Did EK quit the radiator business?

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Thunderdolt

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Seems like the majority of their radiators are now listed as EOL and most of the rest are out of stock. Did they quit the business or are they about to release a refresh on 100% of their lineup?
 
Interesting observation.

I certainly couldn't give you an answer, but I am curious as well!

I've never used EK radiators though.
 
Huh. I've used them for sizing before but hadn't gotten around to buying rads yet - was going to for my X299 system one day, but... no time?
 
I've no idea whats up with their stock situation but if your looking for ek rads check out spartan liquidcooling.com they carry ek gear almost exclusively.
 
Dan_D said:
EK rads are decent.
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I have no reason to suggest they aren't.

I've just never personally wound up with them.

Just based on availability and cost when I've been shopping I've usually wound up with Alphacool radiators. They are really good, but do need a thorough cleaning.
 
Zarathustra[H] said:
I have no reason to suggest they aren't.

I've just never personally wound up with them.

Just based on availability and cost when I've been shopping I've usually wound up with Alphacool radiators. They are really good, but do need a thorough cleaning.
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I've got two of them in my current machine and I've had them in some other builds. The work about as well as the Corsair or just about any others I can think of off hand.
 
Zarathustra[H] said:
Interesting observation.

I certainly couldn't give you an answer, but I am curious as well!

I've never used EK radiators though.
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I haven’t used their copper rads but I got started in custom loops by taking one of their aluminum kits and expanding it. Their copper rads were always among the very best in Extreme Rigs’ testing - typically ~10% better than the best Alphacool in any given test. No idea how that stacks against newer models though.

Other than the aluminum EK rads, I’ve only ever used Alphacool rads in my builds. No complaints with them, but for the rack cooler I’m putting together, EK’s lower profile end tanks make a big difference for packaging. I do wish they had fittings on both sides of the end tank like Alphacool does.
 
Googling around seems like they're overdue for a refresh, and rumor has it's about to arrive.
 
They're releasing a bunch of redesigned radiators soon™. The new line is called "Quantum" with 3 performance variations of each size (S/P/X), crossflows, and white versions of each rad.
 
I hope someone does an actual performance review of them side by side with HWlabs offerings.

Maybe the GTR can have a challenger finally?
 
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