EK Launches a 4-in-1 AM5 Socket Delicacy for the SFF Community

[n-ster]

Yea pretty much my thoughts. With the hole placements being the same it should be a matter of controlling the depth and mounting pressure. It's a shame EK couldn't find a way to bridge the gap and somehow make it AM4 compatible considering how much is costs already.

They are making a big deal about how it's super optimized and designed for only one socket, my theory is they don't want to sound incoherent about that whole thing

 

[Waldorf]

@Mussels
because with tap water the worst case scenario is bio growth, which will gunk up the cooler and lead to higher temps,
which usually makes even ppl, without any LC knowledge, check and/or look for help.
galvanic reactions will not only cause corrosion, but will almost always produce gasses, leading to pressure build up,
and seeing that not many beginners have a pressure valve, will most likely cause a leak/failure of the loop.

 

[A Computer Guy]

@Mussels
because with tap water the worst case scenario is bio growth, which will gunk up the cooler and lead to higher temps,
which usually makes even ppl, without any LC knowledge, check and/or look for help.
galvanic reactions will not only cause corrosion, but will almost always produce gasses, leading to pressure build up,
and seeing that not many beginners have a pressure valve, will most likely cause a leak/failure of the loop.

I always wondered about this. How much pressure typically builds up in a loop?

 

[ThrashZone]

I think he knows it says AM5 only, but could it easily be hacked to, or even just work as-is with AM4, or with different backplate etc. Sure it's not optimized for it and they might want to advertise it as specifically made for 1 socket, but it might still work with AM4. I wouldn't bet on it being compatible and risky, but would be cool if someone tries and be the guinea pig lol

Hi,
Yep modifying a cpu water blocks traditional mounting isn't rocket science but ek has been in "Socket-specific" compatibility mode for a long time and these "mono block" type mount systems just make it that much more difficult to modify and are really just purely for looks, so looks is all ek cares about in some of their cpu block series, which is okay but is narrowing the field of buyers in those series.

Personally I've been there, done it and regretted buying Socket-specific products, so never again
Only gpu water blocks these have better resell.

 

[Waldorf]

@A Computer Guy
depends how "sealed" the loop is, not much past 1 bar maybe, but enough to make it leak or even burst at some point.
when prepping the loop for different coolant i used a little H3O with distilled water (suspected a connector had a bare spot inside),
and even with a membrane-valve installed (Gore-Tex, so it wont let water thru) passing some pressure,
it was more than the usual amount (coming from temp changes, room/pc) and started to push fluid out of one G1/4 connector on the gpu.

sure this wasnt a normal use case, but enough ppl with bursting AIOs in online shops (galvanic reactions with bare metal, block/rad),
that i say deionized water is more likely to be a problem (especially wiht biocide use), than using reg tap water (especially short term/planned cleaning/flush and new coolant).
didnt matter in my case, as all connections arent above sensitive hw, just (bottom) case fans.

 

[Mussels]

@Mussels
because with tap water the worst case scenario is bio growth, which will gunk up the cooler and lead to higher temps,
which usually makes even ppl, without any LC knowledge, check and/or look for help.
galvanic reactions will not only cause corrosion, but will almost always produce gasses, leading to pressure build up,
and seeing that not many beginners have a pressure valve, will most likely cause a leak/failure of the loop.

Not just that, but the trace minerals vary wildly - those same things that cause corrosion and reactions

sure this wasnt a normal use case, but enough ppl with bursting AIOs in online shops (galvanic reactions with bare metal, block/rad),
that i say deionized water is more likely to be a problem

They had issues with cheaping out and using garbage coolants that solidified into goop, mostly through.... algae growth