Foreign media tested 6 split water-cooled radiators, and half of them had publicity issues.

According to news from this website on March 6, the German media igor'sLAB recently conducted a test on 6 split-type water-cooled radiators to confirm whether the actual products conform to the merchant's promotion. It was found that half of them had problems .

Generally speaking, high-quality split water-cooling radiators should be made of pure copper in the waterway part. The use of copper-zinc alloy (brass) is also feasible but will reduce the heat dissipation efficiency.

Products participating in the test include:

NexXxoS ST30 Full Copper 120mm from Alphacool;

Airplex Radical 2/120 from Aqua Computer;

from CR-RD120RC-TN-V2 from Bykski (abbreviated as "by");

EK-Quantum Surface P120M black version from EKWB;

Black Ice from Hardware Labs (Note from this site: Commonly known as "black ice cold row") Nemesis 120GTS XFlow;

HEATKILLER 120-S Radiator black version from Watercool.

The test results show that Aqua Computer's products only use copper as a metal in the waterway, which conforms to the description; Alphacool's NexXxoS ST30 Full Copper 120mm performs basically well, with slight traces of rust on the solder; in addition, Black Ice Nemesis 120GTS XFlow The parts of the cold radiator that advertise the use of pure copper are correct, but the overall use of brass is relatively large.

The remaining three products have their own problems:

Problems with Bykski CR-RD120RC-TN-V2

Bykski advertises that the radiator uses pure copper (red copper ) waterway, but brass with 20% zinc content is used in some waterways.

▲Bykski official website CR-RD120RC-TN-V2 cold radiator promotion page

▲Bykski CR-RD120RC- TN-V2 waterway test results. Picture source igor'sLAB, the same below

What’s more serious is that the solder on Bykski products obviously contains excessive lead, which violates the one-thousandth requirement of the EU RoHS environmental regulations and should be banned from sale. .

▲Bykski CR-RD120RC-TN-V2 welding test results

CR-RD120RC-TN-V2 cold radiator also showed the presence of auxiliary materials during the test The phenomenon of flux residue indicates that the thread is too soft pure copper.

Bykski officially confirmed that there is a problem with the product, and the small batch products involved will be removed from the shelves and recalled.

EKWB EK-Quantum Surface P120M problem

For EK-Quantum Surface P120M, EKWB claims that it uses "Copper H90" material in waterways, and the test results prove that it refers to It is a brass alloy with a copper content of 90%, and there is a problem of improper promotion.

In addition, the tested samples of EK also had the problem of incomplete flux cleaning.

Problems with Watercool HEATKILLER 120-S Radiator Black Edition

On the HEATKILLER 120-S Radiator Black Edition cold radiator from Watercool, the manufacturer promised that the water channel part is pure copper, but in the actual test it was Brass, false advertising appears. Not only that, igor'sLAB said Watercool also changed its promotional materials after the test article was published, creating the illusion that it was always promoting brass .

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