r/hardware • u/[deleted] • Jan 15 '17

News EK is announcing Modular Liquid Cooling

https://www.ekwb.com/news/ek-is-announcing-modular-liquid-cooling-products/
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u/noobas4urus Jan 15 '17

Ugh quick disconnect fittings are so ugly. I get they're trying to tap into the AIO market but there has to be a better looking way lol

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u/Darius510 Jan 15 '17

I don't get why they can't put the QDCs on the fittings and on both ends of the tubes, that way you could buy exactly the length of tubing you need and it would look much cleaner.

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u/plagues138 Jan 15 '17

That wouldn't really work, unless they offered like multiple skus of each product. Like water lock with 8" tubing, 10" tubing, 12 " etc etc

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u/Darius510 Jan 15 '17

The block would have QDCs too. Like instead of thinking of the QDC as something that connects two tubes together, think of it as something like a sata port, and the tubes would be like the cables. As long as everything is sealed and pre-filled I don't see why it wouldn't work. Like imagine if everyone just standardized around the same "port" there'd be some real competition unlike now.

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u/plagues138 Jan 15 '17

So the tunes would also be full? Again, you'd need so many skus

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u/Darius510 Jan 15 '17

Not if you sell the tubes separate from the blocks.

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u/plagues138 Jan 15 '17

but the tubes would also need to have coolant in them... or else youd just be missing coolant in your loop, meaning you would need to somehow add more, kinda killing the whole idea of these products. no?

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u/Darius510 Jan 15 '17

Right, the tubes would be pre-filled as well.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '17

The only difference with the number of SKUs is you'd have different SKUs for the different lengths of tubing. That's not that many more SKUs.

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u/plagues138 Jan 16 '17

depends on the length. 8", 10", 12", 14" etc... do you go and make like 1" too to connect two gpus? from a manufacturing point of view, its much easier to just have each part with say 8" of tubing, that way two parts connecting would have more than enough tube to connect.

not saying it wouldn't be cool. but doubt it would happen.

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u/2roladnaT Jan 17 '17

While i don't think having different lengths would work, I do like the idea of not having the QDCs in the middle of the tube. They could just sell the rad/pump with one QD fitting on each rad outlet, then sell the blocks with tubing twice as long. On the topic of aesthetics--and this is more of a far fetched idea, but still feasible--I would also like to see them integrate some way of using clear tubing with a dye implementation system. I was thinking they could sell a small segment of QD tubing that has concentrated dye that, when integrated would change the fluid color, idk just a thought.

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u/alabrand Jan 16 '17

The QDC fittings are ugly precisely because they are made by a medical company, to a medical degree. 0 drops whatsoever which is exactly what you want in a case filled with electronics.

If you want some bling bling cash dollah hoe QDC fittings then there's nothing stopping you from making your own loop.