14 DAY TRIAL // Liquid nitrogen, or liquid helium in rare cases, is what hardcore and/or professional overclockers use when setting up test benches to see what the limits of their CPUs and/or graphics cards are. EK wants to help.
Or, rather, Ljubljana-based premium water cooling gear manufacturer EK Water Blocks wants to make money off the need for these things.
The company has launched the EK-SF3D Critical Point, its first universal graphics card (GPU) liquid nitrogen evaporative cooling solution.
Those who saw pictures of heavy OC sessions, or videos, will remember that the ones doing the clock testing and benchmarks poured liquid nitrogen (or helium, but only nitrogen works here) into large, cup-like reservoirs placed right above and around the CPUs/GPUs.
The same concept is used by EK, although it's possible to use dry ice coolant as well, or so EK's announcement says.
The EK-SF3D Critical Point has a capacity of 190 mL and an operating range of -196°C to +80°C. Its weight (when empty) is of 1.55 kg / 3.41 kilograms.
The product is made of electrolytic grade nickel-plated copper, in order to provide the mass needed to even out the temperature fluctuations. The top extension is made of black anodized high quality aluminum alloy though.
Moving on, inside the package, you'll find the EK-SF3D Critical Point /w pre-installed G80 mounting plate, a universal backplate, mounting screws with thumb nuts, Gelid GC-Extreme 1.5g thermal grease a 2 mm allen key, plus various mounting plates.
Pretty much every modern graphics card on the market should be supported by the EK-SF3D Critical Point. Gelid GC-Extreme premium thermal grease is included in the box.
If it sounds promising, it's probably because EK worked together with Petri “SF3D” Korhonen, an overclocker and extreme evaporation cooler designer from Finland. Sales will start in December 9, for an unknown price.
