It has been a while since we?ve had a chance to take a look at NZXT cooler, but in the past, we?ve been highly impressed with their products. Quite frankly, there hasn't been a whole lot of innovation in the CPU cooler market, because it's just tough to improve on something that's already awesome. Instead, we see a lot of manufacturers adding visual improvements to the coolers to help make them stand out, but this really only helps for those who have windowed cases. Today we?re going to take a look at a trio of NZXT Kraken coolers, called the Kraken X42, X52, and X62. These coolers are updated version of the already successful X41 and X61 with a little added flare and were released just this past November.
NZXT's all-new Kraken coolers are sealed systems based on Asetek hardware and are the third generation of coolers that Asetek provided to NZXT. As previously mentioned, the X42 and X62 are updated versions of the X41 and X61, while the X52 is new to the line-up. The X42 is a 140mm single-fan cooler, the X52 is a 240mm dual-fan cooler, and the X62 is a 280mm dual-fan cooler. Obviously as we increase in size, we should find that the cooler can handle the load that much better. NZXT bringing a 240mm cooler to this line-up will help fit the crowd that doesn't have massive cases.