As we said in the previous review, next to Corsair, NZXT has to be the second-biggest name in the AIO game, and have delivered us products in the past that were all the rage at the time, much like what they are attempting again in their newest X-3 series of sealed loop CPU coolers. Innovation is the name of the game with the new Kraken coolers, where it appears they have tried to think of everything that will benefit both NZXT as well as the end-user.

For those of you who have not glanced at the X53 review of the new Kraken coolers, let's bring you up to speed. NZXT took the latest AIO off the shelf at Asetek and cut, copy, and pasted ideas on it until they came up with what they feel is the next move to where the CLC game is going to go next. Everyone has low-noise fans these days, most companies offer RGB in some form on their coolers, tubing length has been gradually increasing, and many provide competent software suites to take full control of the systems. NZXT does much of that but also includes things like a rotatable top to the head unit, RGB lighting in the head unit, which then also branches out with HUE2 output signal to sync with other NZXT HUE compatible devices, and even increasing the viewable area where the ring effect and logo are displayed.