NZXT Kraken X61

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 9 expert reviews

Excellent:

7
Good:

2
Average:

0
Bad:

0

8.8

User Score

Based on 560 reviews
as rated by users

Pros:

Really simple installation
6Year warranty
All cables are adequately braided

Cons:

Really expensive all in one solution
Included fans are loud.

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Last revision on June 29, 2016

Reviewers Liked

Really simple installation
6Year warranty
All cables are adequately braided
RGB Light decorates the CPU block
Long tubing allows for great compatibility

Reviewers Didn't Like

Really expensive all in one solution
Included fans are loud

Expert reviews and ratings

If you are in the market for a top of the line cooler, you will need to consider AIO or All In One Coolers. Basically the middle ground between the mystery of watercooling and the predictable land of air cooling limitations. Unless you have a large...

By hardwareslave.com on January 25, 2016

Share tweet Table of Content: Introduction, Specifications Images of the NZXT Kraken X61 Installation] INSTALLATION You of course need a nice large case to be able to fit this big baby. We were...

By bjorn3d.com on November 26, 2015

Asetek designs have always set a standard in the cooling sector of enthusiast systems. This has been constantly proven by the many aftermarket solutions companies like NZXT that develop coolers using Asetek models. This year, the Kraken X61 has already...

By Benchmark Reviews on July 13, 2015

Another AIO cooler has been put through its paces and while it is safe to say it got the job done, just how good did it do? Well, let's have a recap and see just what I thought about the NZXT Kraken X61 AIO CPU Cooler. When it comes to...

By Play3r on May 29, 2015

The pcG All-In-One liquid CPU cooler round-up continues forward with the biggest cooler in the NZXT line-up the NZXT Kraken X61 , but does bigger necessarily mean better??? The NZXT Kraken X61 arrived at pcG within a large predominately white box. The...

By pcGameware UK on May 08, 2015

When you think about it, a closed-loop liquid cooler (CLC) is an odd thing to put in a computer. Tubes full of water, pumping into a radiator? Sounds like something fit more for a car than a PC. Why not just put a standard air cooler in there? To be...

By Maximum PC on March 10, 2015

the NZXT Kraken X61 Series is a very good product with great design and we especially liked the manufacturing quality It offers really good cooling capacity while maintaining silent operation and good performance NZXT offers several different...

By Ocaholic on May 20, 2015

ALCs (All-contained Liquid Coolers are now regarded as a mainstay in the cooling market, bridging the gap between air cooling and custom water-cooling There are two brands which have recently produced flagship products in this arena and today we are to...

By vortez.net on April 23, 2015

The best coolingperformance is achieved by using the Corsair H100i, a watercoolingkit that can be controlled to the smallest of details by enthusiasts thanks to the included Corsair Link software. The NZXT Kraken X61 cools about the same - better when...

By uk.hardware.info on April 04, 2015

NZXT’s Kraken series of prebuilt CPU water coolers has been around since early 2013 and when they were released, they took the All in One market by storm. Since then, the original X60 and X40 are still among some of the better solutions around but the...

By Hardware Canucks on December 14, 2014

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