EK Launches their Next-Gen Velocity CPU water blocks

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/18/2018 05:26 PM | source: | 13 comment(s)

EK Water Blocks is proud to introduce the new generation of high-performance water blocks for popular AMD and Intel CPU sockets, the EK-Velocity. The new CPU water block will be available in a total of 14 versions featuring intricate RGB lit models, and down to simple minimalistic bare copper cold plate versions as well.

The inspiration for the new CPU block name “Velocity” was inspired by the necessity to be lean and agile in the world of liquid cooling. A high-performance CPU water block is no good if it is too restrictive on the flow and it is bottlenecking your entire cooling loop. Efficient coolant flow and performance should go hand in hand, and neither of the two should be sacrificed for one another.

EK-Velocity the new high-performance flagship premium quality CPU water block featuring the 5th iteration of the award-winning EK® cooling engine which is further tweaked to perfection. Built upon a decade of experience in liquid cooling, EK® Velocity series CPU water blocks are a product of countless hours of simulations, research and marketing-leading engineering.

The water block was updated on the inside as much it was redesigned on the outside as well. The changes led to a design that is simple, yet still striking and eye-catching. A new reinforced mounting bracket is introduced with smaller streamlined mounting screws. RGB versions of the block are equipped with 24 LEDs that are evenly surrounding the water block housing to create the most sophisticated lightning effect that has been seen on water blocks so far. The simplified cooling engine brings performance optimizations through more efficient flow and also easier maintenance for users.

Modern design with wide-array of options specific to your demands. Manufactured out of purest copper available, that is further nickel plated or machined with precision for best possible contact and heat transfer. Detail piece with the notch is stylish and diffuses the light from LEDs if you choose the RGB version. The angular top piece comes in a variety of materials, from black POM Acetal, glass like Acrylic to full Nickel, all made to simultaneously dazzle and perform.

All new EK Velocity series CPU water blocks are compatible with all popular CPU sockets on the market. They feature a universal mounting mechanism that offers error-preventing, tool-less installation supporting Intel 115x and Intel 20xx Sockets or AMD AM4 sockets respective to the CPU block model.

Supported Intel Sockets are:

LGA 1155
LGA 1156
LGA 1150
LGA 1151
LGA 2011
LGA 2011-3
LGA 2066

Supported AMD Sockets are:

RGB Support

Product marked with the EK RGB logo are compatible with all popular RGB sync technologies from all major motherboard manufacturers. The arrow marking on the 4-pin LED connector is to be aligned with the +12V marking on the RGB header.

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#5586025 Posted on: 09/18/2018 05:47 PM

Surely hope so they will be better because their current CPU waterblocks are worse than Enermax AIO and are as much as 14 degrees behind competition like

XSPC RayStorm, Watercool HEATKILLER® IV PRO or Aquacomputer cuplex kryos NEXT.

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#5586026 Posted on: 09/18/2018 05:57 PM

Surely hope so they will be better because their current CPU waterblocks are worse than Enermax AIO and are as much as 14 degrees behind competition like XSPC RayStorm, Watercool HEATKILLER® IV PRO or Aquacomputer cuplex kryos NEXT.

On Intel CPU EK Supermacy blocks perfom pretty much within 1-5°C from Heatkiller IV Pro, Aquacomputer Kryos NEXT, XSPC or Koolance etc which I cannot say about their AMD TR4 "ThreadRipper" blocks which are just poor blocks

I switched from EK Supermacy EVO to Aquacomputer Kryos on my build and gained around 5-6°C on PKG on my 5960x

Hope this helps

Thanks, Jura

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#5586027 Posted on: 09/18/2018 06:01 PM

Do you have a source for this? 14 degree difference in CPU block seems like an abnormally high number.

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#5586044 Posted on: 09/18/2018 06:50 PM

14 degrees behind because of the waterblock design alone? If I can read the source and verify it I will disassemble my water loop and rush to Microcenter today.....that's CPU abuse

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#5586045 Posted on: 09/18/2018 06:52 PM

Oh I completely forgot what I was going say after been shocked by that 14 degree claim....I was going to say, this single color LED is so lazy and outdated. I want g.skill royal kind of diamond RGB!

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#5586051 Posted on: 09/18/2018 07:07 PM

Do you have a source for this? 14 degree difference in CPU block seems like an abnormally high number.

This should help, its EK Supermacy ThreadRipper TR4 vs Heatkiller, XSPC Raystorm etc

On Intel CPU they perform as I said within 1-5°C from each other

Hope this helps

Thanks, Jura

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#5586053 Posted on: 09/18/2018 07:10 PM

Do you have a source for this? 14 degree difference in CPU block seems like an abnormally high number.

Forgot to add, they later on released updated cold plate which has been sold for extra £20-£25 I think but still I wouldn't touch that block on ThreadRipper

As you can see from HardOCP review, this ThreadRipper Supermacy block has performed pretty poorly

Barrow or Bykski ThreadRipper blocks performed better than this one

Hope this helps

Thanks, Jura

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#5586063 Posted on: 09/18/2018 07:41 PM

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#5586092 Posted on: 09/18/2018 08:30 PM

There are actually 3 revisions of EK TR4 block. 1gen: Terrible due to small coverage and poor cold plate, 2gen: Terrible due to small coverage, with updated cold plate, 3rd gen, full-coverage. The final version is only few months old and has performance within 1 degree off HK IV and Raystorm, it has been recently benchmarked but otherwise slipped the public. There is still room for improvement but it's tiny.
I've recently built it on 2990WX@MSI MEG and the performance is nothing short of flawless. But if you want the absolute best you can stick with Heatkiller IV.

Now I am looking to put a loop onto my 7980XE build but looks like this release is only cpu-blocks and monoblocks won't be updated.

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#5586116 Posted on: 09/18/2018 09:47 PM

Jura11...you just solved what i thought was a persistent problem...my tr4 has the EK block (whole loop) and i thought my temps were bad silicon lottery. i was a sucker.

just goes to show you should never pre-order a damn thing.
I bought the original block as well. I eventually replaced it with a monoblock after I got a rebate code from EK.

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#5586161 Posted on: 09/19/2018 12:56 AM

I bought the original block as well. I eventually replaced it with a monoblock after I got a rebate code from EK.

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#5586305 Posted on: 09/19/2018 12:03 PM

Jura11...you just solved what i thought was a persistent problem...my tr4 has the EK block (whole loop) and i thought my temps were bad silicon lottery. i was a sucker.

just goes to show you should never pre-order a damn thing.

Hi there

I would suggest get Heatkiller IV Pro, XSPC Raystorm or Bykski TR4 if you want have lower temperatures

With earlier EK TR4 blocks there is definitely problem with cold plate which doesn't cover dies etc and therefore temperatures are lot higher, in many cases earlier EK TR4 block performed on par with Enermax TR4 AIO

I have done two builds with ThreadRipper 1950X,on one have used Bykski and on other one have used on friend build Heatkiller IV and both friends are happy with their builds and temperatures I would say are pretty comparable, with Heatkiller temperatures are better by 2-5°C on load, in rendering or Bionic or Folding@home temperature difference is 1.5-2°C

Hope this helps

Thanks, Jura

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#5586309 Posted on: 09/19/2018 12:12 PM

Well I am currently using EK monoblock on Croshair 6 Hero with 1800x and my temperature is not that great 45-50 degrees at idle and going to 69 under load. Talking about Tdie temperature at stock speeds.
Used corsair AIO shortly and as far as I remember temperatures were bit lower.
BTW I had even to use thicker thermal pad on SOC VRM as with original one It was not stable and upon disassembly find out there were no impressions on pads from VRM.

Hi there

Have tried only two monoblocks on two builds and in both cases they're performed worse than normal waterblock in one case temperatures has been worse by 10°C and in second case temperatures has been worse by 6-8°C

Still not sure if I would use monoblock on any build, off course with monoblock you are cooling as well VRM but in many cases you don't need to cool them, if yes check Watercool VRM blocks, what I like on monoblock is look but that's it

Due this if you have budget get normal waterblock like is Heatkiller IV Pro, EK Supermacy or something along these lines

Hope this helps

Thanks, Jura

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