NZXT Kraken X61

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 9 expert reviews

Excellent:

7
Good:

2
Average:

0
Bad:

0

9.0

User Score

Based on 562 reviews
as rated by Amazon 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

By hardwareslave.com on January 25, 2016 86

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 bjorn3d.com on November 26, 2015 89

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 Benchmark Reviews on July 13, 2015 93

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 Play3r on May 29, 2015 76

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 pcGameware UK on May 08, 2015 90

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 Maximum PC on March 10, 2015 95

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 Ocaholic on May 20, 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 vortez.net on April 23, 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 uk.hardware.info on April 04, 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 Hardware Canucks on December 14, 2014

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 Overclock3D on November 20, 2014

The Kraken X60 has been King of the OC3D torture test charts for quite some time now, proving itself to be the best performing cooler we've yet come across. Indeed in our original review of the X60 back in January 2013 we commented that it was capable of...

By BCCHardware on October 17, 2014

Today we are taking a look at a bunch of coolers from a few different companies and putting them up against each other in a massive cooler showdown. In this article we'll briefly cover each cooler that is going into the ring and then simply take a look...

By SilentPC Review on September 20, 2014

With the promising results of the NZXT Kraken X41, we were optimistic about the larger X61's chances. Frankly, this is the sort of performance we've been awaiting since AIO liquid coolers debuted. After repeated disappointments, the X61 is the first to...

By eTeknix on September 11, 2014

NZXT had a great success story with the X40 and X60 CPU coolers, but since they launched we've seen several rivals come in and steal their thunder, so NZXT have gone back to the drawing board, adding new features and tweaking the specifications of their...

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