Phanteks P500A Digital  It's designed with Intel Core and AMD Ryzen processors in mind and works with both platforms, utilizing included mounting brackets. This applies generally to all 280mm and 360mm radiators, but you get nearly the same cooling area with two 140mm fans as you do with three 120mm fans. When it comes to choosing a Kraken X RGB AIO cooler, it all depends on what size you need the radiator to be.

There isn't any spare thermal paste included with the bundle, so be careful not to make a mess of what's pre-applied to the contact copper plate, but NZXT does back its AIO coolers with a six-year warranty as standard, which is a year more than Corsair and double what's offered by be quiet! Going up to a 360mm AIO is advisable for one of those CPUs because they just have a cooler cold plate and thus have an easier time extracting heat. That's a space heater and all condensed to a 40mm/square single surface area to pull thermals from, with the addition of transistor density and single core complex or CCX.Just seems like the x3d WANTS to reach quite high temps, and that is prioritizes speed before temperatures. Windows Central is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher.

Therefore, the question naturally arises, of whether or not the Kraken Z63 is worth this extra cost – and to whom this product is targeted for. What this all creates is quite the capable cooler on paper, which should be more than up to the task of cooling an Intel Core i9 or AMD Ryzen 9 CPU. The larger CPU block surface area for the LCD infinity effect is a nice touch, so too are the addressable RGB fans.It has a 280mm radiator, two Aer RGB fans optimized for static pressure, and comes equipped with Asetek's 7th gen pump.

For the X63 RGB, CAM makes it easy to adjust lighting and create synchronised effects, as well as control pump speed and apply firmware updates. I think getting a bigger cabinet with better airflow will do more of a difference in my case (pun intended). With everything hooked up as above, the cabling includes RGB output, three-pin AIO, SATA power and USB connector. The results were impressive, with the CPU temperature remaining under 70 degrees Celsius even when the system was pushed to its limits.

The effect makes the block appear hollow in the middle, and the smooth, seamless integration of RGB lighting works really well.

Not to mention most people's laptops still have refreshes of the same skylake dual core mobile i5 that's been around for more than half a decade now. While the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X isn't the most power-hungry CPU around, it can get real hot and can provide a good insight into how a cooler performs, allowing one to gauge whether it's worth using for a lower or higher-tier CPU.After running aida64 for a while, in a moderately hot room (got bad ventilation here), I can reach 91c. Not much has changed in terms of design, which isn't a bad thing as the NZXT AIO range is solid-looking and built to last. NZXT supplies a short cable for attaching the two fans to one another, and a second, longer cable to hook up to the CPU block's RGB output.