In the run-up to the CES, MSI published a teaser that is based on the new Sea Hawk cards of the GeForce RTX – 30 – series indicated. The assumption at the time that MSI would again enter into a partnership with EK Water Blocks or Corsair, however, has not been confirmed, because MSI is going a different way this time.

MSI is for the Sea-Hawk -Series entered into a cooperation with Asetek, who also hold certain patents in the field of AiO water cooling, which make certain designs only possible if designs from Asetek are used. The AiO water cooler cools the GPU and memory modules, while a fan on the card supplies the other components with fresh air. We have seen such a hybrid design with water cooler in combination with air cooling.

The Asetek cooler has a copper base plate with micro fins, through which the waste heat from the base plate is released to the coolant. As already mentioned, the base plate covers the GPU and memory. Thermal paste is used on the GPU, while MSI uses thermal pads for the GDDR6 (X) memory modules. The VRMs and other components on the PCB are cooled by an axial fan on the card. This is located in the rear area of ​​the card.

The heat exchange with the ambient air takes place by means of a 240 – mm radiator made of aluminum and on which two 120 – mm fans sit. The in-house Torx Fans 4.0 should be able to convey the necessary air volume through the radiator. In idle mode, not only does the individual fan on the card stand still, but also the two fans on the radiator.

MSI still owes us further technical data on the Sea Hawk series. So we don’t know which models of the GeForce RTX – 30 – series will be available as Sea Hawk variants. However, it should come down to the GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 3090. This also means that we do not yet know any clock specifications for the card (s). It is also unclear when the Sea Hawk card (s) will be available on the market and what they should cost.