At QuakeCon EK showed some pictures of their new AIO (All In One) cooler:
EK then posted a news post the following info:
“Please excuse the poor photos as Quakecon is quite dark.
Features:
– EK-Supremacy MX
– EK-Vardar fans
– Industry standard DDC pump, more than enough for 3 blocks
– Quick Disconnects for easy expansion
– All copper core radiator and blocks
– Complete PWM control
– Industry standard G1/4 ports to allow complete customization and expansion
As this is an AIO unit, it will come prefilled with coolant! There will be two versions, a 240mm version with no QDCs and a 360mm version with QDCs. We will be selling pre-filled GPU blocks for reference design AMD & Nvidia PCBs with an additional pair of QDCs that can be easily added into the loop without having to add any extra coolant.
Pricing to be finalized still. “
ER reviewed the Supremacy MX recently where it performed very well indeed. Similarly the Vardar and PE Radiator (this is a new version of the PE radiator) were very solid performers indeed.
The Vardars in question are “extended range” 500-2000 RPM versions. Good eyes will wonder what the deal with the text on the end of the radiator is:
Handily the fans and pump get to be plugged in to a breakout box on the end of the box that has some cool features like LEDs to verify power. The box doesn’t control fan speed directly but the PWM signal is fanned out so a seperate controller (such as a motherboard header) must be used to vary the speed.
Thickness as can be seen is about the width of the DDC ~62mm. The pump is a low power 6-7W DDC which is great – this should be quiet but robust. Due to the DDC pump being mounted on the radiator there should also be no danger of Asetek suing EK as they did with Swiftech.
The grey quick disconnects we have not seen from EK before and visually look to be the weakest part of the aesthetic. We do love quick disconnects – hopefully these at least work well, even if they aren’t pretty.
The kit is fully upgradeable meaning that a user doesn’t have to worry about wasting money on an AIO if they were to move to water cooling later. If sales go well we might also see more options and colors, but for now this will be the only version and it looks to be an excellent entry that further greys the area between AIOs and custom water loops. While price isn’t announced we expect it to be very competitive given the ingredients as EK heavily discounts it’s water cooling kits. For example the L240 and L360 kits have similar good quality parts and retail for $225-250. This AIO would most likely beat this price without a GPU block. However adding in a GPU block therefore would probably push retail price into the low 300s.
All in all this looks very promising and should tempt more new users to jump into the world of real watercooling.
OHHH YEEEAAAAHHH!!!!!
THAT”S WHAT WE”RE TALKING ABOUT 😀
This is a nice addition to the EKWB family. Finally, an AiO with a custom loop pedigree – something we’re wanting for ages.
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