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EK Fluid Gaming 275-AG Vanquish

WHEN IT COMES TO liquid cooling, EK is the genuine article. Cooling kits and water blocks are the first thing this Slovenian brand offers, but today we’re going a step further, taking a look at one of EK’s fully liquid-cooled gaming systems. This is the 275-AG Vanquish, an absolute powerhouse for gaming, fitted with an EVGA RTX 2080 Super and AMD Ryzen 7 3800X, along with 32GB of high-speed RAM. Sit down for this: It costs $2,700. Yes, that’s a lot of money to drop on a gaming rig, but consider that the CPU and GPU cost $1,200 to buy separately. The Vanquish is expensive, but you get plenty of bang for your buck.

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