BYKSKI Releases Radeon RX 480 Water Block

[btarunr]

Bykski, known as one of the biggest water block provider in China, releases the water block for AMD RX480 graphics cards, named Bykski A-RX480-X. The Bykski A-RX480-X is made of cooper of the base and designed as a full cover water block, and all the surface is nickel plated for anti-oxidation treatment. It provides direct cooling not only for the GPU, but also for RAM. And the transparent acrylic cover allows users to watch inside of the water flow. The tube connectors of the water block can be reverse installed for CrossFire. The water block will be on sale for both official online store and regions with BYKSKI distributors, the suggested retail price is $99 USD.



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[dozenfury]

You know the guys that buy a small 4-cyl import car and then put a big expensive racing muffler on it? That's what a $100+ water block on a 480 seems like...

 

[$ReaPeR$]

i dont think water-cooling the 480 has much logic, but water-cooling in general is a niche market.. so..

 

[$ReaPeR$]

You know the guys that buy a small 4-cyl import car and then put a big expensive racing muffler on it? That's what a $100+ water block on a 480 seems like...

damn you! i thought i would be first!

 

[lemkeant]

They aren't cooling the VRM's, and not only that but they are covering them with this block too? Is it just me, or is that really going to limit OC potential?

 

[ZeppMan217]

Eh, more options is always good!

 

[Caring1]

You know the guys that buy a small 4-cyl import car and then put a big expensive racing muffler on it? That's what a $100+ water block on a 480 seems like...

So you're admitting to be the big block guy that is over compensating?

 

[the54thvoid]

i dont think water-cooling the 480 has much logic, but water-cooling in general is a niche market.. so..

It's a noisy hot card - it will be great under water.

EDIT: and I dont mean that as an insult - I love water

They aren't cooling the VRM's, and not only that but they are covering them with this block too? Is it just me, or is that really going to limit OC potential?

The metal cover plate looks like it covers the VRM, to the left of the blue caps.

 

[AsRock]

It's a noisy hot card - it will be great under water.

EDIT: and I dont mean that as an insult - I love water



The metal cover plate looks like it covers the VRM, to the left of the blue caps.

Looks like perspex that covers that area to me.

EDIT:
But looking at the card again it does cover them just about with 2 screw holes to make sure of good contact.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/RX_480/images/front.jpg

 

[dj-electric]

Call me racist, call me dumb
I would take a European block over a Chinese one any day.

 

[lemkeant]

The metal cover plate looks like it covers the VRM, to the left of the blue caps.

I couldn't tell if that portion was water cooled or not but on second look, it looks like it is

 

[Thimblewad]

Great article, awesome read. Does EK have something coming or already out for this?

 

[$ReaPeR$]

It's a noisy hot card - it will be great under water.

EDIT: and I dont mean that as an insult - I love water



The metal cover plate looks like it covers the VRM, to the left of the blue caps.

well, for the reference card i would agree(though its not budget oriented), but for the non-ref cards i dont see the point.
also as for the "hot" its not hotter than the competition..
1070

480

 

[the54thvoid]

well, for the reference card i would agree(though its not budget oriented), but for the non-ref cards i dont see the point.
also as for the "hot" its not hotter than the competition..
1070

480

If non-ref have different PCB, it won't fit. This will be for reference PCB only.

 

[Supercrit]

Call me racist, call me dumb
I would take a European block over a Chinese one any day.

All the video cards on the market are made in China. Once the price threshold is met, made in China stuff can also have impeccable quality.

 

[$ReaPeR$]

If non-ref have different PCB, it won't fit. This will be for reference PCB only.

i dont think many companies will go for a different pcb design since it would up the cost and this is a purely budget oriented card. but thats beside the point, imo the people that will buy this card can make do even with the reference cooler.

 

[the54thvoid]

i dont think many companies will go for a different pcb design since it would up the cost and this is a purely budget oriented card. but thats beside the point, imo the people that will buy this card can make do even with the reference cooler.

I suppose. The one option would be a good mini ITX build with some clever water cooling installed. Make a decent HTPC for media and gaming. Cheaper than Nano but good for HD.

 

[$ReaPeR$]

I suppose. The one option would be a good mini ITX build with some clever water cooling installed. Make a decent HTPC for media and gaming. Cheaper than Nano but good for HD.

thats the most rational scenario in my mind also. but again a niche market, if those wb's went for like 50$(which i think the chinese can manage) that would be awesome. water-cooling to the masses..

 

[evernessince]

All the video cards on the market are made in China. Once the price threshold is met, made in China stuff can also have impeccable quality.

Decent quality? Yes. Impeccable? In china? uh, no. Have you ever seen a video of a german car bearing vs a chinese one. 4 - 5 times less friction. If video cards were made in Japan or Germany video card companies wouldn't need RMA departments.

 

[Supercrit]

Decent quality? Yes. Impeccable? In china? uh, no. Have you ever seen a video of a german car bearing vs a chinese one. 4 - 5 times less friction. If video cards were made in Japan or Germany video card companies wouldn't need RMA departments.

You make it sound like stuff made in Germany or Japan never break.
We're not talking about a car bearing here, it's a block of copper, you don't need 4-5 times less friction or solid chokes and Japanese caps on it. My point is, you get what you pay for, all these cheap crap made in China, the majority of the case it's because of course, the cheap price.

 

[Caring1]

You make it sound like stuff made in Germany or Japan never break.
We're not talking about a car bearing here, it's a block of copper, you don't need 4-5 times less friction or solid chokes and Japanese caps on it. My point is, you get what you pay for, all these cheap crap made in China, the majority of the case it's because of course, the cheap price.

Realistically China could churn out a few hundred copper blocks and sell them for $20 each due to labour costs.
It doesn't take much to mill out a few bits from a block and put a couple of threads in for fittings.

 

[laszlo]

Realistically China could churn out a few hundred copper blocks and sell them for $20 each due to labour costs.
It doesn't take much to mill out a few bits from a block and put a couple of threads in for fittings.

think only he raw materials are more than 20$...

 

[BoyGenius]

Decent quality? Yes. Impeccable? In china? uh, no. Have you ever seen a video of a german car bearing vs a chinese one. 4 - 5 times less friction. If video cards were made in Japan or Germany video card companies wouldn't need RMA departments.

Don't you think they will also start to be quite expensive.
Manufacturing costs are main factor why china is there in first place.

 

[ZoneDymo]

Call me racist, call me dumb
I would take a European block over a Chinese one any day.

Eh you seem to realize it perfectly fine yourself.

 

[EdInk]

They aren't cooling the VRM's, and not only that but they are covering them with this block too? Is it just me, or is that really going to limit OC potential?

I noticed that too, but I guess they know the ref card isn't quite the overclocker.