Aqua Computer Kryographics cooler for AMD Radeon RX Vega

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  1. Hilbert Hagedoorn

    Hilbert Hagedoorn Don Vito Corleone Staff Member

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  2. Kaerar

    Kaerar Master Guru

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    That's an incredibly good looking Waterblock. Kinda happy I haven't got the EK one yet :)
     
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    Why are the Vega waterblocks so big? Sure, this does look nice, but the whole black area doesn't do anything. Having a tiny cooler in some ways makes for a more interesting display, since no other modern GPU concentrates all of its heat in such a relatively small area.
     
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    That is damn Sexy....
     

  5. Elfa-X

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    Isn't Vega a big chip with the HBM2 on it and all?
     
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    It is, but pretty much only the clear part of the waterblock is involved with the hot part of the GPU. The rest of the black area is just decoration.
     
  7. Kaerar

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    I think it's mostly keeping consistency with the size of the card. Honestly I'd rather Vega had been a Fury size card, it didn't need to be the full length it is. However I would assume that due to Marketing and Fury response that people are still very much in the size does matter realm, not really comprehending it's the reverse for computing ;)
     

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