Deciding on whether to buy a product like EK COOLING EK-Velocity RGB Intel¬Æ CPU Water Block or perhaps ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING AM4 Motherboard? You’re in the right place as we’ll take you through all of the specs, features and look at the quality, pricing and reviews of both to help you make the decision on which one to go for.

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EK COOLING EK-Velocity RGB Intel® CPU Water Block vs ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING AM4 Motherboard

EK COOLING EK-Velocity RGB Intel® CPU Water Block specs

EK COOLING EK-Velocity RGB Intel® CPU Water Block
 ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING AM4 Motherboard specs

ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING AM4 Motherboard
Type: CPU water block

Form factor: ATX

Voltage: 12 V

Socket: AMD AM4

FEATURES

Chipset: AMD B450

Processor models supported: AMD Ryzen processors

Pin connection: 4

Operating systems supported: Windows 10

Other features: – material: Acrylic glass
– CPU socket support: LGA1156, LGA1155, LGA2011, LGA1150, LGA2011-3, LGA1151, LGA2066

Memory slots: 4 x DIMM (Max RAM: 64 GB)

GENERAL

Memory standard: DDR4

Multi-GPU support: AMD CrossFire x 3

Colour: Black

INTERNAL CONNECTIVITY
Box contents: – EK Cooling EK-Velocity RGB Intel CPU Water Block
– Thermal paste
– Backplate
– Mounting screws
– Springs

Manufacturer’s guarantee: 2 years

Expansion slots: – PCIe 3.0 (x16) x 1
– PCIe 3.0 (x8) x 1
– PCIe 2.0 (x4) x 1
– PCIe 2.0 (x1) x 3

Storage slots: – SATA x 6 (6 GB/s)
– M.2 x 2

Cooling: – CPU fan 4-pin x 1
– Case fan 4-pin x 3
– CPU OPT 4-pin x 1
– AIO_PUMP connector x 1

Power: – 24-pin ATX x 1
– 8-pin ATX x 1

Sensors: Thermal sensor x 1

USB: – USB 2.0 connector x 2 (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
– USB 3.1 connector x 1 (supports additional 2 USB 3.1 ports)

Other internal connections: – Aura RGB strip headers x 2
– TPM header x 1
– COM port connector x 1
– Front panel audio connector x 1
– System panel x 1
– Clear CMOS jumper x 1

EXTERNAL CONNECTIVITY

Video output: – HDMI x 1
– DisplayPort x 1

USB: – USB 3.1 Gen 2 x 2
– USB 3.1 Gen 1 x 4
– USB 2.0 x 2

Audio: – 3.5 mm jack x 5
– Optical S/PDIF x 1

LAN: Gigabit Ethernet port x 1

Other external connections: PS/2 port x 1

GENERAL

Colour: Black

Software included: ROG GameFirst Technology

Box contents: – MSI B450-A PRO AM4 Motherboard
– SATA 6 GB/s cable x 4
– SATA cable tie pack
– M.2 screw x 2
– Strix door hanger
– ROG Strix stickers
– Extension cable for RGB – 80 cm
– Replaceable PCH nameplate
– User manual
– Driver DVD

Dimensions: 305 x 244 x 65 mm (H x W x D)

Weight: 1.55 kg

Manufacturer’s guarantee: 3 years

Price: £71.99

Price: £130

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Review Score: 8.8 / 10

Review Score: 8.8 / 10


When deciding on whether to buy EK COOLING EK-Velocity RGB Intel¬Æ CPU Water Block or ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING AM4 Motherboard, a very important consideration is the price. So we’re going to spend a bit of time looking at the price of both.

To start with, we looked at the price of the 77 products in the same category as EK COOLING EK-Velocity RGB Intel¬Æ CPU Water Block, which is the PC fans and coolers category. Of these 77 products the average price was £71.97, the most expensive was £339.95 and the cheapest was just £3.95. We then looked at the price of the 69 in the same as the ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING AM4 Motherboard, which of course the average was £372.68, top price was £1860 and cheapest £5.99.

We then looked specifically at the average price of products from Ek Cooling and Asus, the average was £106.66 for Ek Cooling, £599.98 for Asus. The max for each was £339.95/£4499 and minimum was £7/£12.99

Price analysis of EK COOLING EK-Velocity RGB Intel® CPU Water Block

Price analysis of ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING AM4 Motherboard

  • EK COOLING EK-Velocity RGB Intel¬Æ CPU Water Block
  • RGB lighting
  • Finish out your high spec cooling loop with the EK Cooling Velocity Intel CPU Water Block.Great for all modern Intel processors, this water block can even be used with some lower-powered water pumps to make your system run quieter.Advanced RGB lighting gives you loads of colour variations to choose from. And connecting it to your other RGB sync components is quick and painless.
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  • ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING AM4 Motherboard
  • Form factor: ATX
  • Socket: AMD AM4
  • Chipset: AMD B450
  • Memory: DIMM x 4 / Max RAM: 64 GB
  • AMD CrossFire x 3
  • Top features: – Incredible power with support for liquid cooling – Impressive storage and RAM support with room to upgrade to huge specs – Sync all your lighting with ASUS Aura RGB Incredible power The Asus ROG STRIX B450-F AM4 Motherboard is packed with technology that will let you build a great PC. Supporting AMD’s powerful Ryzen processor range, the B450-Fis a solid foundation for both gaming and work PCs. There’s support for both liquid and fan cooling, so you can build a setup that suits any components you choose.Don’t waste time fussing with the little things when it comes to completing your PC build. The ASUS B450-F is designed for easy DIY – the I/O Shield comes pre-mounted, and you can snap all of your components into place.Impressive storage and RAMCompatible with the latest M.2 storage, you can add a superfast SSD to your build – boot up in seconds and jump straight back into your latest project without having to wait ages as things load. And because your SATA ports are freed up, you can pile up huge capacity hard drives and save all your files, important documents and images.Want more performance power? The STRIX Motherboard has enough room for 64 GB of DDR4 RAM, so you’ll be able to multitask as much as you like.Sync all your lightingThe ROG STRIX B450-F has built-in RGB LED lighting, which is compatible with any other ASUS Aura RGB accessories you have. You can sync them all to the same colour, or pick from a huge range of patterns.
  • Product codes: 4718017080279

What’s better EK COOLING EK-Velocity RGB Intel¬Æ CPU Water Block or ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING AM4 Motherboard?

There are obviously a number of differences between EK COOLING EK-Velocity RGB Intel¬Æ CPU Water Block and ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING AM4 Motherboard, but there are several things that you can use when comparing the two. The first of these, which we’ve already covered, is price. Make sure you spend a bit of time deciding how much you are willing and able to spend on your product to really get a good idea if the £71.99 cost of EK COOLING EK-Velocity RGB Intel¬Æ CPU Water Block is closer to the expectation you had than the £130 pricep point of ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING AM4 Motherboard.

Once you’ve nailed down everything there is to know on the price of both, the next step is to really study the reviews. Taking the time to read reviews of both will really help you to decide which is a better product between EK COOLING EK-Velocity RGB Intel¬Æ CPU Water Block and ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING AM4 Motherboard. We looked at the reviews over at Currys PC World for both products and found that EK COOLING EK-Velocity RGB Intel¬Æ CPU Water Block scores out of 10 from reviews. Whereas ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING AM4 Motherboard scores out of 10 from reviews.

It’s also really worthwhile spending the time to look at the key differences between the two products. For that you can use our comparison table about which looks at the main features of both products to give you a clear idea of where one product perhaps benefits over another. When comparing the two it’s a really good idea to have an idea in your mind of the key features that you need from your PC fans and coolers as this will help you to narrow down the products that do or don’t meet your criteria.



EK COOLING EK-Velocity RGB Intel® CPU Water Block



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