This EK AIO comes with a universally compatible CPU water-block, along with a pre-filled pump-reservoir combo. The EK AIO also uses a massive electromagnet for the pump, something we’ll look at in the tear-down. EK Water Blocks has provided a comprehensive user guide on the installation and maintenance of the liquid cooler. With our AIOs, ensuring ultra-low temperatures, even during the most intense gaming sessions, has never been easier!

Available in both black and white in the case of D-RGB versions, the CPU block and pump housing is constructed from high-quality scratch-resistant ABS material for an ultra-clean finish to your build. For at least the AMD Ryzen IHS size, we’d say that EK’s pre-applied paste is fine, and that you should feel no quarrels with using it as-is.The EK cooler is now the chart-topper and holds a technical victory over the rest of what we’ve tested thus far on AMD, so we’ll need to turn to our Intel HEDT bench soon to look at 3 years of CLC data. Installation is a breeze with a toolless CPU mounting, the latest EK-OmniLink single cable connector, and custom aluminum rotary fittings with vertical alignment.

The EK-AIO Elite Aurum 360 D-RGB, EK-AIO Basic 240, and EK-AIO Basic 360 are all designed in Slovenia, Europe, and made in China. It tends to be the air coolers, like Zalman’s CNPS20X and its abominable 26 screws to mount, where we see challenges in mounting hardware. Problam with finding reviews might be that review sites usually don't change their test systems that often.

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This EK-AIO comes with a universally compatible CPU water block, along with a pre-filled pump-reservoir combo. The series is equipped with a high-density water microchannel and copper finish block to offer efficient thermal conduction along with a proper radiator to maximize cooling performance. The arrow marking on the 3-pin LED connector is to be aligned with the +5V marking on the A-RGB (D_RGB) header. EK is best-known for its open-loop liquid cooling components, as we show at CES every year in the company’s bombastic display of systems, but that’s a small market, and EK has been trying to get into closed-loop liquid coolers for years.The NZXT Kraken X72 360mm unit has again been exposed of an aging pump design and overall poor performance with these slower fan settings, falling behind the Arctic and EK units alike. Both AIO Basic and Elite Aurum made their video debuts at the EK EXPO Media Day, and you can see them in the immersive 360 Showroom. We have a splendid brushed aluminum finish on the top section and matte black color on the lower housing. This is most relevant for air coolers or for coolers like the Arctic unit, which has a VRM fan, but it’s still interesting for standard liquid coolers. Requiring just a single radiator mount, with diamond cut rotary fittings for easy tube adjustment, the EK AIO offers compatibility with almost all modern case designs.

EK’s AIO D-RGB series of coolers is a new approach to closed-loop liquid coolers from EK, most recently shown in public at CES 2020.

EK Water Blocks has removed the digital lighting from the fans and the block resulting in all black cooler which will definitely come in handy for the neutral/stealth builds. The EK AIO CPU monoblock features a full acrylic cover, acting as a light diffuser with its frosted finish, for a dynamic lighting display with smooth color transitions. Whether you are into heavy overclocking or wish to have a silent PC, the 360mm radiator combined with six Vardar fans can provide both simultaneously. Note that this chart becomes irrelevant if you mount your EK AIO in the front, as you’d be relying on case fans, at that point. The second EK-AIO product making its debut is the Special Edition EK-AIO Elite Aurum – a golden variant of the popular EK-AIO Elite.