EKWB Debuts LN2 Evaporation Cooler

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By Niels Broekhuijsen
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EKWB has released an LN2-based cooling product to cool memory.

EK Waterblocks makes a big lineup of water cooling products, but with the EK-SF3D Triple Point EVO EKWB, it takes things a step further, moving away from the world of water cooling.

This product is built to cool the memory modules and as it is no longer a water cooling product, and we should not expect to hook it up to our water cooling loop. Instead, it is an evaporation tub. The idea is simple: Make sure you mount it on a horizontally placed motherboard and fill the evaporation tub with liquid nitrogen (or place dry ice inside it).

In the box, buyers will find two EK-SF3D Triple Point Module Adapter heat sinks, as well as the Triple Point EVO, which is made of a nickel plated copper base and has a top extension made of acetyl to reduce condensation. They've also included a tube of Gelid GC-Extreme TIM.

The unit is already for sale on EKWB's webstore with an MSRP of €74.95, or $97.26. Two additional EK-SF3D Triple Point Module Adapter heat sinks can be bought for $32.38.

Niels Broekhuijsen
Niels Broekhuijsen

Niels Broekhuijsen is a Contributing Writer for Tom's Hardware US. He reviews cases, water cooling and pc builds.

15 Comments Comment from the forums
  • icraft
    Why would you really need that? Why not pay 1000 for an awesome water cooler that isn't quite as good as this but doesn't require a refill every 6 hours?
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  • slomo4sho
    You have no idea how an evaporation chamber works do you?
    A liquid is heated and evaporates, the vapors rise, cool, condense and condensation falls back down to be heated again. It is a self contained cyclical system.
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  • icraft
    10819705 said:
    You have no idea how an evaporation chamber works do you?
    A liquid is heated and evaporates, the vapors rise, cool, condense and condensation falls back down to be heated again. It is a self contained cyclical system.
    I spent 10 minutes writing a snappy reply and then I decided to erase it all and say this.

    I was wrong and you were right. Though it still seems overkill. No memory I know of on this globe needs that much cooling, even with OC.

    And I can't down vote my old post. Mod or etc, feel free to remove it.

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  • fil1p
    Guys you are missing the point of this, it is not a permanent or daily solution, its made mainly for benchmarking runs with sub zero temps. This allows them to hit higher clock speeds which cannot be attained with water cooling. Although yes it is overkill in most cases.
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  • fil1p
    But I do agree it is overkill in most situations :D
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  • amuffin
    Why?
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  • vmem
    wow, while that's awesome, I honestly don't know anyone who would buy it... I mean that is a seriously limited market...
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  • eklipz330
    this memory cooler i can accept, only because its used to benchmark. all other memory coolers are a WASTE
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  • laststop311
    Only use for this is in combination with LN2 cpu cooling. Memory is the not the bottleneck of the system and really doing this to the memory may allow you a few extra numbers in synthetics and no real world gain.
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  • mrmike_49
    slomo4sho - you apparently didn't read the article: it is an evaporation "tub", NOT a closed system at all. It is a ridiculously expensive, extremely short term cooling method, most likely for benchmarking purposes only
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