Does Alphacool plan waterblock for AMD AI PRO R9700?

[Eddy]

Currently, the cooler we have in development covers the Sapphire and ASRock variants. The PCBs are basically identical. There is no AMD NDA for the layouts. AMD simply does not distribute samples, which is why websites do not show teardowns.

 

[BofhKoen]

First of all: Thank you that you're developing a cooler which fits the Sapphire and ASRock variants. Unfortunately, I own the PowerColor variant (I think that's the last one that's not yet mentioned in this thread). Is there any information known about the PowerColor version? Is it compatible with the cooler you have in development?

If it would be helpful, I can provide some pictures of my card if you have some clear instructions on what you need to know. In addition, I'm happy to ship my card to you so you can analyze it yourself. I live in the Netherlands, so shipping to Germany is quick and not that expensive.

 

[Eddy]

@BofhKoen
If you can take pictures of the entire PCB from the top, we can at least check whether the cooler is likely to be compatible. We currently do not have any information about the PowerColor variant.

That way, we could at least tell you whether it would be worth waiting for it.

 

[dulouie]

I have the ASUS Turbo AI Pro R9700 too and would buy this water cooling block immediately!

 

[Eddy]

@dulouie
We have already been able to check some pictures of the Asus card. Unfortunately, they were not ideal for being 100% certain, but it looked like the layout was only minimally different from the ASRock and Sapphire versions. The differences seem to be so small that the cooler would most likely fit.