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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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#5383002 Posted on: 01/19/2017 01:35 PM
In my opinion... (I've had both AIO's and Custom loop)
The difference is very small. Yes, custom loops are better. They are customisable, usually have a greater cooling capacity, and slightly more efficent.
However, from my own experience using my EK Predator 240 to cool a CPU and my titan x, it's still impressively close - and for me, a hell of a lot more convient. I hated building a custom loop!
Increase your OC and voltage and you will soon see how an AIO is unable to cope with the massive increase in heat for long hours of gaming. Also depends on fan speed too, my fans run at 500rpm, you cant even hear that my machine is running its so quiet along with maximum performance. Run a AIO at 500rpm fan speed and watch that rad heat up to insane levels....especially when GPU's are added in the Loop that is if you can add them to an AIO loop which i dont think you can and even if you can its pointless on a single rad.
If you had a custom loop and you think your AIO is the same if not better then your custom loop must have been crap tbh. You didnt build it right and probably skimped on components. Having a dual 240 says it all, you didnt build a proper loop in the first place if your shouting about how great this is lol
Like i said at stock everything is nice, overclock it massively and you will see your loop fail. 240 rads arent even worth buying IMO. If your struggling for space then buy a new case and do it properly. Corsair Graphite 760t is nice case of decent custom cooling without going to big on the case like a 900D etc
This is the lowest on WC parts i would go regarding ratio/size
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brhK0dh51-s
And Scooby just pointing out that you cant get similar performance in an AIO compared to a proper well done custom Loop.
I may come across as abrupt sometimes in how i say things but i dont talk BS, i talk from experience and i know what im talking about cause i walk the walk and dont talk the talk with anything i do in life. In other words ill go find out for myself instead of listening to somebody
In my opinion... (I've had both AIO's and Custom loop)
The difference is very small. Yes, custom loops are better. They are customisable, usually have a greater cooling capacity, and slightly more efficent.
However, from my own experience using my EK Predator 240 to cool a CPU and my titan x, it's still impressively close - and for me, a hell of a lot more convient. I hated building a custom loop!
Increase your OC and voltage and you will soon see how an AIO is unable to cope with the massive increase in heat for long hours of gaming. Also depends on fan speed too, my fans run at 500rpm, you cant even hear that my machine is running its so quiet along with maximum performance. Run a AIO at 500rpm fan speed and watch that rad heat up to insane levels....especially when GPU's are added in the Loop that is if you can add them to an AIO loop which i dont think you can and even if you can its pointless on a single rad.
If you had a custom loop and you think your AIO is the same if not better then your custom loop must have been crap tbh. You didnt build it right and probably skimped on components. Having a dual 240 says it all, you didnt build a proper loop in the first place if your shouting about how great this is lol
Like i said at stock everything is nice, overclock it massively and you will see your loop fail. 240 rads arent even worth buying IMO. If your struggling for space then buy a new case and do it properly. Corsair Graphite 760t is nice case of decent custom cooling without going to big on the case like a 900D etc
This is the lowest on WC parts i would go regarding ratio/size
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brhK0dh51-s
And Scooby just pointing out that you cant get similar performance in an AIO compared to a proper well done custom Loop.
I may come across as abrupt sometimes in how i say things but i dont talk BS, i talk from experience and i know what im talking about cause i walk the walk and dont talk the talk with anything i do in life. In other words ill go find out for myself instead of listening to somebody
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#5383095 Posted on: 01/19/2017 06:42 PM
And Scooby just pointing out that you cant get similar performance in an AIO compared to a proper well done custom Loop.
I may come across as abrupt sometimes in how i say things but i dont talk BS, i talk from experience and i know what im talking about cause i walk the walk and dont talk the talk with anything i do in life. In other words ill go find out for myself instead of listening to somebody
But your experience is not the same as everyone else, so to speak as if your experience is the be all end all is not right.
Again, I'm not comparing an AIO to a full custom loop with numerous rads and more fans etc. That was never my intention since they are different.. that's comparing a Prius to an Audi..
Anyway, I use the 360, 3 120mm fans, run them all at low speed, and that alone is enough to cool my hot, volted out 2600K at 4.5ghz, and an overclocked 980TI. My temps get up there for sure after hours of gaming but I recognize that will happen.. I only wish to keep the gear cool enough to run properly and still achieve high OC, which it does absolutely fine. if I wanna run my stuff cooler, I just turn up the fans a bit and that's it that's all.
If I was so concerned with having my gear run at 30-40c maxed out, then sure, I would invest in a full loop that obviously would perform much better and cost FAR MORE.
The whole point I was trying to make is that for the effort and money and time you will spend to install a custom loop that is comparable to a high end AIO like the Predator series, there is a reason why they have their place in the market.
And Scooby just pointing out that you cant get similar performance in an AIO compared to a proper well done custom Loop.
I may come across as abrupt sometimes in how i say things but i dont talk BS, i talk from experience and i know what im talking about cause i walk the walk and dont talk the talk with anything i do in life. In other words ill go find out for myself instead of listening to somebody
But your experience is not the same as everyone else, so to speak as if your experience is the be all end all is not right.
Again, I'm not comparing an AIO to a full custom loop with numerous rads and more fans etc. That was never my intention since they are different.. that's comparing a Prius to an Audi..
Anyway, I use the 360, 3 120mm fans, run them all at low speed, and that alone is enough to cool my hot, volted out 2600K at 4.5ghz, and an overclocked 980TI. My temps get up there for sure after hours of gaming but I recognize that will happen.. I only wish to keep the gear cool enough to run properly and still achieve high OC, which it does absolutely fine. if I wanna run my stuff cooler, I just turn up the fans a bit and that's it that's all.
If I was so concerned with having my gear run at 30-40c maxed out, then sure, I would invest in a full loop that obviously would perform much better and cost FAR MORE.
The whole point I was trying to make is that for the effort and money and time you will spend to install a custom loop that is comparable to a high end AIO like the Predator series, there is a reason why they have their place in the market.
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I dont question their quality, its great, was wondering maybe they will use improved or stronger pressure pump
I live near their HQ in Komenda lol just 30km away, could drive there and ask