Alphacool designs a specific water block for the Intel Arc Pro B60 AI GPU

Professional graphics cards aimed at workstations and artificial intelligence also have the right to good liquid cooling, and Alphacool seems to have had this in mind with its latest release. The German company, specialized in watercooling, has just presented a Custom water block for the Intel Arc Pro B60the 24GB GPU that Intel specifically targets for AI workloads.

The new product is called Eisblock Arc Pro B60 Creator and has been developed in Close collaboration with ASRock board designone of the few manufacturers that has opted to bring this professional GPU to the market in the form of a complete graphics card. The brick is compatible with both the active Creator variant and the single-slot passive version of the same card.

A custom block for an unusual GPU in the world of watercooling

The first thing that catches your attention about the Eisblock Arc Pro B60 Creator is the specifics of your design. Alphacool has adjusted the block measurements (185.76 x 118.15 x 35.15 mm) to the exact layout of the ASRock printed circuit board, something essential when working with professional graphics cards that do not follow the most common design standards in the consumer segment.

The block uses a chromed copper plate as the main thermal contact elementaccompanied by a Transparent PMMA top cover and a black aluminum backplate included in the kit itself. This combination of materials is common in Alphacool’s high-end products, where a balance is sought between thermal conductivity, durability and a neat visual finish, something that in this case is striking given that it is a product designed for servers and workstations rather than for gaming configurations.

0.4 mm fins and a redesign of the coolant inlet

In the purely technical section, Alphacool has chosen to 0.4mm cooling fins with identical spacing between thema configuration designed to maximize the contact surface with the coolant liquid without compromising flow. The company has also revised both the injection plate and the coolant inlet, with the aim of distributing water pressure more evenly throughout the entire fin structure.

These types of adjustments usually make the difference when it comes to cooling large chips with high thermal density, as is the case with a professional GPU aimed at intensive artificial intelligence workloads, where maintaining stable temperatures for long periods is critical for sustained performance.

90 degree terminal, designed for environments with multiple cards

One of the most practical details of the design is the arrangement of the connection ports. The block incorporates a 90 degree terminal which places the two G1/4 inch ports at the end of the carda solution designed specifically to simplify the installation of tubes in workstation and server chassis, especially in systems that integrate several Arc Pro B60 cards at the same time.

In multi-GPU setups, cabling and plumbing management can quickly become a headache, so anything that makes mounting easier in these types of environments is especially welcome for integrators and infrastructure managers working with dense AI-accelerated racks.

Alphacool has confirmed that the Eisblock withstands a maximum tested pressure of 4 bara figure that offers a wide safety margin for professional installations where liquid cooling circuits are usually more complex and extensive than in a conventional home PC. The kit also includes seven thermal pads with a conductivity of 7 W/mK, designed to cover the components of the board that surround the main core of the GPU.

The company backs the product with a three-year warrantya period that is in line with what is usual in Alphacool’s high-end catalog and that provides some peace of mind to those who use this type of hardware to operate continuously in professional environments.

The new water block is now available through the Alphacool online store, with a price of about 300 euros. This is a high figure if compared to the blocks aimed at the gaming market, but it is coherent taking into account both the custom development for a niche GPU and the target audience to which it is directed, made up mainly of integrators of workstations and small data centers that opt ​​for Intel as an alternative in the field of AI acceleration.

The arrival of this type of custom cooling solutions confirms that the Intel Arc Pro B60 is beginning to gain some ground in the third-party ecosystem, something that until now had been quite limited compared to the offer from NVIDIA and AMD in the professional segment.

For Alphacool, this launch also means expanding its liquid cooling catalog beyond the purely gaming field, a move that makes sense as the demand for professional AI-oriented GPUs grows in configurations that need to keep temperatures under control during long computing days. If this trend consolidates, it would not be strange to see more watercooling manufacturers offering tailored solutions for this type of niche graphics cards in the coming months.