EKWB Makes Revo Reservoirs Even Shinier With Borosilicate Glass

[N.Broekhuijsen]

EKWB built a glass variant of its EK-XRes Revo reservoirs.

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[falchard]

Might be OK inside a case, but I would fear the glass shattering. I have borosilica mugs, and they shatter pretty easily.

 

[atheus]

I like to put sticks of dynamite in my case too, because it looks awesome through the window.

 

[Fates_Demise]

ah, I see atheus... you must be one of those people that roll their computer down the stairs for fun... I mean NO WAY does a computer usually sit still in one place in a non extreme impact environment.

The glass tubes work perfectly fine, my friend has a similar reservoir in his case from a diff brand and they look amazing. 0 Issues

 

[atheus]

ah, I see atheus... you must be one of those people that roll their computer down the stairs for fun... I mean NO WAY does a computer usually sit still in one place in a non extreme impact environment.

The glass tubes work perfectly fine, my friend has a similar reservoir in his case from a diff brand and they look amazing. 0 Issues

Just a light-hearted joke. Yes, though I do prefer the peace of mind of the zero risk involved with air cooling, I'm sure almost nobody will accidentally shatter that glass and splash water all over the inside of their case.

It's just funny to see the stakes raised a little bit. It'd be like reading that using gasoline instead of water results in better cooling, or that you can just put a thick conformal coating over the assembled system and cool it by spraying a garden hose directly at the CPU socket and letting it drizzle onto your graphics cards. At what point does the risk become too great? The line will be different for everyone.

 

[e36_Jeff]

Just a light-hearted joke. Yes, though I do prefer the peace of mind of the zero risk involved with air cooling, I'm sure almost nobody will accidentally shatter that glass and splash water all over the inside of their case.

It's just funny to see the stakes raised a little bit. It'd be like reading that using gasoline instead of water results in better cooling, or that you can just put a thick conformal coating over the assembled system and cool it by spraying a garden hose directly at the CPU socket and letting it drizzle onto your graphics cards. At what point does the risk become too great? The line will be different for everyone.

Honestly, I feel like any impact bad enough to break the reservoir is going to do so much damage to the rest of your PC that leaking water will be a secondary concern.

 

[mwryder55]

I don't see any reliabliltiy problems in using glass over plastic for the reservoir. There is probably still a greater chance of a leak from a bad joint or tube getting punctured then the reservoir taking a hard enough hit to break it.
The liquid CPU cooling system on my pre-built computer failed after about a year when one of the cooling hoses developed a hole from rubbing on one of the case fans. It sprayed coolant all over the inside of the computer but did no other damage. I just had to clean everything up and replace the coolant system.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Great move ..... I was extremely disappointed that I couldn't fit a borosilicate res in my build cause the smalles one available at the time was 70mm in diameter and a EK 60mm only cleared the GFX card water blocks by 2mm, so I was 3mm short. Of course, I'm assuming that EQ kept their standard 60mm dimensions.

Also nice to see a top w/ three ports. Single port tops are kinda useless when feeding the res fro the top w/ a fill tube as there's no bleed port.

 

[durahl]

Here's a picture of my 2y old System with an AquaComputer Aqualis 770ml Borosilicate Reservoir on top of a D5 Pump which EKWB now has basically copied.

I'm not saying it being impossible to have it shatter but the way I see it in order for it to actually do you'd need such an impact on the outside of the case for it to affect the Reservoir on the inside you'll most likely have other issues to cope with than a leaking Reservoir.