EKWB in trouble?

I agree he came across as genuine and believable, I don't doubt what he's saying. However, I feel like the whole situation could have been handled very differently. After watching the Kitguru video with Dan it appears like it's not as cut and dry as was originally reported in the GN video (which is what really blew this story up). My initial impression from the GN video (until the kitguru interview with Dan) was that he was some normal employee and along with many others hadn't been paid for four months. I imagine that's the impression the other circa 1 million people that watched the video had too. It appears that the truth is much greyer than that as it relates to some prior agreement on commission and him signing a new contract that agreed new terms that mean he wasn't 'not paid', as claimed. He was clearly in a senior position within the company and there doesn't appear to be any evidence presented that it was widespread either. I would argue from what Dan said in that interview, EK could have a pretty robust legal case against him and/or GN if they have that agreement documented and signed. I don't think him saying he had bought a big expensive house and having things on credit made him feel obligated to sign it did him any favours tbh. The aspects about the culture within the business, incuding racism is obviously deplorable but is not directly linked to the claim about non-payment. If EK have a documented and signed paper trail that demonstrates he was in fact not owed any money, I think things could get pretty awkward...

Might not be a popular opinion on here but that's my honest and totally independent take on the matter.
 
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It's a good watch! The stuff I have from them already, I do like, but I'm now definitely done with them as a company, I feel very bad for the employees.

I only bought Rads recently(ish) though.
 
GN came with receipts this time around, wonder if Overclockers / Caseking have any outstanding orders left and if they'll be fulfilled now.
 
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GN came with receipts this time around, wonder if Overclockers / Caseking have any outstanding orders left and if they'll be fulfilled now.
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The warranty now is no better than any unknown brand sold on the rainforest/ali.
As it is, seems like there’s no return, some monsters ransacked the business and left the unpaid workers/suppliers to pick up the pieces.
 
Shame to read about their problems as they always previously had the allure of being a 'small outfit' that became popular by releasing, at the time, innovative products. Rather than an already bigger company like Corsair muscling in on a new revenue stream.

As other have observed custom water-cooling in general has increasingly become too expensive for many for the gains to be had. I just cool my CPU now having in the past run loops that included CPU, GPU and motherboard components.

GPU blocks in particular have become very expensive and if anything, tend to actively hurt any resale value/ the ease of selling on as the market for second hand GPU's with WB blocks on is tiny and fraught with even more issues than just trying to sell a used air cooled or AIO GPU. It often also a massive pain in the *** to incorporate a standalone GPU cooler into a loop vs a CPU cooler so I suspect like many I just haven't bothered for years now (think my last GPU water block I actually installed was on a pair of 480's having bought blocks for a Titian V1 and 1080ti but never getting around to installing them)
 
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I wonder how much stock OCUK has had of EK this year?

They still seemed reasonably well stocked (about as well as they normally have been on the past) but I imagine the 5000 series GPU launch might really show the cracks... if EK hasn't collapsed already before then.
 
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