Heck of an Cooler! But just how good are they? The EKWB Nucleus AiO.

0:00 – EK is back from the TRASH
1:03 – Price Breakdown/Comparison
2:47 – Why the Price Difference?
4:14 – Unboxing VS DeepCool
6:14 – Assembly (It’s pretty good now)
9:23 – Performance Comparison
12:01 – Overall Thoughts
12:30 – Outro

Follow me on social!
@Robeytech - Twitter
@Robeytech – Instagram
@Robeytech – TikTok
@Robeytechdeals - Twitter

Want to support? Robeyone use the below affiliate links when you shop at:

Here are tool recommendations, for building a PC

Newegg:

Amazon:

DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! Thank you for supporting Robeytech so I can continue to provide you with free content each week!

#EKWB #Robeytech

About Robeytech:

Justin Robey (Robeytech) is gamer and tech focused streamer that hosts weekly shows dedicated to building PC's and the latest tech news! Justin, a tech-streamer and TechTuber builds custom PCs, and produces how-to-build tutorials, tech information, and tech news videos on YouTube. Robeytech, is dedicated to gamers and fans who want to hang out and talk about games and tech, plus have fun as they journey across the infinite gaming content and learn about building awesome PCs

EKWB Nucleus AiO's are Here! But how good are they?

Robeytech

[bmockeg]

Good video as always! Love the continual comparison with other comparable coolers.

[jawnTem]

I've been a fan of EK ever since I took ownership of their EK AIO Predator, (which still works). dGlad to see someone else that appreciates EK and their quality products. I'm actually waiting on getting one of their 280 versions.

[subodai]

Would love to see more fan speeds, and noise levels, normalised cooler db values to get their best temps when all outputting the same db level

[gabbostress]

i'm happy i bought that for my first build. It's the first time i see a nice review of something i bought

[IamMxfia]

Would love to see if it holds up to the Arctic LF2 360, Arctic pump speed is lower but the thicker radiator is an entire new argument

[paul]

The LCD version seems to be cancelled due to supply issues according to some posts in their Reddit.

[keppycs]

Would've liked to see a D15 in the charts as well. Just so we have an air cooler as easy reference ^^

[LoLander]

I own the EK AIO 360 Basic as well as the EK Nucleus AIO CR 360 LUX D-RGB and I haven't seen much of a huge difference in the installation process. Slightly better cooling, however, I'd be perfectly fine with using either one. Doubly pleased.

[Traibaze]

As mentioned by others, would be great if you could include an acoustic test as well. I bought an EK Elite 360 RGB AIO cooler for my new 12900ks built last year, and while the temps from it were amazing it was quite noisy compared to other AIO Coolers until I set a custom pump fan curve in bios that has it run around 70% most of the time Its still audible at 70% but not too bad, especially with headphones on, but once it goes above 70% speed theres some serious pump whine.

[cheex]

When I saw this AIO I knew it was the one. Full load keeps my 13600k 69degrees max, I love the look of the Cooler too, a bit cheaper than their competitors as well. Expect nothing less from EK considering their top of the line for water cooling anyway

[djtechno]

The AIO refreshes do keep coming this year like you said; what I think I wanna see next is a generation comparison video of the 240mm and 360mm variants of the Phanteks Glacier One series between the original Gen 1 MPH and T30 variants and the new Gen 2 T30 series; seeing if the new pump and radiator thickness influence the overall cooling (tested on a 13900K), judging the RGB effects of the Halos frames (including sticking the frames from the MPH AIOs onto the T30 fans to create the unreleased T30H AIO variants) and seeing which fan is best overall for the AIOs (including putting the MPH fans onto the Gen 2 AIOs and taking each of the three manual speed settings of the T30 into account). I hear Phanteks has pushed the release date of the D30 fans back (which from what I’ve skimmed have slightly reduced airflow and no speed switches) but I’m not sure if that means the Glacier One D30 Gen 2 AIO series is coming out at all seeing as the MPH fans have been left out of the loop for this release.

[ryutsuisen]

I bought the 360mm to pair it with my Ryzen 9 5950x. I do Photogrammetry with my rig and this AIO keeps it really cool and surprisingly quiet as well under full load.

[tomsupf]

Hey Robey.
Thanks for the review. A noise comparison at full loud and the temperature at 40db(a) would be great too.

[RomanGrigorenko]

I wonder how this compares to the new Lian Li Galahad II? what do you think will cool the i913900k better? what do you recommend LIAN LI GALAHAD II LCD or EKWB EK-Nucleus AIO CR360 Lux D-RGB ?

[haies]

Kinda sad you didn’t compare it with a Arctic Liquid Freezer II

[jethrokabigting]

Hi There, I see you removed the pump cover there, is it interchangeable with the vision once it's released? I see that the vision one's will be released on March 30 as per checking their webpage.

[ojislife]

Love this very open about your own opinions and very descriptive i couldn’t decide between this or the deepcool lt720😭

[SLSAMG]

Keeps my stock 14900k running cool, with brief spikes to 88C on a single core. For a game as CPU-intensive as CP2077, that's very impressive indeed, especially on a dark hero, which by default will draw more power than your typical entry level mainboard. My ambient room temperature is 26c, for reference, and for those curious about the noise, it's a bit loud at 3000RPM (highest setting). Overall, if you've got tons of case fans, they will drown out the pump noise.

[DJaquithFL]

Temperature, Durability and Support in consideration of Price is what's important to me. Personally I loathe Corsair's mega-bloated iCue but their hardware component choices are tough to ignore and are in general very reliable due to good choices and attention to QC.

I have both Corsair and EK right now and both are good. Also, newer doesn't necessarily mean better and only time will tell.

[whitemask]

I appreciate that you go a step further and list the price of the products youre reviewing