EK Water Blocks revealed the roadmap of upcoming GTX 1080 Ti water blocks. The company plans to support the Founders Edition and a handful of custom cards from Nvidia’s partner vendors.
he GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition stock cooling solution leaves much to be desired. The card maintains safe temperatures, but it’s overclocking potential is held back by the sub-par cooling solution. Water cooling the GPU would lte the card reach its full potential.
On April 5, you can pre-order the GTX 1080 Ti Founder Edition water block. EKWB didn’t say when the blocks would ship to pre-order customers. EKWB isn’t stopping at the Founder’s Edition card, either. The company is developing full-cover water blocks for 1080 Ti cards from Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, and EVGA, and plans to roll them out over the next two months.
Following the release of the 1080 Ti Founder’s Edition water block, EKWB will shift its focus towardthe Asus 1080 Ti Strix water block, which should launch in mid-April. The company plans to release MSI 1080 Ti Gaming X, Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti Aorus, and EVGA GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 water blocks over the course of May.
EKWB said the blocks could fit on multiple graphics cards, so you should check the EK cooling configurator if you purchase a different model 1080 Ti from these vendors.
| Graphics Card | EK Water Block model | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 Ti | EK-FC1080 GTX Ti | Early April 2017 |
| ASUS® GeForce® GTX 1080 Ti Strix | EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Strix | Mid April 2017 |
| MSI® GeForce® GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X | EK-FC1080 GTX Ti TF6 | Early May 2017 |
| GIGABYTE® GeForce® GTX 1080 Ti Aorus | EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Aorus | Early May 2017 |
| EVGA® GeForce® GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 | EK-FC1080 GTX Ti FTW | Late May 2017 |
EKWB said that it would offer each of the GTX 1080 Ti water blocks with clear acrylic and Acetal tops over nickel plated copper. The company didn’t announce pricing for the forthcoming GPU blocks. The company didn’t disclose pricing for the new GPU blocks.
