Eddie EK FC79 7800/7900 GPU Block
Installation
Published: 14th August 2006 | Source: Watercooling Shop | Price: |
Author: Matthew Kemp (kempez)
Hardware Acquired: Watercooling Shop
Installation
Once again I will be using the Club3D 7900GTX 512mb.
Once again I will be using the Club3D 7900GTX 512mb.
First I needed to remove the stock cooler
And again this then has to be cleaned of all leftover paste etc
EK state that you can use any thermal paste that you want to. Arctic Silver Ceramique is mentioned in the manual, and I used this on the RAM for the card. I used Arctic Silver 5 for the GPU. You may want to use Arctic Silver Ceramique if this is your first install.
I did not get a picture of the block before it got put onto the cooler, but the instructions are fairly self-explanatory.
The Block installed:
I did not get a picture of the block before it got put onto the cooler, but the instructions are fairly self-explanatory.
The Block installed:
The rear of the card:
A close up of the PWM cover:
The top of the block. You can see the spacers underneath the barbs:
Installation of the card in my case was an absolute breeze. The Eddie EK block has barbs that fit on horizontally and this meant that routing in my case was an absolute doddle. Unlike the Alphacool block, I could put back one of the fans onto the case that I previously had to take off. This meant that general case cooling was much better with the extra fan on it. Obviously for testing this was left off (for parity with the Alphacool previously reviewed).
The card looks a little twisted here. Perhaps the cooler does weigh it down a bit, but it's not too bad:
And a close-up picture of the block. You can see that the flow is pretty high and the block looks great.
Well it certainly looks nice, but how does it do in our tests? Read on...
Most Recent Comments
Rapes the alphacool man, Eddie blocks rawk. If they werent so darn expensive I'd consider one for my X1K.
looks sick! its too bad my parts dont run hot enough to need water cooling lol
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Originally Posted by name='NickS'
Rapes the alphacool man, Eddie blocks rawk. If they werent so darn expensive I'd consider one for my X1K.
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The base looked a bit tarnished mate? Was this the camera's doing, or was the blocks base not protected with a layer of plastic?
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Originally Posted by name='XMS'
The base looked a bit tarnished mate? Was this the camera's doing, or was the blocks base not protected with a layer of plastic?
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Shiny doesn't always mean flat
EDIT: No layer of plastic: but adequate protection was given to the block
Nice review Kemp. Loved both performance and the look, although it certainly appeared as though the base was badly oxidised. Well done
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Originally Posted by name='PV5150'
Nice review Kemp. Loved both performance and the look, although it certainly appeared as though the base was badly oxidised. Well done
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Performance was awesome though so I couldn't possibly put this as a -'ive
Yep agree totally. Further; you mentioned the plain packaging which is also refreshing. Some manufacturers are finally letting their products do the talking, instead of bombarding us with all the usual jargon and rhetoric on the outside packaging.
dont think u could have chosen a beter pic to sum it up ^^^
looks sexeh with the green fluid in the dark
looks sexeh with the green fluid in the dark
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Originally Posted by Dav0s
dont think u could have chosen a beter pic to sum it up ^^^
looks sexeh with the green fluid in the dark |
Damn sexy. A very nice block all in all
Wow very nice block, and great review Kemp! Waterblocks are kind of a PITA to do reviews on unless you're planning on draining your loop for something else anyhow.
You should really test a DD full cover block and then do a shootout and sum-up review between the alpha, eddie, and dd blocks.
You should really test a DD full cover block and then do a shootout and sum-up review between the alpha, eddie, and dd blocks.
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Originally Posted by name='FragTek'
You should really test a DD full cover block and then do a shootout and sum-up review between the alpha, eddie, and dd blocks
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Nice review mate...
Should be installing my EK Sli set-up this week....seeing that UV dye has raised doubts, was set on blue....but now leaning towards green!
Should be installing my EK Sli set-up this week....seeing that UV dye has raised doubts, was set on blue....but now leaning towards green!
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Originally Posted by name='Mullet'
seeing that UV dye has raised doubts, was set on blue....but now leaning towards green
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I love it; actually I'm partial to Fraggles orange too in ye old 'fear and loathing' 
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