Asus reviews the rog strix gtx 1080 ti pcb

Asus has revised the PCB of its ROG Strix GTX 1080 Ti graphics card, something that a priori is done for good but that has the problem of causing incompatibilities with the liquid cooling blocks that have been released for this card.

Asus ROG Strix GTX 1080 Ti has its compatibility with water cooling modified

It has been Ek WaterBlocks who has warned of the changes made to the PCB of the Asus ROG Strix GTX 1080 Ti, this warning has been made in a quite subtle and silent way, it has been in the new blocks EK-MLC Phoenix GPU Module FC1080 GTX Ti and EK-FC1080 GTX Ti the following sentence has been added:

Due to changes in PCB design, ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics cards of the following S / N are not compatible with EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Strix full cover water blocks: HBYVCM064817- HBYVCM999999; HCYVCM000001- HCYVCM059975 ”

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Revisions in technological products are very common, especially in the case of motherboards, despite this, it is quite rare that the changes introduced make the available cooling solutions incompatible with the new versions of the products. For this reason, users of an Asus ROG Strix GTX 1080 Ti who want to purchase a water block must first ensure compatibility with their specific unit, for this you must look at the card's serial number.

In principle, cards manufactured from November 2017 are not compatible with Ek WaterBlocks solutions, unless specific adapters are used.