MSI unveils its new GTX 1080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X

MSI is continuing to add to its roster of custom GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics cards with the announcement of the GTX 1080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X, the first custom GTX 1080 Ti with a full-cover water block.

MSI's upcoming GTX 1080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X features a custom PCB, 8+2-phase power design, and 8+8-pin PCIe power connectors.

EK Water Blocks designed the water block, which features a gorgeous MSI dragon and logo, as well as NVIDIA's now-required GeForce GTX logo on the front. There's also a nickel-plated base cover on the GPU, memory, and VRMs.

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As for the clock speeds, we're looking at the same overclocks as the Gaming X and Sea Hawk X cards - 1569/1683MHz for base/boost, respectively - while the 11GB of GDDR5X is clocked up to 11120MHz, an increase of 1%.