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EK is announcing Modular Liquid Cooling
EK Water Blocks is announcing the upcoming new lineup of pre-filled products for liquid cooling, the 2nd generation of improved All-In-One products.
Created for the market segment of customers who are unwilling to assemble a full custom loop or don’t have enough time for maintenance of their PCs, the most important feature of the new generation will be the modular design and the ability to add multiple pre-filled water blocks in any order.
EK-XLC Predator lineup brought custom loop performance to more mainstream segment of users who were able to get a superior liquid cooling solution without the need for filling the unit by themselves or going through the long process of planning and maintaining the full custom loop. Learning from Predator customer feedback the customers were locked to the CPU cooling because all units featured CPU water block and there was no possible way of doing GPU only loop! By a popular demand, we are changing the approach of closed All-In-One liquid cooling solutions and bringing the modular approach to gamers and PC builders.
The new EK-MLC or Modular Liquid Cooling lineup will bring very anticipated pump radiator combo as a separate unit, something which is yet to be seen in the liquid cooling market. Users will be able to select what kind of water block they want to connect to the radiator combo without draining or filling a single drop of liquid! All parts of the EK-MLC family of products will be pre-filled, making them easy to install and maintenance free. We are going to offer three core modular units; radiator pump combo, unmatched selection of GPU water blocks, and award-winning CPU water blocks. Buyers will be able to optimize their loop, either with only (multiple) GPU cooling, only CPU cooling, or both at the same time; GPU and CPU in a single loop. This means the EK is going to offer superior GPU All-In-One liquid cooling solution, something that majority of gamers are missing now.
Availability and pricing
The EK-MLC is going to replace the current EK-XLC family of products, which means that all EK-XLC Predator models of the 1st generation are being discontinued and have reached the end of life status as of today. EK-MLC products are going to be available worldwide at the beginning of ‘Q2 2017 and pricing will be revealed at the later date.
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#5382098 Posted on: 01/16/2017 07:14 PM
Nothing beats the looks of a well planned loop using hard tubing, quick disconnect fittings look hideous. A modular full kit just means MOAR quick disconnect fitting.
Well thats stating the obvious, isn't it? Quick disconnect is meant of ease of use.. not everyone has the time, money, will, or desire to sit there with a heat gun bending tube for a week and refilling their loop over and over. That's the whole point of the AIO kits.. they could never possibly look as good as custom loop, so I fail to see what point you're trying to make.
True, but I'm not one for side windows for example.
I just care about great cooling and not the fuss of making it look great. I just want it to work as well as it can with minimal fuss.
At the moment I have a Define R5 (which is essentially a thick black monolith, which I like), with room to spare for some large water cooling radiators.
Precisely why I use the Predator 360. I actually don't mind the look of the QDC at all, think it looks nice. Obviously not as nice as hard line tubing, but nothing looks as tidy as that, and QDC is not meant to compete with that whatsoever.
For functionality and ease of setup, the predator & qdc takes best prize all day. Its super easy to run, and for quiet and cool operations, its pretty exemplary.
Nothing beats the looks of a well planned loop using hard tubing, quick disconnect fittings look hideous. A modular full kit just means MOAR quick disconnect fitting.
Well thats stating the obvious, isn't it? Quick disconnect is meant of ease of use.. not everyone has the time, money, will, or desire to sit there with a heat gun bending tube for a week and refilling their loop over and over. That's the whole point of the AIO kits.. they could never possibly look as good as custom loop, so I fail to see what point you're trying to make.
True, but I'm not one for side windows for example.
I just care about great cooling and not the fuss of making it look great. I just want it to work as well as it can with minimal fuss.
At the moment I have a Define R5 (which is essentially a thick black monolith, which I like), with room to spare for some large water cooling radiators.
Precisely why I use the Predator 360. I actually don't mind the look of the QDC at all, think it looks nice. Obviously not as nice as hard line tubing, but nothing looks as tidy as that, and QDC is not meant to compete with that whatsoever.
For functionality and ease of setup, the predator & qdc takes best prize all day. Its super easy to run, and for quiet and cool operations, its pretty exemplary.
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#5382132 Posted on: 01/16/2017 08:51 PM
@EdInk
you gonna build mine? for free (labor)? no??
EK aio here i come....
@EdInk
you gonna build mine? for free (labor)? no??
EK aio here i come....
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#5382204 Posted on: 01/17/2017 12:30 AM
Well thats stating the obvious, isn't it? Quick disconnect is meant of ease of use.. not everyone has the time, money, will, or desire to sit there with a heat gun bending tube for a week and refilling their loop over and over. That's the whole point of the AIO kits.. they could never possibly look as good as custom loop, so I fail to see what point you're trying to make.
Precisely why I use the Predator 360. I actually don't mind the look of the QDC at all, think it looks nice. Obviously not as nice as hard line tubing, but nothing looks as tidy as that, and QDC is not meant to compete with that whatsoever.
For functionality and ease of setup, the predator & qdc takes best prize all day. Its super easy to run, and for quiet and cool operations, its pretty exemplary.
^ This , well said ScoobyDooby !
Well thats stating the obvious, isn't it? Quick disconnect is meant of ease of use.. not everyone has the time, money, will, or desire to sit there with a heat gun bending tube for a week and refilling their loop over and over. That's the whole point of the AIO kits.. they could never possibly look as good as custom loop, so I fail to see what point you're trying to make.
Precisely why I use the Predator 360. I actually don't mind the look of the QDC at all, think it looks nice. Obviously not as nice as hard line tubing, but nothing looks as tidy as that, and QDC is not meant to compete with that whatsoever.
For functionality and ease of setup, the predator & qdc takes best prize all day. Its super easy to run, and for quiet and cool operations, its pretty exemplary.
^ This , well said ScoobyDooby !
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#5382214 Posted on: 01/17/2017 01:05 AM
My loop is ugly....but it's effective. I considered an EK AIO, but found I could assembly a loop on my own for considerably less money.
My loop is ugly....but it's effective. I considered an EK AIO, but found I could assembly a loop on my own for considerably less money.
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True, but I'm not one for side windows for example.
I just care about great cooling and not the fuss of making it look great. I just want it to work as well as it can with minimal fuss.
At the moment I have a Define R5 (which is essentially a thick black monolith, which I like), with room to spare for some large water cooling radiators.
Same here: I have a Thermaltake Suppressor F51 (a Define R5 clone) with no window.
Currently my 4790K is cooled by a Kraken X61 AIO and my GPU is air cooled but I want to watercool my GPU too. I almost buy a Predator 360 but I decided to build my first custom loop with silence focused components (big low fpi radiator, low RPM fans).