Review: EK-XLC Predator 280 AIO CPU & MSI GTX 1080 Liquid Cooling

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/30/2016 09:00 AM | source: | 12 comment(s)

EK today announces availability of three new Predator series AIO coolers. We will test the 280mm Predator on a Core i7 4790K processor and will add a GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X from MSI as well to the all-in-one liquid cooling loop.

Read the full review right here.

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weasel
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#5340276 Posted on: 09/30/2016 02:55 PM

Thankyou for this review Hilbert awesome work!I'm thinking about buying a EK predator 360 kit for my rig.But i'm not sure if the radiator fits without removing my motherboard in my Corsair 750D.

They realy make some quality products and i dig that custom 1080 block

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When i had to rebuild my 1080FE to a evga hybrid i had sweaty hands.

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#5340340 Posted on: 09/30/2016 05:59 PM

Great write-up! I've been wondering about these kits, now with the QD's and prefilled waterblocks. I've been wanting to go aircooled next build for the sake of simplicity and easier upgrading, but EK has been making me second guess that.

The price for getting those prefilled QD's on the block are really reasonable too. Now we just need some gpu's without stringent voltage caps :eyebrows:

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#5340469 Posted on: 10/01/2016 01:05 AM

Nice review, shame about the drop in performance with this one, I wonder if the push pull kit might improve the situation, regardless it's a top performer and at this price you can't fault EK.

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#5340504 Posted on: 10/01/2016 06:16 AM

Glad there's finally a trusted review for a CPU/GPU loop now. Because of lack of reviews i hesitated to jump head first and buy one thinking it might be too much to handle for my overclocked parts. Now i don't regret not buying one.

Although it has nice temps(for the gpu mostly) i get better temps with my two separate CLC's ,and they were cheaper too(although having a full waterblock for the gpu is more reassuring than having ****ty heatsinks).

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#5340511 Posted on: 10/01/2016 07:53 AM

Now do the 360mm version please? With the same hardware and overclocks

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