6-Fan EK AIO Elite D-RGB 360 Review vs. Lian Li Galahad, Arctic Liquid Freezer, & Air CPU Coolers
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Date: 2021-05-14
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4D4MS
If they wanted to use standard fans and connectors they could have just cut a path down the edge of radiator for cables to run making it more tidy, then to go a step further have a mini hub at the bottom or top of the radiator where the cables/connectors can all go into. This hub could then have just 2 cables out of it making the whole unit a heck of allot cleaner to install. Fan hubs are cheap as chips these days and cutting a groove surly would not require to much extra tooling. Well dont even need to cut a groove i guess you can stick on something instead to hide the cables just like you do at home when running cables up the walls.
Well done on the plastic cutting down!
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If they wanted to use standard fans and connectors they could have just cut a path down the edge of radiator for cables to run making it more tidy, then to go a step further have a mini hub at the bottom or top of the radiator where the cables/connectors can all go into. This hub could then have just 2 cables out of it making the whole unit a heck of allot cleaner to install. Fan hubs are cheap as chips these days and cutting a groove surly would not require to much extra tooling. Well dont even need to cut a groove i guess you can stick on something instead to hide the cables just like you do at home when running cables up the walls.
Well done on the plastic cutting down!
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omar
Thank you very much for this video!
I am wondering though, what are the temperatures of the case and GPU? I am wondering if this push-pull configuration vs 3x120mm fans might benefit the GPU temperatures and general airflow of the case - while it might seem overpowered for the CPU, I would imagine that such configuration might benefit the airflow seeing how the front panel is blocked by a large 360 radiator and this configuration allows for the maximum airflow with the lowest air temperatures possible.
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Thank you very much for this video!
I am wondering though, what are the temperatures of the case and GPU? I am wondering if this push-pull configuration vs 3x120mm fans might benefit the GPU temperatures and general airflow of the case - while it might seem overpowered for the CPU, I would imagine that such configuration might benefit the airflow seeing how the front panel is blocked by a large 360 radiator and this configuration allows for the maximum airflow with the lowest air temperatures possible.
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Eric
Artic Liquid Freezer 2 just released an RGB and A-RGB version on May 13th. I upgraded to a Ryzen 9 5900X recently and needed to revamp my cooling solution so I pre-ordered the A-RGB LF2-360 to replace my Corsair H100i cooler. It arrives today so I'm pretty excited to get it in and do some thermal testing. This EK cooler was my runner up in cooler selection, after seeing that mess of fan wires I am EXTREMELY glad I didn't go with the EK. Great video as always!
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Artic Liquid Freezer 2 just released an RGB and A-RGB version on May 13th. I upgraded to a Ryzen 9 5900X recently and needed to revamp my cooling solution so I pre-ordered the A-RGB LF2-360 to replace my Corsair H100i cooler. It arrives today so I'm pretty excited to get it in and do some thermal testing. This EK cooler was my runner up in cooler selection, after seeing that mess of fan wires I am EXTREMELY glad I didn't go with the EK. Great video as always!
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FischiPiSti
How long we need to suffer because of the cables until an industry wide standard solution comes along that combines pwm, argb (and other data if needed), and lets us chain the fans together like how LianLi does it, so there's only 1 single cable that goes into the motherboard? All these cables and fan hubs(that turn out to not even be capable of addressing individual argb fans, and can only measure rpm of the first fan) are ridiculous.
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How long we need to suffer because of the cables until an industry wide standard solution comes along that combines pwm, argb (and other data if needed), and lets us chain the fans together like how LianLi does it, so there's only 1 single cable that goes into the motherboard? All these cables and fan hubs(that turn out to not even be capable of addressing individual argb fans, and can only measure rpm of the first fan) are ridiculous.
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Jack
Hi Steve et al,
I ve recently got a 5800x and an ASUS tug x570 pro WiFi. I experience reboots when trying to launch WarThunder. Looking at event viewer I get fatal hardware error 18 which points at the processor core. Looking around it seems this isnt an uncommon issue and not limited to 5xxxx series. I m intrigued as I m just using the defaults on the mobo and the most recent bios. Do you think I should RMA the cpu, mobo or both?
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Hi Steve et al,
I ve recently got a 5800x and an ASUS tug x570 pro WiFi. I experience reboots when trying to launch WarThunder. Looking at event viewer I get fatal hardware error 18 which points at the processor core. Looking around it seems this isnt an uncommon issue and not limited to 5xxxx series. I m intrigued as I m just using the defaults on the mobo and the most recent bios. Do you think I should RMA the cpu, mobo or both?
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Paul
cables management? what is this things you speak of? I have two radiators with 3 fans each that are EK's only half RGB but also a block for CPU and a block for GPU and a pump res that are all RGB I just routed that shit where ever I could to kinda keep clean look and jammed that shit in the back I recently thought about a new mobo and faster storage just because I can but NO I can't I'm not ready for that cable hell again not yet
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cables management? what is this things you speak of? I have two radiators with 3 fans each that are EK's only half RGB but also a block for CPU and a block for GPU and a pump res that are all RGB I just routed that shit where ever I could to kinda keep clean look and jammed that shit in the back I recently thought about a new mobo and faster storage just because I can but NO I can't I'm not ready for that cable hell again not yet
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pino
what i really want is a AOI that has longer hoses and detatchable hoses so i can put the reservour/radiator combo on top of my case. a 2x2 fan setup would be a great idea and you can make a 30x80x280 reservour on the bottom with the pump inluded. a seperately buyable pump/cool block combo would be nice as well for both warrantee fixes and replacement price if it breaks as you can just replace the pump/cpu unit.
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what i really want is a AOI that has longer hoses and detatchable hoses so i can put the reservour/radiator combo on top of my case. a 2x2 fan setup would be a great idea and you can make a 30x80x280 reservour on the bottom with the pump inluded. a seperately buyable pump/cool block combo would be nice as well for both warrantee fixes and replacement price if it breaks as you can just replace the pump/cpu unit.
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Cleru
EKWB was selling the EK AIO 360 RGB and were giving away free 3 fans during black friday so I made my own EK Elite 360 a few months ago. I wanted the Arctic first but this is what swayed me over to the EK. I don't use the RGB. The AIO is overall very solid but the pump is audible above 50% which is rather annoying, I wonder if Arctic would've been better but I've heard its pump is even worse.
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EKWB was selling the EK AIO 360 RGB and were giving away free 3 fans during black friday so I made my own EK Elite 360 a few months ago. I wanted the Arctic first but this is what swayed me over to the EK. I don't use the RGB. The AIO is overall very solid but the pump is audible above 50% which is rather annoying, I wonder if Arctic would've been better but I've heard its pump is even worse.
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Hyperstrike
Still prefer my Alphacool Eisbaer 420mm AIO. Though I DID replace the stock fans with dampened Noctua Redux 140's. So I had nicely loomed cables from the get go.
And until someone comes up with an easily replaceable multi-fan setup for these, cable management is ALWAYS going to be a beast.
And just so we're all on the same page. RGB LED PUKE MUST DIE!!!
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Still prefer my Alphacool Eisbaer 420mm AIO. Though I DID replace the stock fans with dampened Noctua Redux 140's. So I had nicely loomed cables from the get go.
And until someone comes up with an easily replaceable multi-fan setup for these, cable management is ALWAYS going to be a beast.
And just so we're all on the same page. RGB LED PUKE MUST DIE!!!
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Dremor
As an user of this cooler (on an R9 5900X), I'm surprised that nothing is said about the pump noise at full speed (3400RPM), which make quite an annoying whine.
I would add that the push-pull configuration looks stunning in some cases. It gives a reactor look from outside (in an 011 Dynamic) that looks really good.
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As an user of this cooler (on an R9 5900X), I'm surprised that nothing is said about the pump noise at full speed (3400RPM), which make quite an annoying whine.
I would add that the push-pull configuration looks stunning in some cases. It gives a reactor look from outside (in an 011 Dynamic) that looks really good.
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