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Guru3D.com » News » Alphacool introduces the Eisball

Alphacool introduces the Eisball

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/13/2019 07:15 AM | source: | 17 comment(s)
Alphacool introduces the Eisball

With the new Eisball, a spherical reservoir with an integrated pump. The built-in RGB ring, with addressable digital LEDs, illuminates the ball evenly and offers the maximum level of individualization in the interior of the PC case.

The Alphacool Eisball is the world's first reservoir shaped as a ball and this makes it a completely unique, breath-taking highlight in every water-cooled system. For stable and subtle mounting, a self-adhesive mat as well as two different mounting plates are included in the box. This makes it possible to mount the Alphacool Eisball to radiators and fan brackets with sizes of 120 mm and 140 mm as well as even more flexibility in mounting the reservoir by using the Velcro mat. This can stick to any place in the PC case and removed again when necessary. Alternatively, the Eisball can also be attached to classic 2.5-inch SSD slots, thanks to a bracket invented by Alphacool. 

Made for silent environments

The pump itself is discreetly inserted inside the Eisball and contributes to the clean and neat overall appearance. Alphacool offers two versions of the Eisball: One with a factory pre-assembled VPP755 pump included and one version without a pump unit. The Alphacool Eisball is compatible with the Alphacool VPP655 and VPP755 pumps as well as with all original Laing D5 pumps. 

"We have developed a special bracket for the pump unit in which the coolant serves as a noise insulator and absorbs the vibrations of the pump that occur during operation. This ensures low-noise cooling. In combination with the isolators (included in every version), the Alphacool Eisball is also an excellent choice for silent systems", says Andreas Rudnicki, GM of Alphacool.

For quick and easy refilling of the coolant, the Eisball comes with a fill port on the top. The two standardized G ¼ inch threads can be found on the back of the reservoir. The Eisball supports fittings for tubes with an outer diameter of up to 16 mm as well as HardTube fittings with an outer diameter of up to 13 mm.

Perfectly featured

The transparent, spherical reservoir is already an eye-catcher due to its design. But the 22 digital RGB LEDs, which are mounted in a chrome-plated ring completely around the equator of the Eisball, set the reservoir perfectly in limelight. The addressable, digital RGB LEDs can be adapted to individual colour preferences and effects by using the Digital RGB Controller included in the kit. 

The smooth lighting enhances the coolant, of which the Alphacool Eisball can hold up to 700 ml, particularly well. And the sphere shape is perfectly visible from every angle, even in cases with tinted glass sidewalls. For case modders and enthusiasts with extensive cooling circuits, the Alphacool Eisball enables new design possibilities and features.

Availability and price

The Alphacool Eisball is now available in two versions: 

  • The Alphacool Eisball with integrated VPP755 V.3 pump costs 131,19 USD. 
  • The Alphacool Eisball without pump has a price tag of 83.81 USD.


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Biały Wilk
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#5699584 Posted on: 08/13/2019 08:27 AM
It would be awesome one day to do a review of some of Chinese water-cooling stuff, like https://www.bykski.us/
Recently I build a bykski water loop and I'm surprised how good it it, half the price with I would gave for EK.

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#5699585 Posted on: 08/13/2019 08:28 AM
Wow. Looks really nice. I wonder in what orientations it works. Could make for interesting series of test showing amount of bubbles in each orientation.

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#5699589 Posted on: 08/13/2019 08:35 AM
Man for that price you can buy two premium air coolers and don't have worry about leaks.

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#5699646 Posted on: 08/13/2019 11:53 AM
It looks like the inertial guidance system for the Jupiter2. Danger Danger young Will Robinson another Rgb to cram in to your pc !

There won't be lights until the future? Anyway this it what it looks like in all its rgb glory. Should call it Studio 54.


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#5699654 Posted on: 08/13/2019 12:30 PM
Ich möchte ein Eisball sein lol that's what I tought immediately anyway nice to see different things and not always the same pump-reservoirs etc...


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#5699689 Posted on: 08/13/2019 03:11 PM
looks neat, be warned though the VPP755's has a reputation of short life and beeing really noisy. from what i found the v3 fixed those issue's (but the v2 did not and they claimed it did so....hopefully the v3's will allow them to build some rep).

unfortunate because spec wise they seem nice, lower power draw then a normal D5, more silent and more head pressure ideal...but then you read the 70 page topic's of people complaining it's dead or there's a grinding noise comming from it.

and being refused refund's because they used meyhem's biocide which is about as shady as reasons to reject a refund go because as i understand it (i use mostly premix's myself) it's quite popular/common under those who use water + additives instead of premix's..

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#5699697 Posted on: 08/13/2019 03:54 PM
@TheDeeGee
And i can buy 3 golf gti/R for the price of a porsche,
still doesn't mean they are the better deal.

I yet have to see any aircooler offering the same type of warranty coverage (time/parts), as corsair pays for any components damaged by a leaking/dying aio for 5 y,
or the fact that im using LC cooling for 15y and didnt have one leak neither on my or rigs i build for others (1-2 per year).

Not even talking about the fact that any LC allows to take the cpu heat "out of the case", giving me lower case/chipset/gpu temps (1080@2ghz stays below 75**C while inaudible), or that i have yet to see an aircooler that stays inaudible (case at 3ft distance to my) while keeping temps on a 3770k (3.9 on all cores) below 70*C under full load (prime95 etc) with the fan spinning at 800rpm.

Water is way more efficient in transferring heat (vs air),
or you would not have things like machines (incl cars) being watercooled.

How long could you stay outisde (without protective clothing)i n 1*C cold air vs water (being the same temp)?

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#5699744 Posted on: 08/13/2019 06:43 PM
What the.......WHAT?!?

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#5699798 Posted on: 08/13/2019 11:33 PM
@TheDeeGee
And i can buy 3 golf gti/R for the price of a porsche,
still doesn't mean they are the better deal.

I yet have to see any aircooler offering the same type of warranty coverage (time/parts), as corsair pays for any components damaged by a leaking/dying aio for 5 y,
or the fact that im using LC cooling for 15y and didnt have one leak neither on my or rigs i build for others (1-2 per year).

Not even talking about the fact that any LC allows to take the cpu heat "out of the case", giving me lower case/chipset/gpu temps (1080@2ghz stays below 75**C while inaudible), or that i have yet to see an aircooler that stays inaudible (case at 3ft distance to my) while keeping temps on a 3770k (3.9 on all cores) below 70*C under full load (prime95 etc) with the fan spinning at 800rpm.

Water is way more efficient in transferring heat (vs air),
or you would not have things like machines (incl cars) being watercooled.

How long could you stay outisde (without protective clothing)i n 1*C cold air vs water (being the same temp)?

Hi there

Still not sure why you need 5 years warranty on air cooler, most air coolers have pretty good warranty already and what on most air coolers will fail as first is fan which is very easy to replace, if pump fails on Corsair CLC ir AIO then you are screwed, you can't replace pump alone and on normal loop its similar, if pump fails then you need to teardown whole loop(happened to me before)

Water cooling is fun for sure, but if something goes wrong then trust me its big pain in butt, last time I experienced very low flow and this took me few days to find what is causing that low flow, if you have something which is small its no issue but in my case I tried every radiator, waterblock etc

Regarding the leak, it can happen to anyone, never say never, its happened to me with my own loop and with Monsoon MMRS Stand-alone D5 pump top which caused massive leak or Alphacool fittings which started leak after few days or Alphacool pump which stopped working after 3 months of constant use

75°C for GPU under water is way too high, I'm unhappy if I see temperatures above 40's, I run EVGA GTX 1080Ti Black Edition with Raijintek Morpheus II cooler and temperatures have been under 50°C under load or in gaming, never seen on that cooler higher temperatures, similarly run my 5960x with 4.7GHz OC and Noctua NH-D15 and temperatures never broke 70°C in gaming or rendering, in OCCT 4.4.2 I have seen 82°C but that's with fans running under 1000RPM and in 25°C ambient

Water cooling can be effective but in many cases I still think with good air cooler you will see similar performance and temperatures

Hope this helps

Thanks, Jura

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#5699801 Posted on: 08/13/2019 11:38 PM
It would be awesome one day to do a review of some of Chinese water-cooling stuff, like https://www.bykski.us/
Recently I build a bykski water loop and I'm surprised how good it it, half the price with I would gave for EK.

Hi there

I use personally lots of Bykski or Barrow parts and no issues, their waterblocks are OK, pumps are OK too, running few of them on customer builds and no issues, CPU waterblocks are pretty good as well, performance is pretty close to EK(maybe 2-3°C are behind EKWB) , although they're behind the Aquacomputer or Heatkiller

Fittings I use only Barrow or Bykski and they're been spotless, no issues, running as well their QDC etc, radiators I still use HWLabs but that's me

Hope this helps

Thanks, Jura

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#5699822 Posted on: 08/14/2019 01:52 AM
i planning to do a custom loop for my ryzen 3900x and i think im gonna get that reservoir pump combo, doesnt look to big and it looks pretty nice, im still not decided on the waterblock tho, im not sure if im gonna water block my 1080ti, because its getting older now and im waiting to see the next navi chip, i would actually have to go with bykski for my 1080ti because its a zotac amp extreme and it seems they re ¸they only one making a block for it

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#5699891 Posted on: 08/14/2019 09:07 AM
@TheDeeGee
And i can buy 3 golf gti/R for the price of a porsche,
still doesn't mean they are the better deal.

You might like the Porsche more but buying 3 Golf GTIs for the price of 1 Porsche is literally the definition of a better deal.

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#5699893 Posted on: 08/14/2019 09:10 AM
I mean... when it runs it looks pretty cool I have to admit, reminded me of those things the Borg in Star Trek have above their alcovens but... looks really cheap when not running. Also nut sure if it's smart to put the pump inside that thing and all... will have to see myself if I'd consider this for my next build.

Also, since I've learned that there's SSDs that overheat just because they got RGB leds on them, I doubt it helps coolant temperature to put a dozen leds inside the res.

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#5699924 Posted on: 08/14/2019 10:27 AM
I mean... when it runs it looks pretty cool I have to admit, reminded me of those things the Borg in Star Trek have above their alcovens but... looks really cheap when not running. Also nut sure if it's smart to put the pump inside that thing and all... will have to see myself if I'd consider this for my next build.

Also, since I've learned that there's SSDs that overheat just because they got RGB leds on them, I doubt it helps coolant temperature to put a dozen leds inside the res.
Maybe it can dampen noise. One never knows till tested :)

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#5699926 Posted on: 08/14/2019 10:31 AM
Maybe it can dampen noise. One never knows till tested :)


Yes, that's what I'm most curious about. Although I have to admit, my fans are still louder at 100% than my pump at 100%. But I messed up my frist loop anyway :D

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