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Sure someone who works at OCUK can give a better view on this than me but having recently switched from a 290 where watercooling is very beneficial to a 1070. I can't see any need for watercooling it at all.
I think it would be worth on average about an extra 12-24Mhz on my core clock whilst gaming as temps would be lower.
So I would think watercooling would be a hard sell going forward.
This seems like it will be a trend now with GPU's and as for CPU's Intel are just using rubbish TIM so you can cool the Heatsink with water but temps are still high as the heat isn't being transferred efficiently from the core so again water cooling seems unnecessary.
I suppose it is a way of doing a custom loop but it's more expensive and just looks terrible. This build only has a single gpu added to it and you pay all that money for something that looks that awful.
I also only trust something that I put together myself but we are still at the mercy of the manufacturers quality control. I fell foul of this early last year when both my EK blocks started leaking due to failed Orings. It was only the odd drip so I caught it early and it was around the same time as the original Predators started leaking. The EK Supremacy EVO cpu block was less than 6 months old and the Thermosphere gpu block was just over a year old. EK's customer support was abysmal and he tried to blame everything other than the Orings. In the end I finally got the Oring sizes from EK Luc on here as customer support wouldn't give me them. I replaced all the Orings and no more leaks. Since then I have ditched EK because any company with abysmal customer support like I experienced doesn't deserve my custom. I have a Aquacomputer Aquagrafix GTX1070/1080 block on my gpu and have a Alphacool XPX ready to go on my cpu when I get around to building my pc into my desk.
Personally not bothered how it looks. PC is under the desk out the way.
Performance, noise, ease of use would attract me to products like this.
I do actually have 80% of the bits to watercool my current PC but never got round to it as it looks a ballache. Do have an AIO though.
Aesthetics aside, the reliability should be of more concern. No AIO is going to offer the same build quality that a properly put together custom loop will... and it's really not as hard as some people think. Mostly common sense and patience. Yes more work, but you won't get better performance. Ease of use is no different really... maintenance is a doddle with a correctly installed drain valve, and using clear coolant you won't need to touch it for well over a year, perhaps quite a bit longer.
Since then I have ditched EK because any company with abysmal customer support like I experienced doesn't deserve my custom.
Really? No ekwb block for gpu? I need a block for my titan x pascal. Also, do you reckon that with 2 x 480mm rads i could run my pc silently? Reckon A d5 1500l pump will be loud? Which blocks for cpu and gpu, and pump to go with?
Wonder how will this will compare with EVGA modular watercooling solution shown at CES. There's might be the better option as there's allows modular standalone radiators.
Time will tell I guess won't be surprised if this turns out to be more expensive then a custom loop with less customisation but nice to see people will be able to get standalone water cooled GPU AIO with true water blocks.
Quick disconnects are an absolute killer for flow rates as well.