EK Water Blocks (Finally) Releases A Gigabyte X370 Monoblock

[kcarbotte]

In April, EK Water Blocks released a monoblock for Asus’s top-end AM4 motherboard, and in early June the company launched a monoblock for MSI’s flagship Ryzen board. The first Gigabyte AM4 monoblock supports more than just the top of the line motherboard.

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[Wisecracker]

... EKWB said the new monoblock features a re-engineered cold plate design, which provides better surface contact with the integrated head spreader found on Ryzen CPUs.

That integrated Ryzen head spreader really is something special. Good for EKWB engineers...

 

[msroadkill612]

surely they dont really use water for coolant? The snap indicates not. Dumb name if so.

Speaking as a ~newb, would it not be better to spend a bit more on a modular cooler & also cool gpu & chipset & maybe nvme ssd?

Separately, i would think a simple fan on the underside of the cpu would have good effect?

 

[durahl]

It's usually ordinary distilled / demineralized water with additives to prevent corrosion / algae growth and sometimes pigments for colorization though I've seen some whacky stuff back in the days where people used liquid metal with special pumps for a shiny metal effect in their tubes / reservoirs.

Depending on what look you're going for a Monoblock can make things a lot easier.
Here's mine without one requiring 6 connections in total to do the job of some Monobocks only requiring 2: http://imgur.com/3bck03l.jpg