Tuesday, November 10th 2020
EK Launches QuantumX Delta TEC Water Block Featuring Intel Cryo Cooling Technology
EK, the leading computer cooling solutions provider, announces the release of their EK-QuantumX Delta TEC water block. With more than 15 years of experience as a leader of premium quality cooling solutions, EK, in collaboration with Intel, has developed a next-level solution for enthusiasts seeking consistent thermal performance and enhanced overclocking on unlocked 10th Gen Intel Core desktop processors.
"Since the start of EK, our goal was to create innovative and viable solutions for gaming and PC enthusiasts," said Edvard König, Founder of EK. "I am proud to merge the consistent and proven performance of the EK Quantum cooling engine with Intel's sub-ambient cooling technology to achieve the best computing and gaming experience imaginable." The EK-QuantumX Delta TEC is exclusively powered by Intel Cryo Cooling Technology, a unique combination of hardware, software, and firmware designed to help unleash elite performance for gamers and overclockers.
"We are proud to have worked closely with Intel to bring the EK-QuantumX Delta TEC to market," said Kat Silberstein, CEO Americas, EK. "One of EK's core strengths is the ability to cultivate and grow strategic alliances with global silicon players. These alliances make it possible to leverage each other's unique core strengths, bringing the best innovative solutions to market.
EK-QuantumX Delta TEC is built using a purpose-designed large surface flow-through cooling engine together with Intel Cryo Cooling Technology, bridging aesthetic uniformity and near-silent operations with technological advancements in thermal solutions. The cooler is an exceptional application of cooling the CPU with sub-ambient temperatures by utilizing a Thermoelectric Cooler (TEC) plate while continuously monitoring and adjusting temperatures dynamically, achieving an ideal operating environment for sustained gaming performance.
Liquid coolers are unable to reach temperatures below ambient (room) temperature, but the EK-QuantumX Delta TEC is cutting-edge, as it actively cools the CPU to sub-ambient temperatures while extracting and dissipating the heat generated from the TEC plate through the traditional liquid cooling loop.
The EK-QuantumX Delta TEC utilizes an innovative two-pronged approach to mitigate thermal condensation, a byproduct that has plagued previous attempts of sub-ambient cooling. The cooler features a compact integrated insulation shroud that isolates all exposed cold surfaces from the environmental conditions inside the PC, while the Intel Cryo Cooling Technology continuously monitors and adapts to those conditions to minimize condensation risk generated by the cooling process.
"Gamers and overclockers constantly push the envelope to get the absolute most performance they can out of their desktops," said Brandt Guttridge, General Manager of Intel's Desktop & Workstation Platform Marketing Group. "By introducing Intel Cryo Cooling Technology, and by collaborating with fellow technology leaders like EK, we're taking thermal innovation to the next level to help meet the needs of this audience."
Availability and Pricing
The EK-QuantumX Delta TEC is available for pre-order through the EK Webshop or EK Partner Reseller Network for €349.90 (inc. VAT). It is expected to ship out in early December.
"Since the start of EK, our goal was to create innovative and viable solutions for gaming and PC enthusiasts," said Edvard König, Founder of EK. "I am proud to merge the consistent and proven performance of the EK Quantum cooling engine with Intel's sub-ambient cooling technology to achieve the best computing and gaming experience imaginable." The EK-QuantumX Delta TEC is exclusively powered by Intel Cryo Cooling Technology, a unique combination of hardware, software, and firmware designed to help unleash elite performance for gamers and overclockers.
EK-QuantumX Delta TEC is built using a purpose-designed large surface flow-through cooling engine together with Intel Cryo Cooling Technology, bridging aesthetic uniformity and near-silent operations with technological advancements in thermal solutions. The cooler is an exceptional application of cooling the CPU with sub-ambient temperatures by utilizing a Thermoelectric Cooler (TEC) plate while continuously monitoring and adjusting temperatures dynamically, achieving an ideal operating environment for sustained gaming performance.
Liquid coolers are unable to reach temperatures below ambient (room) temperature, but the EK-QuantumX Delta TEC is cutting-edge, as it actively cools the CPU to sub-ambient temperatures while extracting and dissipating the heat generated from the TEC plate through the traditional liquid cooling loop.
The EK-QuantumX Delta TEC utilizes an innovative two-pronged approach to mitigate thermal condensation, a byproduct that has plagued previous attempts of sub-ambient cooling. The cooler features a compact integrated insulation shroud that isolates all exposed cold surfaces from the environmental conditions inside the PC, while the Intel Cryo Cooling Technology continuously monitors and adapts to those conditions to minimize condensation risk generated by the cooling process.
"Gamers and overclockers constantly push the envelope to get the absolute most performance they can out of their desktops," said Brandt Guttridge, General Manager of Intel's Desktop & Workstation Platform Marketing Group. "By introducing Intel Cryo Cooling Technology, and by collaborating with fellow technology leaders like EK, we're taking thermal innovation to the next level to help meet the needs of this audience."
Availability and Pricing
The EK-QuantumX Delta TEC is available for pre-order through the EK Webshop or EK Partner Reseller Network for €349.90 (inc. VAT). It is expected to ship out in early December.
43 Comments on EK Launches QuantumX Delta TEC Water Block Featuring Intel Cryo Cooling Technology
Intel: Our CPU is actually GOOD, you just cool it wrong! We will show you how to cool it right way!
EK: Yeah! (EK just make moneh, we got it)
Intel: Together!
EK: Yeah! ;) ;) ;)
*€349* price tag on block.
PC User: What the hell is going on?!
Mass market should stop on water cooling. Actually find way to replace water on dry water for safety reasons and less RMA. But not damn Cryo! What next then? Cold plasma?
pcper.com/2006/11/coolit-systems-freezone-peltier-cpu-cooler-review/
For that matter, I wonder if it's possible to skip that bizarre double-TEC idea and just cool an Intel with a stove-fan like setup; converting some of the heat into electricity to power a fan (could be useful in a mostly-passively cooled case) or RGB system, while the remainder is passively radiated out via giant fins (again, much like all stove fans have).
But anyway.....
Why are people assuming Intel are staying with their 14++++etc just because they have had a hand in developing these tecs? Imo they probably use these in servers so they have just used the tecnology from there to create the desktop variants. for sub ambient temps I actually think they are pretty good. Also I don't really give a flying how much power my CPU uses as long as it does its job and i can cool it adequately. If these work well and are cheaper and easier to setup with less maintenance than a custom loop, thats a win in my book. judging from the videos, the temps are damn good considering the voltages they have used, and not attainable with any air cooler.
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything, and all that.I don't think any server Intel is making/using has sub-ambient TECs on them. Even watercooled servers are rare these days. Too much risk. Better to just go passive and have 20K RPM fans, no risk of leaks or condensation.So you don't care how much power something uses, as long as you can cool it? That's like saying 'I don't care how much something costs, as long as I can afford it'. Like.. yeah? But wouldn't you want it be cheaper/use less power, if possible?I agree, although this specific product still needs a custom loop. The Coolermaster AIO however does not. But, the AIO is about twice the cost of a regular AIO. But as Linus said in his video, this is a prototype/first gen type of thing. If it gains traction, we might see it actually become viable.
Yea fuck any innovation.
Remember when everybody was like: "who need gigabytes of storage?" or "who need more then one core?"
Why do you use watercooler?
Air was just fine.
There is a complete new technology and you are expexting it to be as good as something which was researched for years?
Do you remember the first water cooling systems?
Huge radiators, huge pumps, bad efficiency, no way to fit it in a case.
Look at where we are now:
Small Aios with great efficiency.
Finally there is a big company like ek who is giving it a try.
And everybody is just screaming and crying on how bad it is.
Of course that thing is nothing for the average user right now.
This takes time and a lot of research.
And yes its only intel
Is it a bad thing?
No
Why should they make a concept and try to make it compatible with everything?
They have the concept
Now they can improve it.
Then they can do it on other systems.
Stop beeing so conservative.
Otherwise we would still be in the middle age.
Assuming this is a revival of TECs in PC computing other than a few ultra-niche products just to help Intel feel better, I would expect to see EK incorporating TECs into monoblocks to cool entire sections of mobo, along with a 40mm fan or two to keep things dry as possible, as well as an insulated backplate. Also, AIOs probably doing a better job than CM's attempt (and at 360 and 420 rad sizes), and a return to TEC-based GPU cooler concepts (those 3-4 slot behemoths that were TEC+Giant Heatsink+Blower or Fan; often jury-rigged by hardcore OC'ers back then), or a modern 2+2 slot setup; following the Asetek GPU AIO.
That being said, one would have more luck trying to shrink down and modernize phase change coolers for CPU and GPU usage, including making them quieter and easier to integrate into PC cases. And the last time those were done, it was Thermaltake and Asetek that thought sticking a micro-fridge system into a PC case was a great idea (but it was ungodly loud, required a ton of insulation, and like all modern fridges dumped a sizable amount of heat outside of the case). Then some other company tried a "dry air conditioned PC case" concept that insulated the case and used desiccant to keep humidity under control. The closest remaining I can still think of are these rather expensive phase change coolers compatible with most modern CPUs, but those have to be modded to the bottom of a case, ruining most aesthetics.
Overclockers always wanted a safe mass produced product to help them get to ambient temps or even below it while running heavy loads on CPUs.
We never got that product until now.
With proven results, humidity countermeasures, product warranty and actually able to fit inside modern computer cases.
Some of you have the mindset:
"Hey i used my aquarium pumb, zip tied my air-conditioners tubes onto a carage drilled piece of copper and back in the 90's and it sucked man! My cpu got wet and temps were not good so EK, Alphacool, Bitspower etc what losers are you trying to get this ugly watercooling technology into the mainstream!! Didn't you get the lesson from MY FAILURE???"
Get real people, technology moves forward and many concepts are improved and pushed by companies so we may get options for better cooling and overclocking.
History repeats itself over and over, when the first AIOs entered the market people raged over them because won't work- won't cool -won't last - Cheapo materials and so on, but here we are years later and i don't see all these guys using aircoolers on their high end rigs lol
Just stop resisting everything new for god's shake and give it some time...