbogg, I use AIDA64 Extreme to measure the vrm temps. Under the stability test section it will show min, max and average temp for mb, cpu package, cores vrm gpu etc.

 

[guskline]

In a good custom loop the variance in temp of the coolant used, (I use distilled water) should be small throughout the loop if you have enough rad capacity, and good cpu/gpu blocks with enough flow rate.