Thursday, June 30th 2016
EK Water Blocks Ready with Radeon RX 480 Full-coverage Block
EK Water Blocks is ready with a full-coverage water block for AMD Radeon RX 480 (model: EK-FC RX-480). Designed for the reference-design RX 480 PCB, the block features a common coolant channel for the GPU, memory, and VRM, with a ridged coolant channel over the GPU for better heat dissipation. The block is 1-slot thick, and comes in four variants, exposed copper block with clear acrylic top, exposed copper with opaque POM acetal top, and nickel-plated copper with acrylic/acetal tops. Since the upcoming Radeon RX 470 features the same reference PCB design, this block could be compatible with that card, too. The company didn't reveal pricing.
55 Comments on EK Water Blocks Ready with Radeon RX 480 Full-coverage Block
Otherwise, I don't see the point of this block.
Who would pay 200$ on a card and 100$ on a cooler, considering the overclocking is not even that great?
Most definitely Number 1 in it's class ATM. Can only get better.
Waterblock may be a better idea on the after market cards to come with modified boards and 8 pin connectors,
looking forward to the results.
OTOH, comparing to a 970 which is EOL is a bit naff. Need to compare to the GTX1060 when it comes out (in paper fashion) next week.
RX480 custom cards look sweet - wccftech.com/amd-rx-480-asus-strix-msi-gaming/ - they've reported clock speeds up to 1.6ghz
Now a waterblock on them looks worth it.
Waterblocks for this card are fine. People like water cooling even medium end products so I see no problem with this especially if an RX 480X comes later the design can be reused. Either way you don't have to go all in on a card to want to water cool it.
On the current card it seems they pushed the clocks as far as they could within the safety margin leaving no room for OCing.
But with this there maybe some room.
nice Try ....
here you could see more about how the RX 480 8GB gets smoked by other cards....
Regards,
It is better than the 970. Its exactly where everyone has been saying it is, in between the 970 and 980 performance wise (Or for AMD, between the 390 and the 390X). Its also on a pretty premature driver as this is the first card from this generation so performance will as with any card regardless of the company go up as time moves on.
As it turned out, the 480 is more of a next-gen version of the 380, and people wouldn't watercool that.
Regards,
Let's not get too ahead of things and start more hype. If it overclocks past 980ti, it beats Fury X too. It's not high end.
However, the aftermarket coolers are coming very soon. Look out for custom boards with added power connectors. I think the RX 480 will be very similar to the R9 290 launch, but even better with better cooling.
I'm guessing the user can decide to use only a 6-pin to insert in the slot.