Water block for a reference MSI HD7970, which block do you recommend?

[Faniskogen]

Hi,

Just bought a new MSI HD7970 reference model. As the reference fan is very loud I will be buying me a water block for this awesome card.

Can you recommend me a nice waterblock? I live in Sweden and therefore it's a plus if I can buy it from here. Otherwise, buying from inside the EU would be nice.

I've looked some at the EK. I don't really like the design so much, and I've also heard of some leakage problems with EK?

Other block I've looked at is the heatkiller. I have these on my dual HD5970 and like the performance and design of these.

So, if you could give me your advice on a nice water block, I would really appreciate it!

I'm really new to water cooling so I doesn't know much about what alternatives there is.


Here is a picture of my recent setup with HD5970 in crossfire with heatkiller-blocks.

 

[flobelix]

An idea would be the Swiftech Komodo-HD7900 series full cover VGA waterblock: http://www.swiftech.com/KOMODO-HD7900.aspx.

Very great is the aquagrATIx HD 7970 block but could be hard to get outside Germany: http://shop.aquacomputer.de/product_info.php?language=en&products_id=2848

Alternatively it would still be EK. Unlike you heard the EKs can't be that bad as it is the factory pre-installed block of PowerColor's Water Cooled LCS Radeon HD7970