OMG! … if this is true I am getting one for sure! I’ve been a big fan of Thermoelectric (TEC) coolers way back in the early 2000 … but no one has been able to do it correctly. The problem is to do with condensation, especially when you get temperatures nearing 0 degrees Celsius. And you also get the added problem of power consumption, TECs are extremely power hungry. Let’s hope EK can do it right … cos I WANT one!
Taken from TPU … In a recent YouTube video from Linus Tech Tips titled “The Fastest Gaming PC in the World!…For Now!” a new cooler from EK Water Blocks is shown. The cooler is paired with a binned Intel Core-i9 10900K running 5.4 GHz and 360 mm front radiator. The cooler was largely censored but we can see a number of cables coming off the block including a PCI-E power cable which helps the suggestion that the cooler is a thermoelectric cooling device (TEC) utilizing the Peltier effect to transfer heat from the CPU. Thermoelectric coolers require significant power to run with the EK cooler in question being used in a 1600w power supply system. Thermoelectric coolers aren’t a new invention but haven’t taken off in the PC realm due to power and cost concerns so it will be interesting to see if EK is able to buck the trend.
Source: TPU
And if you’re a Linus fanboi … you can watch the video below.
