Enermax cuts prices of Liqmaxflo (SR) liquid coolers

The Liqmaxflo and Liqmaxflo SR AIOs came out just last month and they’ve already had their original prices reduced. These have gone down for selected models by around 4 to 16%. The biggest price drop is on the top model with a 420mm radiator, which owners of the most powerful processors shouldn’t overlook. But smaller, more popular models for mainstream cases are also cheaper. Check out the full overview. Read more “Enermax cuts prices of Liqmaxflo (SR) liquid coolers” »

New dual-tower Akasa cooler, the Soho H7, comes after 10 years

To celebrate the launch of the Akasa Alucia H4 and Soho H4 coolers with Plus attributes (i.e. finally with LGA 1700 support), the chunky dual-tower cooler was also featured in one image. All its parameters are already known. After a very long time, the most powerful Akasa cooler to date – the Venom Medusa model – will see a successor. Akasa’s materials state that this cooler is optimized for the most powerful Intel Alder Lake processors. Read more “New dual-tower Akasa cooler, the Soho H7, comes after 10 years” »

The flip side of water cooling

Building water cooling loops for PC is fun and the results are almost always attractive. Today, however, I would like to focus on water loop maintenance and also on problems if you neglect maintenance. Maintenance is not a very popular topic though, so it is often not given enough attention. I was renovating a neglected water loop, where I would like to demonstrate the risks of insufficient maintenance. The following visuals may be drastic. 🙂 Read more “The flip side of water cooling” »

EKWB EK-FB MSI X299 + X360: more than 500 W, VRM below 60 °C

For LGA 2066, liquid cooling is more beneficial than for any other platform before. Especially for Core i9-7980XE. Compared to EKWB full cover monoblock with a decent engine and evaporator, even NH-D15 looks like a dwarf. Not only does the liquid cooler open up for higher frequencies, but it also significantly improves the operating features with settings that can be barely handled by conventional coolers. Read more “EKWB EK-FB MSI X299 + X360: more than 500 W, VRM below 60 °C” »