Liquid Cool School: Installing a GPU Water Block

Join Matic, EK's seasoned pro, and Ana, our novice team member, on a liquid cooling journey! In this epic episode, Matic teaches Ana how to install a water block on a graphics card. He shares his tips and tricks along the way, helping Ana navigate the cool waters of PC liquid cooling.
Whether you're a custom loop beginner or already familiar with all things water cooling, this video is your ticket to a cooler, quieter, and more efficient PC experience.
00:00:00​ Intro
00:03:45​ GPU Water Block Preparation
00:06:40​ Applying Thermal Pads pt. 1
00:32:30​ Applying Thermal Paste
00:35:10​ Water Block Installation
00:45:35​ Applying Thermal Pads pt. 2
00:58:00​ Final Assembly
10:00:05​ Outro
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[@CatasLab]

PLEASE EK 1. CNC pre cut pre applied thermal pads 2. I/O shield for all the GPU waterblocks

[@krohmkoala3329]

If EK was giving pre-cut thermal pads, this video would have been way shorter...

[@venividivici4253]

Corsair does this.

[@juliangarcia6073]

@@venividivici4253 and thermal paste

[@Ben-xf5ou]

Alphacool too

[@michaelrfx7]

Bykski does as well!

[@juliangarcia6073]

nice to see the patience it can actually take for someone new coming into this realm of modding. cool stuff. i am creating my first loop with ek products soon.

[@kingcrackedhen3572]

What’s your profession? “I mount computers” 😂

[@venividivici4253]

Bruh lol

[@USeenMalone]

normalize pre-cut thermal pads plz

[@tallgeese3pilot]

Just converted my Red Devil 7900xtx to water cooling with an EK block. Whole thing went pretty smooth, instructions were easy to follow, and the hotspot temperature never got over 53°c during stress tests! Very happy with the process. Only complaint is that I wish the thermal pads were pre-cut.

[@-ShinTV-]

About to start building my first custom water loop in an hour! I triple checked EK's site to make sure I have everything I should need. Wish me luck!

[@IsleyNumber1]

How did it go?

[@kingcrackedhen3572]

This is calming to do but stressful to watch someone struggle, I wanna jump through and join in 😂

[@TwoSpiritPenguin]

[Laughs in liquidity]

[@LEVIAHAN]

This was so fun. I smiled the whole time. Ana was fun :D

[@kingcrackedhen3572]

Woo keep making interesting videos like this

[@piecio3028]

Świetny materiał, dzięki.

[@kuzzzzzzzzzzzz7511]

It is possible the rgb wire of the gpu block direct to gpu pcb for clean finish?

[@hichamlrazwani9201]

❤❤❤

[@nikioverclock3725]

Will your company produce a water block for the AMD RX 7900 GRE reference model?

[@bornagain2641]

Either way i really like my EK waterblocks, both full jacket. Just read the very short manual. a gew times to comprehend and see the idea...

[@bornagain2641]

What no silicone work mat to also collect screws and tools on. GN

[@J-B-Good]

Hope they make a waterblock for RX 7800 XT

[@StanislavushkaRu]

Ещё бы в России водяной блок для видеокарты для Radeon MSI 7900 xtx был бы, 😅

The most difficult procedure is removing the original cooler. During this operation is the highest chance to inadvertently damage the card and lose your hard earned money. Why do you skipped it at all?

[@andrewdenzov3303]

Well those blocks costs WAY more than 200 euros. Some of them even more than 350. Wasn’t it be proper to give users precut pads?

[@rikogarza1729]

I knew from the first video she was in she was kinda a blonde

[@bornagain2641]

Witch fingernails

[@sir1junior]

They sexy

[@rikogarza1729]

If your a house

[@bornagain2641]

If EK realize the awkwardness of the quarky giggling is quite annoying. And they realize now the amount of time dont look so good. Also how she doesn't seem to read and take over the situation.

[@user-ic2jc8dk5w]

Ummmm so it school an the teacher need a Instruction manual?????

1. Teacher teach students to follow manual. 2. There is plenty of cards which differs in details so the water blocks have to differ and differ the thermal pads thickness and so on. Sometimes one and the same model of GK has more variants which you could identify by id sign on them and the assembly procedure should differ accordingly. So even pro should follow the manual.

[@Dnyb.Builds]

Nice but EKWB is terrible with their customer service, shipped wrong parts and I’m still waiting a response it’s been almost the week. Cool parts but terrible service