All-In-One (AIO) coolers have been a big deal on CPUs for some time. The Eiswolf Aurora takes the concept of easy, affordable cooling to graphics cards. GPU cooling has always been a bit behind CPU cooling. What’s odd about that is that the GPU is generally used more heavily than the CPU. Alphacool is bringing a huge step for GPU AIOs, and I hope we get to see more innovation in this arena.

Eiswolf Aurora Features

It looks like Alphacool is saving the gory details for CES next month. However, there’s a lot we can tell already by the images. The big news? Looks like the pump is built right onto the side of the block. Come to think of it, this design is not only an excellent idea, but I can’t think of anything that has done this before. The logic is impeccable for aesthetics. You get a completely clear view of the design without having to use vertical mounting. Wonder if it has some RGB lighting involved as well?

The other key feature is the 240mm radiator. That’s a lot of cooling potential for a single graphics card and can no doubt add a lot of performance headroom for gaming over stock cooling. Alphacool also mentioned in their tweet that the Eiswolf Aurora has a silent pump. No doubt the AIO graphics cooler will be a huge improvement over traditional fan/heat sink designs when it comes to noise.

Eiswolf Aurora! The first fullcover AIO water cooler for GPUs!

Release: March 2020 – New Silent Pump

– AIO unit compatible with ALL GPX Aurora Eisblock coolers (Plexi or Acetal)

– Nickel-plated copper cooler If you visit us at the Ceasars Palace in Las Vegas at the CES pic.twitter.com/1RXH29JZKx — Alphacool (@alphacool) December 11, 2019

What We Don’t Know

I already mentioned RGB lighting. While Alphacool doesn’t technically mention anything, the AIO is called the Eiswolf “Aurora.” That already hints strongly at something colorful going on there. Also, we don’t have a full list of graphics cards this is compatible with. It’s safe to assume that only factory default versions of the latest Nvidia RTX and AMD Radeon cards will work. Alphacool already responded to a question about the 2080 Ti K|NGP|N variant with a “don’t think so.”

That said, most users would rather save some money with a basic graphics card version before adding a unit like this. The real question is if we can start seeing innovative CLC designs for graphics cards again. If a company can build a mounting system that would work for after market cards as well, that would be huge custom PCs.

Alphacool is certainly on the right track with the Eiswolf Aurora regardless. I bet we’ll have a lot more details in just a few weeks, so we’ll try and keep an eye on this in the weeks ahead.

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