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The launch of the Direct Die product series² by EK, a leading maker of liquid cooling gear, is a big deal in the tech business. This new idea is meant to delid and cool down the best the LGA 1700 socket-based Intel® CPUs from the 12th generation Alder Lake and 13th generation Raptor Lake families².
Der8auer, a well-known expert in delidding and direct die applications², worked with EK to make the Direct Die Cooling line. There are two CPU water blocks in the series, one of which is a Limited Edition. There is also a delidding tool and an update kit for people who already have EK-Quantum Vector² LGA1700 water blocks².
During the delidding process, the integrated heat spreader (IHS) is taken off to make the space between the CPU core die and the CPU cooler’s coldplate smaller. This lets heat go straight from the CPU core to the water block, which lowers the total temperature and makes the temperature difference between CPU cores smaller².
To start this Direct Die series², EK has made a total of four items. So far, these items are made for Intel’s LGA 1700 socket and Intel CoreTM CPUs from the 12th and 13th generations. But it has improvements that help 14th-generation CPUs and doesn’t have many parts in common with the Intel Direct Die water block that came out a year ago³.
The EK-Nucleus AIO CR360 Direct Die D-RGB all-in-one CPU cooler will go on sale in the middle of March. Overclocking expert Der8auer has put a sample of this cooler through its paces in his lab². The data show that there could be 20 degrees Celsius deltas, which could make the product appealing to people who are interested in straight die performance PCs².
As we wait for EK’s Direct Die Cooling line to be released to more people, it’s clear that AI is the power of the future of cooling solutions.
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