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ravisurdhar

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Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, July 06, 2012 12:54 AM (permalink)

Hey folks, I know there was some confusion about whether or not the vanilla 4GB 680 has a reference PCB or not, so I just wanted to let everyone know for sure that it does. Specifically, I'm using part number 04G-P4-2686-KR with an EK-FC680 FTX CSQ waterblock. Here are some pics from my main build log on the overclockers.com forums:

Hope that helps some folks!

dyceskynes

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Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, July 06, 2012 5:08 AM (permalink)

Thats great! Thanks for posting. Any OC numbers yet? How do you like that block?

Andrew_K Total Posts : 811 Joined: 3/27/2012 Location: Minneapolis Status: offline Ribbons: 2	Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, July 06, 2012 5:23 AM (permalink) Sadly you will probably still achieve the same overclocks due to the lack of voltage control, but at least it's a 4gb card that will be running cool and quiet! [MNPCTech] Project Rebel Alliance CMII - Quad SLI 680 Classified
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andymon22 Total Posts : 420 Joined: 5/30/2010 Status: offline Ribbons: 3 Folding: 9,584,321	Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, July 06, 2012 6:18 AM (permalink) Thanks. This answered my questions about waterblocks. My Affiliate Code is: B81U04O8Y3.
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USFORCES Total Posts : 477 Joined: 12/13/2006 Status: offline Ribbons: 3	Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, July 06, 2012 7:00 AM (permalink) Nice what are your Temps and overclock? Case ASUS RIIIE EK Wcooled Intel 980x EK Wcooled 5GHz 30" 2560x1600, 680FTW 4GB Tri-Sli
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bigmyke Total Posts : 450 Joined: 1/7/2009 Status: online Folding: 13,140	Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, July 06, 2012 7:17 AM (permalink) wish I never got the FTW models :(
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Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, July 06, 2012 7:20 AM (permalink)

bigmyke

wish I never got the FTW models :(

If you have FTW's and a watercooling setup, you might as well get GPU only blocks. They still offer great temps, and I have seen a few people get great results with them. As long as you sink the ram and pwm and have decent airflow on it you would be just fine.

[MNPCTech] Project Rebel Alliance CMII - Quad SLI 680 Classified

ahmed187 Total Posts : 2 Joined: 3/7/2011 Status: offline	Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, July 06, 2012 7:40 AM (permalink) Do you think the Koolance VID-NX680 Water Block (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Video Card) would fit this card? i'm planning on 2way SLI for this card? I mean if it's a refernce card, i think it should fit without a problem, i thought i might ask though.
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USFORCES

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Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, July 06, 2012 7:48 AM (permalink)

bigmyke

wish I never got the FTW models :(

The 680 FTW can be watercooled plus I flashed them to a higher 24/7 Overclock. Mofets and memory don't get that hot heatsinks are just warm to the touch, not to mention they will fit on my next cards too.

idle 23c playing BF3 38c.

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ravisurdhar

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Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, July 06, 2012 8:45 AM (permalink)

ahmed187

Do you think the Koolance VID-NX680 Water Block (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Video Card) would fit this card? i'm planning on 2way SLI for this card?

I mean if it's a refernce card, i think it should fit without a problem, i thought i might ask though.

Yep, should be fine.

USFORCES

Nice what are your Temps and overclock?

Still building, but I'll let you know! I'm having some trouble getting everything to fit in my mATX case, but I think I figured out a solution at like 1AM last night. :)

Andrew_K

bigmyke

wish I never got the FTW models :(

If you have FTW's and a watercooling setup, you might as well get GPU only blocks. They still offer great temps, and I have seen a few people get great results with them. As long as you sink the ram and pwm and have decent airflow on it you would be just fine.

Yeah, I considered doing what USFORCES did up there, but decided I'd probably end up with a higher OC if I used a vanilla board with a full-coverage, custom WB vs the FTW board with a universal, core-only WB.

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Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, July 06, 2012 3:00 PM (permalink)

so is the cooling for the extra ram chips on the back of the board accounted for?

did they have thermal pads on them to transfer to the stock backplate for passive cooling? or were they bare and had nothing to cool??

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Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, July 06, 2012 4:03 PM (permalink)

sorry, question not needed after reading thread....

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Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, July 06, 2012 4:51 PM (permalink)

eternitykh

so is the cooling for the extra ram chips on the back of the board accounted for?

did they have thermal pads on them to transfer to the stock backplate for passive cooling? or were they bare and had nothing to cool??

Yep that's all vram don't get that hot...

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Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, July 06, 2012 4:56 PM (permalink)

ravisurdhar

I really hate the design of the new CSQ blocks...Not the circles, but the one-direction of the inlet/outlet holes. Even with the included adapter, it's still one-direction!!!
It only turns both holes 90-degree. We still need another 90-degree to go upward and another 90-degree to flow downward..if u want both holes to flow differently. EPIC FAIL design.

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ravisurdhar

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Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, July 06, 2012 6:38 PM (permalink)

^^ Yep, totally agreed, super annoying. Here's a pic of how I had to loop the hose around the GPU:

And here's my whole loop:

eternitykh

so is the cooling for the extra ram chips on the back of the board accounted for?

did they have thermal pads on them to transfer to the stock backplate for passive cooling? or were they bare and had nothing to cool??

They did have thermal pads, if I remember correctly.

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Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, July 27, 2012 9:45 AM (permalink)

Here are shots of mine installed and setup. The EK backplate kit does not include thermal pads for the rear RAM chips FYI, it wasnt designed for the 4gb kit. All you have to do however is pull the padding off the existing backplate and install it to the new kit.

“You backbiting, poisonous, treacherous, deceitful, wicked, clever girl. If this works I'll buy you a pony.”

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ravisurdhar Total Posts : 12 Joined: 7/3/2012 Status: offline	Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, July 27, 2012 4:20 PM (permalink) ^^ I didn't realize EK made their own backplate. I'm using the stock EVGA one.
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danielblackmore

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Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, August 24, 2012 6:53 AM (permalink)

I'm just double/triple checking here, so you do not need to put any heat sinks on the these -6- little chips on the back? fyi, I'm using the EVGA block on the front side of the card, and I do plan to crank this thing up as much as I can. Thanks!
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ravisurdhar Total Posts : 12 Joined: 7/3/2012 Status: offline	Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, August 24, 2012 8:46 AM (permalink) I have no idea what those are for, but considering the backplate was specifically designed to exclude those chips, I would leave them uncovered.
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jollywombat Total Posts : 54 Joined: 6/28/2012 Status: offline	Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, August 24, 2012 9:03 AM (permalink) With the EK backplate, it is grooved so as not to make contact with those highlighted chips, no thermal pads to be applied. “You backbiting, poisonous, treacherous, deceitful, wicked, clever girl. If this works I'll buy you a pony.”
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Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, August 24, 2012 9:12 AM (permalink)

jollywombat

With the EK backplate, it is grooved so as not to make contact with those highlighted chips, no thermal pads to be applied.

Very good then, nice to know that.
Good point ravisurdhar,
Just making sure I don't miss anything.

thanks,

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jollywombat Total Posts : 54 Joined: 6/28/2012 Status: offline	Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, August 24, 2012 9:18 AM (permalink) Do make sure to apply the memory thermal pads however :) “You backbiting, poisonous, treacherous, deceitful, wicked, clever girl. If this works I'll buy you a pony.”
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ehau Total Posts : 679 Joined: 7/6/2004 Status: offline	Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Friday, August 24, 2012 9:45 AM (permalink) I really don't like those CSQ blocks. The holes are all on one side.
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shaxx78 Total Posts : 80 Joined: 3/1/2009 Status: offline	Re:Confirmed: Vanilla 680 4GB (non-FTW) has a reference PCB and works with EK waterblocks! Sunday, August 26, 2012 7:03 AM (permalink) Day late and a dollar short.
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