Cryo Cooling Technology Thrives as EK Teams Up with Intel to Introduce New Water Block for 14th Generation Core Processors

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Gamingdeputy reported on February 29 that EK and Intel have cooperated to launch an upgraded version of the EK-Quantum Delta² TEC water block to support the 14th generation Intel Core chip (Raptor Lake Refresh-S) processor.It is mainly equipped with Cryo Cooling thermoelectric cooling technology that Intel has stopped developing.

The full name of EK is Edvard König Water Blocks, EKWB. It is headquartered in Slovenia and was founded in 2003. It is mainly called EK in China and is one of the three major personal computer water cooling companies.

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Launched by Intel at the end of 2020 and only existing for less than three years, this is a cooling solution that combines software and hardware.

This technology utilizes the characteristics of CPU silicon crystal to attach the semiconductor refrigeration chip to the surface of the CPU through a customized water-cooling head, and then uses water cooling to dissipate heat on the other side of the refrigeration chip. Through active cooling combined with the comprehensive design of hardware, firmware, and software, it ultimately reduces the CPU cost. temperature to obtain better overclocking performance. According to actual measurements, it can completely reduce the CPU temperature to 0℃.

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Intel will stop developing Cryo Cooling Technology solutions starting July 1, 2023, and will no longer provide feature, security, or other updates from December 31.

EK has privately cooperated with Intel to further upgrade the EK-Quantum Delta² TEC water block. Gamingdeputy attaches the processors supported by this water block as follows:

  • Intel Core i5-12600K (20 MB cache, Turbo 4.90 GHz);

  • Intel Core i5-12600KF (20 MB cache, Turbo 4.90 GHz);

  • Intel Core i7-12700K (25 MB cache, Turbo 5.00 GHz);

  • Intel Core i7-12700KF (25 MB cache, Turbo 5.00 GHz);

  • Intel Core i9-12900K (30 MB cache, Turbo 5.20 GHz);

  • Intel Core i9-12900KF (30 MB cache, Turbo 5.20 GHz);

  • Intel Core i9-12900KS (30 MB cache, Turbo 5.50 GHz);

  • Intel Core i5-13600K (24 MB cache, Turbo 5.10 GHz);

  • Intel Core i5-13600KF (24 MB cache, Turbo 5.10 GHz);

  • Intel Core i7-13700K (30 MB cache, Turbo 5.40 GHz);

  • Intel Core i7-13700KF (30 MB cache, Turbo 5.40 GHz);

  • Intel Core i9-13900K (36 MB cache, Turbo 5.80 GHz);

  • Intel Core i9-13900KF (36 MB cache, Turbo 5.80 GHz);

  • Intel Core i5-14600K (24 MB cache, Turbo 5.30 GHz);

  • Intel Core i5-14600KF (24 MB cache, Turbo 5.30 GHz);

  • Intel Core i7-14700K (30 MB cache, Turbo 5.60 GHz);

  • Intel Core i7-14700KF (30 MB cache, Turbo 5.60 GHz);

  • Intel Core i9-14900K (36 MB cache, Turbo 6.00 GHz);

  • Intel Core i9-14900KF (36 MB cache, Turbo 6.00 GHz).

The EK-Quantum Delta² TEC kit also includes a dedicated controller. It can be installed in the slot provided for a 120mm fan in the PC case. The controller is designed to control the water pump as part of the TEC plate cooling water block, and the radiator cooling fan as part of the LSS circuit.

EK warns that while the EK-Quantum Delta² TEC delivers impressive performance and provides effective cooling in ultra-intensive single-core workloads and less intensive multi-core workloads (gaming), the water block does not Suitable for overclocking all processor cores and subjecting them to maximum clock frequency for stability stress testing (e.g. Prime 95).

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