iBUYPOWER Element CL Vs. EK Fluid Gaming: Custom Water Cooling Punch-out

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Building custom water cooled PCs has been a passion of mine for years, and here is my take on pre-built water cooled PCs by iBUYPOWER & EK Fluid Gaming.

Both PCs have things that are great and things that could have been done better, so in this video I go in pretty deep comparing the two.

This is not about what PC has better or higher end hardware, it's about who did water cooling better. The catch is, they are just very different in their approaches to building their customers quiet running PCs that look great.

To learn more about the iBUYPOWER Element CL go here:

To learn more about the EK Fluid Gaming line go here:

[DaPoets]

Big shout-out to EK Fluid Gaming & iBUYPOWER for helping to make this video series possible!

[ratuldeoun]

I got my Element CL about a month ago and I love it! It's a beast in 1440p gaming.

[clne]

Nice video! I love how you are using a random twig as a pointer :)

[chrissonny]

Hello, Thanks for the video. I have a conquest 250(RX 6700XT/5600X) on order and understand why the built takes so long.... I did think about the Element, but the Motherboard turned me away. I just think over all EK's seem like a better quality setup. For now and the future with new parts coming out. I can see the EK setup's a upgrading a challenge but plan to leave the MB along and focus on the other parts. I do hope the 6700TX GPU stays cooler, there is no extra 240 RAD on the Conquests.

[BudSmoke]

thats it.... i am going custom water cooling. thanks @DaPoets for this awesome content.

[DaveOrtiz]

I purchased a EK Fluid Gaming pc for my birthday last February. Its going on a year of ownership. I am overjoyed with the performance, looks and overall system. I have changed the coolant twice with no issues. Im never getting another pc ever.

[the_real_ick]

I currently own one of the EK Fluid Gaming Vanquish 295's and my previous computer was a "higher end" iBuyPower. There is no comparison between the quality of the EK system compared to iBuyPower. EK has iBuyPower beat because they do not skimp on the details, while iBuyPower will put in cheap unbranded components in places that they think either the consumer a) won't care or b) won't notice. Additionally, the bios and software was all properly configured on the EK Fluid gaming system, whereas I had to update the bios and settings to even get the RAM to run at the speed it was supposed to.

[natevoid]

Sorry I’m a complete noob to pc gaming in general I just ordered that element code in the video and I was looking on google for the back plates for the 3070 with no luck is there a specific brand or something I can try looking up ?

[matthewgorman]

When I try to buy it it just takes me to the bottom of the page and I can’t find it anywhere else ☹️☹️

[joshuasimpson]

I am really considering the 295 conquest thoughts compared to the vanquish?

[redady]

Good analysis 👍🏻
I've o11 xl and 5900X with 3090FE..
Distro Ek face and hardwarelabs 2 rad 360mm
For the wb gpu I've the Bitspower one.. do you think it is important to add a backplate? What do you suggest? Thanks

[jeremynorman]

I just found this channel and just got my element CL, I had no idea that EK made a prebuild water cooled pc, it looks so much cleaner 😭
I'm still happy with my CL tho ❤️❤️

[marcuscarter]

How hot does the 3080 back get, is it more on the 3070 or 3090 side of things?

[vhnetwork]

custom water cooling looks cool, but looks way too high maintenance for me to move past AIO.

[yelnats]

Is it possible to add dye into a closed loop system

[gmanvazgen]

Hey man could you help me out? I went to tustin microcenter today because the site said they have 6600xt's in stock, when I got there the site said there is one in stock, the worker told me theres no more left but when I told him about the site saying they have one left he didnt even acknowledge me, is it possible for them to lie?

[agenteflako]

I need to know which one is the best pc for warzone

[mthwd]

Ek always has the best quality because they never comprise on their products/prebuilts. Ibuypower on the other hand has slightly worse quality but with very good value but to be honest I am surprised with the quality with both of them

[DRVNMADNESS]

the guys has thousands of dollars worth of hardware yet he uses a stick as a pointer ^_^ guess hes on a budget now

[touyang]

dude is using a stick... subscribe yall