Kraken x61 pump
I would recommend installing something that will shut your pc down if the pump fails and it over heats. My overheat protection is set for 80C. So if for what ever reason the CPU hits 80C, the system will shut down. Rather come home to an off computer, and come home to fried CPU. Topic Quickie 31 months ago.
Arkstar0 1 point 31 months ago. Quickie submitter 1 Build 2 points 31 months ago. Chrike4 1 point 21 months ago. Quickie submitter 1 Build 1 point 21 months ago. I believe it was the fan control in the bios,the pwm percentage. If its too noisy for you, may want to cut down the pump speed x61 should support that. Size is the second factor.
The X31 is nothing special, the larger X41 is good, and the even bigger X61 is excellent. Doubling the radiator's surface area makes the fans' job much easier than using a thicker compact and push-pull dual fans.
Finally, the noise emitted is superb compared to other liquid coolers. The stock fans are the best sounding 14 cm models we've had the pleasure of listening to in some time and they deliver good cooling performance to boot. The pump has an unpleasant sound as do all pumps we've heard but at least the overall noise level is modest. Our chief complaint is that achieving the low noise operation documented here requires a fair amount of creativity and experimentation.
Following NZXT's standard instructions will provide superb cooling performance but not with low noise as we define it. Both the fans and pump have very high top speeds, and the included software can't reduce it as much as is needed. You need other means to slow the fans and the pump down, like a third party controller or the headers on your motherboard, but it's a waste to have all those unused connectors dangling off the base.
The price is another hurdle. It's a shame that the first closed-loop water cooler we can wholeheartedly recommend is so expensive. Still, if you're dead-set on quietly cooling a red hot CPU in a big system and have the cash to spend, then you can't go wrong with the X Update to an Icon.
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