Friday, August 10th 2018
ENERMAX Readies LIQTECH II 240, 280, 360 Liquid Cooler TR4 II AIO Cooler Exclusive for 2nd Gen AMD Threadripper
ENERMAX has put up a product page for a revised version of its LIQTECH TR4 II 240 liquid cooler, which they've readied in expectation of AMD's second-gen Threadripper CPU lineup. Remember that the new AMD Threadrippers will bring about much increased levels of performance due to their doubled core-counts in relation to first-gen Threadrippers - and of course, a doubling in core counts necessarily translates into increased power consumption, even if AMD did bring about some more power efficiency improvements to the design (besides those already enabled by the usage of the 12 nm fabrication process).
The new LIQTECH TR4 II features support for AMD's TR4 socket, and according to ENERMAX, can dissipate up to 500 W of waste heat due to the usage of multiple technologies, such as their patented Shunt-Channel-Technology (SCT) which boosts thermal conductivity, alongside an EF1 pump with high flow rate up to 450L/h. Innovative batwing blades improves overall airflow for increased thermal dissipation at the radiator level, and revised pumps work to allow fluid circulation to flow unimpeded. Additionally, ENERMAX have added addressable RGB functionality to the water block, so users can personalize their cooling champion. The LIQTECH TR4 II coolers will be available in this month of August - right around the time of AMD's Threadripper II.
The new LIQTECH TR4 II features support for AMD's TR4 socket, and according to ENERMAX, can dissipate up to 500 W of waste heat due to the usage of multiple technologies, such as their patented Shunt-Channel-Technology (SCT) which boosts thermal conductivity, alongside an EF1 pump with high flow rate up to 450L/h. Innovative batwing blades improves overall airflow for increased thermal dissipation at the radiator level, and revised pumps work to allow fluid circulation to flow unimpeded. Additionally, ENERMAX have added addressable RGB functionality to the water block, so users can personalize their cooling champion. The LIQTECH TR4 II coolers will be available in this month of August - right around the time of AMD's Threadripper II.
11 Comments on ENERMAX Readies LIQTECH II 240, 280, 360 Liquid Cooler TR4 II AIO Cooler Exclusive for 2nd Gen AMD Threadripper
This is an update to a socket TR4-specific design that launched alongside the first generation of Threadripper. The reason for its incompatibility with other sockets is the giant cold plate and the mounting hole spacing used for TR4. While it would probably be possible to make the mounting bracket removable and add brackets for other platforms (I've seen other TR4+AM4 compatible coolers), it'd be quite meaningless for them to do this given how much smaller these CPUs are than a TR/Epyc IHS. This includes 2011-3, even if it's a bit larger than 115x and AM4 IHSes - a TR IHS is still about twice as large.Edit: never mind, I didn't see the socket listing in that image, nor have I seen similar lists for the previous model. Weird. IIRC, this has always been advertised as a TR-specific SKU. Wonder what changed.Hm, I haven't heard of any pump reliability issues with this model, and the one in my GF's editing workstation has been running fine for quite a while. Has this even been out long enough to show weaknesses like that?
In case you're wondering, it has excellent cooling performance, but the fans are too noisy for my tastes. Good thing it's not my PC :p
This AIO might even handle an FX9k series!
Those huge radiator setups don't really mean crap if they dont have the pump or cold plate to back them up. Radiator thickness and fan quality are often overlooked too.
www.enermax.com/home.php?fn=eng/press_b_1&no=132
It's called LIQTECH TR4 II, the 2nd gen of the LIQTECH TR4, fyi.
Btw, here are the spec pages for the LiqTech II 240and 360. Seems the main new thing here is adressable RGB LEDs on the pump/block. And it's as TR4-exlusive as ever, by the way.