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Clear vs Black, help me decide!

Poll Results: Clear or Black?

Poll expired: Nov 16, 2012  
  • 28% (2)
    Clear
  • 71% (5)
    Black
7 Total Votes  
post #1 of 6
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So I am finally ready to pull the trigger and spend way too much money on putting my rig under water.

Here is a quick pic of it, and looking at the GPU's it should be clear as to why I need to put it under water.


Now, I have decided that I will be going with the new EK blocks all around (CPU and GPU's) and I will be using clear tubing with the blood red EK fluid and black fittings.

Here is the issue, do I want the frosted EK blocks so that the red continues to show trough or do I get the black blocks for a more "balanced" color scheme?

I will be ordering these by friday, 11/16, so the most votes in here by then will be the deciding factor.

Also, should the clear win (meaning if you vote clear), should I do red fittings or stick with black?

Here are the blocks in question:


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black for sure..it seems way more durable then the plex glass or plastic they use..and if you change your hard ware black allways matches.what are your temps under load??? they have to be way high
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post #3 of 6
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Originally Posted by snitchkilla11 View Post

black for sure..it seems way more durable then the plex glass or plastic they use..and if you change your hard ware black allways matches.what are your temps under load??? they have to be way high
Not as bad as anticipated, top card only reached into the low 70's under load with a slight OC.
I think the fans feeding air toward the cards help a lot, but regardless, I can't do any real overclocking with those things like that and them letting off that much heat.
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post #4 of 6

I got the black and I really like how it looks

 

 

 

Very nice rig btw

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post #5 of 6
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I got the black and I really like how it looks




Very nice rig btw
I was leaning toward black, then my better half chimed in with the idea for the clear.
I am at a perfect neutral so I figured I would let the interwebs decide.

I love the way yours looks, what tubing and fluid is that?

Also, thanks.
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post #6 of 6
The thing is, with the frosted blocks, you get some more "pop" to your build with the blood red coolant showing inside them. The black blocks look good, but the frosted blocks with a good colored coolant provide more of a "visual experience"rolleyes.gif
I would use black fittings though, for the contrast with the red coolant.
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