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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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#5382395 Posted on: 01/17/2017 06:41 PM
QDC's are good for changing a GPU on a custom loop, saves you loads of time draining and refilling the entire loop. That is all there good for.
They're also good for case options. Many cases are difficult to build out an entire custom loop in if they aren't big enough. You can get similar cooling performance from an AIO as a full loop and fit it in smaller cases. It also takes all the guess work out of ordering the parts to create a loop. Again, ease of use makes it way way better than a custom loop from that perspective. So no, just GPU block is not all they're good for.
I agree with EdInk, quick disconnects are ugly. Convenient but ugly.
I could say the same for many custom loops. Big silly reservoirs, half the case stuffed with tubing and radiators.. beauty is in the eye of the beholder after all
QDC's are good for changing a GPU on a custom loop, saves you loads of time draining and refilling the entire loop. That is all there good for.
They're also good for case options. Many cases are difficult to build out an entire custom loop in if they aren't big enough. You can get similar cooling performance from an AIO as a full loop and fit it in smaller cases. It also takes all the guess work out of ordering the parts to create a loop. Again, ease of use makes it way way better than a custom loop from that perspective. So no, just GPU block is not all they're good for.
I agree with EdInk, quick disconnects are ugly. Convenient but ugly.
I could say the same for many custom loops. Big silly reservoirs, half the case stuffed with tubing and radiators.. beauty is in the eye of the beholder after all
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#5382497 Posted on: 01/18/2017 01:17 AM
You can get similar cooling performance from an AIO as a full loop.
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LOL similar cooling my ass.....My full loop has 3x triple rads, big thick RX360s too, i also have a monoblock covering my entire motherboard for uber cooling not to mention the finest waterblocks money can buy. Your AIO loop is inferior in every way, i could go on about flow rate, delta, temps etc. It dont really matter when running at stock but once you get some heavy overclocks the custom cooling blows an AIO away by keeping the temps way down when voltages and core clock are maxed out producing lots of heat that an AIO simply will not cope with especially on a single rad lol.
When youve actually built a custom loop yourself then you will see the difference as you've never actually built one.
If your case is too small buy a bigger one then. Remember you get what you pay for at the end of the day, but there is no way an AIO is just as good as a high end custom loop. Ive built and owned quite a few over the years so i know from experience and not just somebody saying it.
You can get similar cooling performance from an AIO as a full loop.
/QUOTE]
LOL similar cooling my ass.....My full loop has 3x triple rads, big thick RX360s too, i also have a monoblock covering my entire motherboard for uber cooling not to mention the finest waterblocks money can buy. Your AIO loop is inferior in every way, i could go on about flow rate, delta, temps etc. It dont really matter when running at stock but once you get some heavy overclocks the custom cooling blows an AIO away by keeping the temps way down when voltages and core clock are maxed out producing lots of heat that an AIO simply will not cope with especially on a single rad lol.
When youve actually built a custom loop yourself then you will see the difference as you've never actually built one.
If your case is too small buy a bigger one then. Remember you get what you pay for at the end of the day, but there is no way an AIO is just as good as a high end custom loop. Ive built and owned quite a few over the years so i know from experience and not just somebody saying it.
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#5382502 Posted on: 01/18/2017 01:52 AM
No, you cannot. Never. No way. Nada.
They're also good for case options. Many cases are difficult to build out an entire custom loop in if they aren't big enough. You can get similar cooling performance from an AIO as a full loop and fit it in smaller cases. It also takes all the guess work out of ordering the parts to create a loop. Again, ease of use makes it way way better than a custom loop from that perspective. So no, just GPU block is not all they're good for.
No, you cannot. Never. No way. Nada.
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#5382753 Posted on: 01/18/2017 07:09 PM
You can get similar cooling performance from an AIO as a full loop.
/QUOTE]
LOL similar cooling my ass.....My full loop has 3x triple rads, big thick RX360s too, i also have a monoblock covering my entire motherboard for uber cooling not to mention the finest waterblocks money can buy. Your AIO loop is inferior in every way, i could go on about flow rate, delta, temps etc. It dont really matter when running at stock but once you get some heavy overclocks the custom cooling blows an AIO away by keeping the temps way down when voltages and core clock are maxed out producing lots of heat that an AIO simply will not cope with especially on a single rad lol.
When youve actually built a custom loop yourself then you will see the difference as you've never actually built one.
If your case is too small buy a bigger one then. Remember you get what you pay for at the end of the day, but there is no way an AIO is just as good as a high end custom loop. Ive built and owned quite a few over the years so i know from experience and not just somebody saying it.
Vet, relax. You don't gotta get all warrior on me.
No, you cannot. Never. No way. Nada.
Let me clarify, since I guess what I was getting at wasn't obvious enough.
If you create a custom loop to cool a CPU and GPU and use one 240mm/360mm radiator, then yes, its similar. They are compatible with push pull, and will provide very similar cooling.
Why would I suggest that it an AIO is in any way similar to a 3x rad, dual res, 10+ fan configuration that is meant to cool your ram, board, cpu, and 3 gpus?
That is not what the AIOs are meant for and they can't do this anyway, nor is anyone buying them for this, so this is entirely a moot point...
Cmon guys..
You can get similar cooling performance from an AIO as a full loop.
/QUOTE]
LOL similar cooling my ass.....My full loop has 3x triple rads, big thick RX360s too, i also have a monoblock covering my entire motherboard for uber cooling not to mention the finest waterblocks money can buy. Your AIO loop is inferior in every way, i could go on about flow rate, delta, temps etc. It dont really matter when running at stock but once you get some heavy overclocks the custom cooling blows an AIO away by keeping the temps way down when voltages and core clock are maxed out producing lots of heat that an AIO simply will not cope with especially on a single rad lol.
When youve actually built a custom loop yourself then you will see the difference as you've never actually built one.
If your case is too small buy a bigger one then. Remember you get what you pay for at the end of the day, but there is no way an AIO is just as good as a high end custom loop. Ive built and owned quite a few over the years so i know from experience and not just somebody saying it.
Vet, relax. You don't gotta get all warrior on me.
No, you cannot. Never. No way. Nada.
Let me clarify, since I guess what I was getting at wasn't obvious enough.
If you create a custom loop to cool a CPU and GPU and use one 240mm/360mm radiator, then yes, its similar. They are compatible with push pull, and will provide very similar cooling.
Why would I suggest that it an AIO is in any way similar to a 3x rad, dual res, 10+ fan configuration that is meant to cool your ram, board, cpu, and 3 gpus?
That is not what the AIOs are meant for and they can't do this anyway, nor is anyone buying them for this, so this is entirely a moot point...
Cmon guys..
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@EdInk
you gonna build mine? for free (labor)? no??
EK aio here i come....
Where do you live? I'll build a custom loop for you. I enjoy doing it so much I'll do it for free. You pay for the parts of course.
I agree with EdInk, quick disconnects are ugly. Convenient but ugly.