EK Unveils EK-QuantumX CoolingStation Monoblock for PlayStation 5

[thesmokingman]

so cool. great as a concept piece (that can be purchased) that shows/proves that EKWB is the premier / master bespoke maker of watercooling parts…

More like the leader for looks and worse performance at the highest price.

 

[SOAREVERSOR]

More like the leader for looks and worse performance at the highest price.

So just like the PC.

 

[thesmokingman]

So just like the PC.

lol was that a console vs pc thing?

 

[Space Lynx]

But why ?

fans barely turn on the ps5 anyway it runs so efficiently. there is literally no reason for this i agree.

 

[trsttte]

As someone who had 3 Fat PS3s die

The original PS3 was very poorly designed, it was designed to fail kind of. Just like the xbox 360 with the red ring of death for that matter. It was an awfully flawed generation of consoles. The same is not happening with the PS5

They should have taken it a few steps further like this guy.

It's only slimmer because he used an external mounted radiator. Very different concept, in some ways better in others not so much.

You will have to figure out "how to" install the disc dive into said case

Only if you use the disc version, and even so from what I understood you only need the disc drive during software updates (which would be a major pain in the ass but oh well).

fans barely turn on the ps5 anyway it runs so efficiently. there is literally no reason for this i agree.

They absolutely turn on almost all the time, it just runs at a slower more manageable speed. I think it's a cool concept but was a bit wasted on the original version of the console, there have been several supposed "leaks" claiming there will be a modular drive design for the console refresh and there migth even be a Pro in the pipeline, from the usual timelines both being due soon-ish. EK always wants to go for the most premium looking thing possible but they alianate a lot of their possible market by being too expensive when the target audience for something like this won't care if they used a cheaper more industrial design. Watercooling grew on the back of scrappy things put together with random pieces of scrap, not on premium looking components that cost an arm and a leg

 

[ir_cow]

I use the disc drive to play games. It waay cheaper to buy a used $10 game instead of $70+ digitally

 

[redeye]

I use the disc drive to play games. It waay cheaper to buy a used $10 game instead of $70+ digitally

…if you wait a year for the game…(and it is mot a AAA game)


so you use steam / gog for the PC. and not disks. ?
because games are cheap?. so you never pay full price for a game on the PC.

 

[Synthwave]

They should have taken it a few steps further like this guy.

So straight up kill it?

 

[ir_cow]

…if you wait a year for the game…(and it is mot a AAA game

Usually only a month or so for it to drop half price.

 

[redeye]

Usually only a month or so for it to drop half price.

USA is great for that, some one will sell their disk for a quarter the new price, so the lucky ones can get it at half price… or the store just opens new games so they can sell them at half price

 

[SJZL 2.0]

I'm glad my Xbox Series X cools amazingly and I don't have to spend some extra few hundred dollars to improve cooling if I had a PS5 instead.

 

[redeye]

I'm glad my Xbox Series X cools amazingly and I don't have to spend some extra few hundred dollars to improve cooling if I had a PS5 instead.

Haha. well, it is not a few hundred dollars… 450 euros is about 600 Canadian not including shipping and HST… so about 750 dollars CAN. I have enough spare water cooling parts to make it work… or use the aquacomputer ultitube d5 200 pro leak shield reservoir… another 329 euros… (best solution, everything you need, and safety too.. just need a wall wart… fittings, and tubing)…
edit: i might have been confused as to what is included in ps5 cooling station monoblock…

A larger problem is how do you fit this quantum ps5 monoblock inside your PS5 case, and hang the pump/reservoir outside the case.

edit: is the cooling station everything that is in the email photo?… if so then i did not realize that they gave you more than just the monoblock… so, if that is the case a somewhat good deal.

 

[SJZL 2.0]

Haha. well, it is not a few hundred dollars… 450 euros is about 600 Canadian not including shipping and HST… so about 750 dollars CAN. I have enough spare water cooling parts to make it work… or use the aquacomputer ultitube d5 200 pro leak shield reservoir… another 329 euros… (best solution, everything you need, and safety too.. just need a wall wart… fittings, and tubing)…

A larger problem is how do you fit this quantum ps5 monoblock inside your PS5 case, and hang the pump/reservoir outside the case.

450 Euros is 475 USD which the main currency I use besides Iraqi dinar.

 

[ir_cow]

USA is great for that, some one will sell their disk for a quarter the new price, so the lucky ones can get it at half price… or the store just opens new games so they can sell them at half price

I use to live in a state with a lot of pawn shops. Always start of the month when rent was due, tons of stuff would show up. All games $1-5. Yeah I had about 900 PS3 games at one point. Sold most of for a good profit