ENERMAX Enters the Liquid CPU Cooler Market

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ENERMAX reveals a revolutionary all-in one, closed-loop liquid cooling solution - ELC series. With the innovative patented QSC cold plate technology, ENERMAX is ready to make a milestone and wow liquid cooling aficionados by the new products’ extremely powerful performance. This also brings liquid cooling industry to a whole new level.

Last year, the successful launch of ENERMAX’s high-performance air CPU cooler with the world’s leading thermal resistance performance of 0.09°C/W, showcased ENERMAX’s excellent R&D capability. It also heralded the ambition of ENERMAX to inroad to the cooling solution area. The determination of revolutionizing the conventional liquid cooling solution by providing innovative design was shown by ENERMAX earlier during the 2012 Computex, where the prototypes were showed and made a splash among visiting media. Now with the commitment and intensive endeavors of ENERMAX’s thermal team, the first liquid CPU cooler series finally make their debut.
 
good company, but i have an h60 and h100 and i hate those plastic tubes they use on them. looks the same with these from enermax. i prefer the kind on the antec kuhler
 
illli said:
good company, but i have an h60 and h100 and i hate those plastic tubes they use on them. looks the same with these from enermax. i prefer the kind on the antec kuhler
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agreed. for a full tower case theyre fine, but for any sff case (all my PCs are sff) the rubber tubes on the kuhler are just far superior.
 
BoogerBomb said:
What maxes Enermax's product so "revolutionary?"
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Looks like the new cold plate design is pretty awesome, so should lead to lower temps with less pump action. But I'd wait for the [H] review before anyone labels them revolutionary.
 
"where the prototypes were showed and made a splash among visiting media"
A splash for watercooling is not exactly reassuring.
 
I'm glad more companies are getting into the watercooling game, competition is always good, but I don't see anything "revolutionary" here. It's just looks like another antec/corsair knock off, I'm waiting for someone to really step up their game and give us something on par or close to custom setups. I guess I shouldn't be so quick to judge without seeing some numbers, but there's only so much they can do with these little closed loop setups.
 
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B2BigAl said:
I'm glad more companies are getting into the watercooling game, competition is always good, but I don't see anything "revolutionary" here. It's just looks like another antec/corsair knock off, I'm waiting for someone to really step up their game and give us something on par or close to custom setups. I guess I shouldn't be so quick to judge without seeing some numbers, but there's only so much they can do with these little closed loop setups.
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You give Antec and Corsair too much credit. All these companies rebadge the same all-in-one-cooler product from the same OEM. Same thing that Corsair does with their PSU line.
 
all of these companies have turned to Asetek so it comes down to mounting method, tubes and the fan they ship with.

I actually like that so many companies are offering these sealed units because it will help drive prices down on the low end and they will have to really start to innovate on the high end or else be displaced by air coolers again if they don't give you a better bang for the buck.
 
Mr. K6 said:
It has a fan on it. *rimshot*

But in all seriousness it looks the same as every other all-in-one out there.
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+1 for looks the same

But I guess the difference we might see in a review.
Cooler temps would be nice, if the price is good.
 
B2BigAl said:
I'm glad more companies are getting into the watercooling game, competition is always good, but I don't see anything "revolutionary" here. It's just looks like another antec/corsair knock off, I'm waiting for someone to really step up their game and give us something on par or close to custom setups. I guess I shouldn't be so quick to judge without seeing some numbers, but there's only so much they can do with these little closed loop setups.
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Wouldn't be hard. Just something like the H50, etc. etc. with quick release bits. You could just build a modular system of other prefilled stuff with quick releases (tubes of differing lengths, radiators, different waterblocks, etc. etc.). All the blocks (maybe not chipset) would have pumps in. Would be rediculously easy to setup and maintain. Would be a custom loop on easy mode like building you own system. The quick releases might leak a little, so just have injection rubber bleed ports on the tops of the radiators.
 
DeathPrincess said:
Wouldn't be hard. Just something like the H50, etc. etc. with quick release bits. You could just build a modular system of other prefilled stuff with quick releases (tubes of differing lengths, radiators, different waterblocks, etc. etc.). All the blocks (maybe not chipset) would have pumps in. Would be rediculously easy to setup and maintain. Would be a custom loop on easy mode like building you own system. The quick releases might leak a little, so just have injection rubber bleed ports on the tops of the radiators.
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I'm sure someone's thought of that, and I'm pretty sure it won't be cheap. I mean, just look at how much a pair of QDCs cost. $20+ per QDC pair for each component would drive up costs pretty damn fast.
 
Tsumi said:
I'm sure someone's thought of that, and I'm pretty sure it won't be cheap. I mean, just look at how much a pair of QDCs cost. $20+ per QDC pair for each component would drive up costs pretty damn fast.
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But thats $20 including retail markup for a niche item thats just a few simple bits of metal and rubber. A pump/120mm rad/tubes and fittings is much more than the cost of an H50. Mass produced, mass market, you could get them down to a few dollars.
 
DeathPrincess said:
But thats $20 including retail markup for a niche item thats just a few simple bits of metal and rubber. A pump/120mm rad/tubes and fittings is much more than the cost of an H50. Mass produced, mass market, you could get them down to a few dollars.
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There's too much liability in the design and not enough payoff.
 
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