Posted on Monday, February 17 2014 @ 10:47 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
EK Waterblocks introduces the EK-FC R9-280X DCII, a new waterblock for the
ASUS R9 280X DirectCU II. Pricing starts at 102.95EUR for the nickel version, the acetal+nickel and nickel (original CSQ) versions cost 2EUR extra. You can also purchase an optional black backplate for 26.38EUR in the EK WB shop.
EK Water Blocks, Ljubljana-based premium water cooling gear manufacturer, is proud to introduce the full-cover water cooling solution for the ASUS engineered Direct CU II series AMD® Radeon R9 280X graphics card.
EK-FC R9-280X DCII water block directly cools the GPU, RAM 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.
Base is made of electrolytic copper (bare on nickel-plated - depending on the variant) while the top is made of quality cast acrylic material or POM Acetal (depending on the variant). Screw-in brass standoffs are pre-installed and allow for safe installation procedure. The cooling engine uses refined, 0.6mm wide microchannel structure to even further improve the heat transfer while not sacrificing the famous low hydraulic restriction design.
Up to four EK-FC R9-280X DCII series water blocks can be interconnected using various methods (EK-FC Terminal, EK-HD Tube & Adapter System or EK-FC Bridge CSQ - depending on the water block variant) which allows for hassle-free piping job.
