I think you're right Hilbert, water block pricing is becoming ridiculous. My 24/7 rig isn't watercooled at all anymore. 8600K delid and liquid metal on Noctua air cooler, 2080Ti FE on air. WC is to expensive for the gains now I did buy a Velocity block for a 3900X I own, not overly impressed with it, has no weight to it and cost over £60! At least my used Raystorm Pros are all solid lumps of copper, only paid like £25 a piece on ebay

JUST buy Alphacool ! they know how to build and to price their offerings. EK is overRated.