EK Direct Die Cooling: 13900KS gains are big

KitGuru teamed up with EKWB to explore the possibility of direct die cooling the Intel 12th generation core processors almost a year ago now. Since our initial videos on this things have moved on quickly with Intel launching 13th Generation Core processors too. Today’s video looks at the final retail limited edition version of the EKWB Quantum Velocity² Direct Die CPU water block which is compatible with both 12th and 13th gen Intel Core processors but how does direct die cooling compare to other solutions?

00:00 Start
00:43 Story so far
01:12 A look at the special edition kit
02:45 EK Delid Tool and accessories
04:05 The block and other bits
06:21 Availability and upgrading
06:50 check out the other videos
07:19 Testing and Installation / baselines
10:52 Deliding process - 13th Gen
13:57 We ran into a problem
15:12 Delidded in the end
15:50 Preparing the board / CPU install
18:44 Block Install
20:28 Performance results

Price and availability:
EK-Quantum Velocity² Direct Die D-RGB - 1700 Limited Edition kit – Sold Out was €294.03
EK-Quantum Velocity² Direct Die D-RGB - 1700 Nickel + Plexi - available on March 17, 2023 if you order it now €167.98
EK-Quantum Velocity² Direct Die - 1700 Upgrade Kit - available on March 17, 2023 if you order it now €92.35
K-Quantum Velocity² IHS Removal Tool – 1700 (delid tool) - available on March 17, 2023 if you order it now €62.94

Test System Specification:

• CPU – Intel Core i9-13900KS
• Motherboard – Z790 Aorus Master
• Memory – 32GB Kit (2 x 16GB Modules) Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5-6000
• Graphics Card – Zotac RTX 4070 Ti AMP Extreme AIRO
• Storage – 500GB Corsair MP600 PCIe Gen4 M.2 NVME SSD
• CPU Cooler – Various
• Power Supply – Seasonic Prime TX-1000 80+ Titanium 1KW
• Chassis – Open Test Bench
• Chassis Fans – N/A
• Operating System - Windows 11

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