Guru3D 2017 December 15 contest - EK Fluid Gaming A240G Liquid Cooling Kit

Razoola

2017-12-15 11:04

Lucky you, I just got that sinking feeling after going through every review and missed it.... Time for coffee and then try again.

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Razoola

2017-12-15 11:35

coffee did the trick 🙂

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Kaarme

2017-12-15 12:15

I think I'll skip this one. While I love to use AIO coolers, I don't think I'll take the final step any time soon (or ever) and go for real, customisable liquid cooling systems. Thus this would be wasted on me, and I don't like the idea of winning a prize only to sell it. That would seem like an insult to all the other participants who would have had personal use for the hardware. Good luck to everybody else!

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Solfaur

2017-12-15 12:23

EZ PZ LEMON SQZ! Nice touch though with the placing. 😀

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FlyBy

2017-12-15 13:35

Nahh, gonna skip this one, I never liked EK and their approach to quality. Alu...cmon.

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Singleton99

2017-12-15 13:52

2 cups of coffee later & Bingo 🙂 Thanks for these Fab contests and best wishes to all

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maddog55

2017-12-15 13:53

Gotcha!....that one was too easy Hibert!. now i've just spent a small fortune setting up a new Ryzen 7 1700 based system,but some of these goodies(PRIZES) would surely gazump my component choices 🙂 bon chance to all!.

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grimmute

2017-12-15 14:05

Good luck everyone! I'm skipping this one. I'm still afraid of liquid cooling, all the leak horror stories (I know they're not that common but yeah) and as I don't overclock it would be wasted on me.

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Texter

2017-12-15 14:26

Well it helps to check the loop for leakage before installing it. Nice prize.

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schmidtbag

2017-12-15 14:31

If I didn't have an ITX build, I would be very interested in this. My BOINC rig is already liquid cooled and I have no interest in building another whole PC for myself, so, I'll sit this one out.

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kruno

2017-12-15 14:34

Texter:

Well it helps to check the loop for leakage before installing it. Nice prize.

It doesn't matter ,leaks can show up later ,plastic cracks ,rubber stiffens and crack it happens.But you know how it is said, who doesn't risk doesn't profit. Water cooling is more riskier then air cooling but it comes with nice prize;lower temperatures.today water cooling it is much safer then it used to be buuut there is always that risk of leakage.

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Goiur

2017-12-15 14:35

Nice!! This is a worth kit and not those shitty AIOs. Good luck all!

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The Laughing Ma

2017-12-15 14:41

Gonna skip this one, already got a full acrylic loop and have decided that the next build will either be a quick and simple AIO or back to old school air cooling.

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schmidtbag

2017-12-15 14:52

kruno:

Water cooling is more riskier then air cooling but it comes with nice prize;lower temperatures.today water cooling it is much safer then it used to be buuut there is always that risk of leakage.

All of that is true, but air cooling has also improved dramatically over the years too. Nowadays, you really only use liquid cooling to make your system a little quieter, or, to reach an extra few hundred MHz that air cooling just can't keep up with. For me, I'd rather save $60+ for an unnoticable performance loss and drown out the extra fan noise with my speakers/headphones.

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kruno

2017-12-15 16:16

schmidtbag:

All of that is true, but air cooling has also improved dramatically over the years too. Nowadays, you really only use liquid cooling to make your system a little quieter, or, to reach an extra few hundred MHz that air cooling just can't keep up with. For me, I'd rather save $60+ for an unnoticable performance loss and drown out the extra fan noise with my speakers/headphones.

NH D-15 🙂;);) but personally i have Scythe Ashura

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zipper

2017-12-15 17:26

Well, on laptop - but my son could use it; so first try was too fast - just found it on the second try.

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chispy

2017-12-15 19:26

I'll pass on this one , i don't needed. Good luck everyone.

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Noisiv

2017-12-15 19:45

chispy:

I'll pass on this one , i don't needed. Good luck everyone.

I'll never participate in another contest. Two years ago I entered contest for OCZ Vertex (without even knowing LOL). That was my first contest, And I won, along with my OCZ Test Panel buddies. And this sweet SSD came on my door at my birthday(!!!) at the time when I was kinda low. Thank you Hilbert! Thanks OCZ. You can't top this, so I am never ever participating in another contest 😀 😀

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Goiur

2017-12-16 12:47

ZXRaziel:

I have read the review again , properly this time and yes all the parts are made of aluminium , that is fine for me , works in the car's and motorbikes just fine ,full copper would be nice but I understand that using cheaper metal makes the system more affordable , nothing wrong with that .

As long as you don't mix different metals while "upgrading" the kit, you will be fine.

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SHS

2017-12-16 12:58

Hilbert Hagedoorn:

In December each workday we will give away a nice prize. That means every day up-to December 31st you will have a chance of winning something. Today we give away an awesome EK Fluid Gaming A240G Liquid Cooling Kit worth € 249. Read more

Ahh man Hilbert it sure would have been nice see that you had gotten EK Fluid Gaming A240R kit then I would enter in that as that the only thing I enter in this years

ZXRaziel:

I have read the review again , properly this time and yes all the parts are made of aluminium , that is fine for me , works in the car's and motorbikes just fine ,full copper would be nice but I understand that using cheaper metal makes the system more affordable , nothing wrong with that .

They don't use copper only brass or aluminum and yes in some old vintage automotive before 1910 which a few had copper tube also had that problem as well with galvanic corrosion I wonder if EK has tested Evans Cooling Waterless Solution