Bykski first out with water blocks for “Ampere” Founders Edition

Water cooling of graphics cards looks to be more relevant than ever with Nvidia’s Geforce RTX 3000 series, where the power outlets run away at 350 watts. First on the track with the announcement of water blocks for the upcoming graphics cards were Slovenian EK Water Blocks – even though the support only applies to selected cards from partner manufacturers.

Now, instead, Chinese Bykski comes forward and launches water blocks for Geforce RTX 3080 and 3090 of reference design, as well as Nvidia’s Founders Edition variants of these. The comprehensive water blocks for Founders Edition go under the names Bykski N-RTX3090FE-X and N-RTX3080FE-X and are equipped in addition to a copper base and acrylic top of course with RGB lighting.

With a short water block in combination with the Geforce RTX 3080 and its short printed circuit boards, there is potential for space savings in construction where space around the PCI Express port is limited. Unlike Gigabyte’s recently unveiled Aorus Extreme, which takes up as many as four expansion slots, a water-cooled “Ampere” card saves only one slot, the I / O part apart.

According to Videocardz, the price tag is 139.90 Euro at German Ezmodding, where availability is expected until 24 September.