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D-RGB 3-pin 5v connections are now the established format for connecting RGB enabled products to motherboards. With the vast majority of manufacturers implementing this connection type in current motherboard designs, products sporting RGB lighting are either being released with 3-pin connectivity or updated to support it. EK water blocks has …

EKWB has been hard at work updating some of its previous hardware with new designs featuring D-RGB addressable LED lighting. The company has now launched a new design for AMD X570 users in the form of a monoblock belonging to its Quantum line of custom liquid cooling components. The new …

The use of addressable RGB products in PC builds is commonplace these days, with the majority of motherboard manufacturers choosing to implement 3-pin 5v ARGB connections into their designs. EK has listened to its customers calls for the company to integrate D-RGB into its GPU water blocks and has announced …

The board has a list of features as long as your arm, however it also costs a hefty amount of money. 

EK Water Blocks has released a new monoblock for AMD AM4 based CPUs, as part of its Quantum line of products. The EK-Quantum Momentum ROG VIII Hero D-RGB will specifically fit the AMD X570-based Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Hero motherboard. The new monoblock features digital addressable RGB lighting and will …

EK has announced it is releasing an interesting new product to its custom liquid cooling range, with a new water block coming for AMD Radeon RX 5700 and 5700 XT GPUs forming part of the company’s Fluid Gaming lineup. The new EK-AC Radeon RX 5700/5700XT D-RGB water block is compatible …

PowerColor’s RX 5700 XT Red Devil has already been crowned as one of the best custom AMD GPUs available on the market today, but it looks like an upgrade is on the way. This week, PowerColor began teasing a new liquid-cooled RX 5700 XT, tentatively known as the ‘Liquid Devil’. …

EKWB is expanding its Momentum Monoblock range again this month. The Momentum series contains motherboard cooling blocks for some of the highest-end ASUS ROG and Gigabyte Aorus motherboards already and today, the MSI Z390 GODLIKE joins the list. The MSI GODLIKE is a flagship motherboard, heavily delivering on features and …

Water-cooling distro plates have been getting popular lately and with Lian-Li’s latest O11D distro-plate, water cooling can be made easier than ever. Lian-Li and EKWB have teamed up to design the Distro-Plate G1 for the popular O11D chassis, complete with a powerful integrated water pump. The O11D Distro-plate G1 is …

EKWB has always had an impressive line-up of liquid cooling gear but this month has been particularly big, with a bunch of new block designs hitting the market. Not only are there now GPU blocks for the Radeon RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT, but there is a new monoblock …

It is heavier, its cooler but its a fair bit more expensive too

Leo loves his custom loop cooling. It's no surprise, then, that he got pretty excited when visiting EKWB at Computex 2019 as the custom loop specialists had a variety of new blocks and fully-built systems on show!

MSI makes some of the best aftermarket graphics cards around and the updated Trio air cooler design is a big part of that success. Still, sometimes you want the temperatures that only liquid cooling can truly provide. For those people, EKWB has announced today that it is releasing MSI Gaming …

We’ve covered plenty of laptops, monitors, peripherals and cases so far over the course of CES, but we haven’t forgotten about the liquid cooling enthusiasts amongst you. Today at CES, Leo visited EKWB to check out the new hardware coming our way in 2019, including new fittings, the latest version …

Leo is back again this week and he decides to focus on graphics cards, processors, CES and the Computex 'catchup'. Its an action packed episode covering a lot of new hardware, waterblocks and trade events. Leo even discusses some of the hardware in his studio and what he has recently bought!

Computex has officially come to an end, but we still have a few bits left to talk about from our week in Taipei. At the show, we had the chance to check out the EK Water Blocks suite at the Hyatt, giving us a good look at upcoming water cooling …

Earlier this month, EK Waterblocks issued an apology to customers, explaining that its EK-Supremacy EVO Threadripper waterblock didn’t meet the company’s standards. It turns out that these waterblocks suffered from less than expected performance due to a flaw with the cold plate design. For that reason, the Supremacy Threadripper block …

In the tech world, revised PCB designs aren’t exactly uncommon and often go unnoticed. However, this week we’ve come across the rare occasion where a PCB design change has introduced some compatibility issues. Recently, Asus introduced a revised PCB design for the ROG Strix GTX 1080Ti, which EKWB has warned …

The first day of Computex has already been very busy, and things have not let up yet as we are bringing you more news straight from the showroom floor. EKWB, premium watercooling manufacturer, has today announced a new budget lineup of custom loop cooling kits named Fluid Gaming. The world …

Following on from our previous articles about fan configuration and static pressure vs airflow fans, today we are looking at thermal paste. Specifically, we are hoping to find out whether or not choosing different types of thermal paste actually makes any difference. To do this, we test 7 products from 6 …

I had already installed an Aqua Computer Kryos NEXT block on my Intel Xeon along with a Watercool Heatkiller top on my D5 pump and had one of their Tube 100 reservoirs on order. The EKWB X3 reservoir you can see in that video worked perfectly well (although the location …

EKWB are a well-known brand in the enthusiast PC market. Their custom watercooling gear looks amazing and is of top quality – but for a beginner, building a custom loop can be a daunting and confusing process. That is why EKWB have released their Predator 280 all-in-one cooler – it is …

A while back, EK Water Blocks (EKWB) launched its first All-In-One preassembled CPU liquid cooling units in the form of the EK-XLC Predator 240 and Predator 360. Unfortunately, a problem with these units has been discovered that could cause leakages and EK is issuing a product recall. In a post on …

Asustek Computer this week officially unveiled its new Ares III dual-GPU graphics card that belongs to the Republic of Gamers family of products. The new graphics board is expected to provide performance that will be higher compared to that of the dual-chip Radeon R9 295X2 thanks to very high overclocking …

VisionTek this week announced a $100 (€73, £59) discount on its CryoVenom R290 and CryoVenom R290LE graphics cards that come with water-blocks and are designed for enthusiasts, who assemble custom cooling solutions. With a $100 discount, the custom-built graphics cards look rather attractive. From now on and until the 3rd …

VisionTek, a supplier of graphics cards from the U.S., this week announced a unique AMD Radeon R9 290-based graphics card designed for extreme enthusiasts who not only want high performance, but desire maximum customisation too. The CryoVenom R290LE comes with a custom water-block developed specifically for custom liquid-cooling systems and …