Noctua NH-L12S vs NZXT Kraken X53

***Cooling*** I think is pretty OK. I don't have a beefy CPU, because I'm shallow and sort of care more about the design and finish of a build than incredible performance. I have a big Noctua NH-L12S heatsink with a Noctua 92 mm NF-A9 9 fan under it. Had to bend the heatsink somewhat to make it work with my motherboard's IO shield

In case you do have an issue, contact NZXT support and they'll provide a usb hub that works as a workaround until they can roll out Krakens with the permanent fix built in or whatever. One more thing to be aware of is that unlike what the manual says there are only 2 viable installation directions if you are planning on the screen facing right side up. It's true that there is a way to rotate the image through the NZXT CAM software but if it isn't installed in one of the aforementioned orientations then unfortunately it wont be able to rotate it to the correct orientation which seems like an odd limitation but it is what it is. Okay so the performance of this cpu cooler is good, but I was honestly expecting just a bit more cooling efficiency from this latest pump design but it misses the mark by a non-insignificant amount

This thing is quiet and runs great! I love how quiet this GPU is. The pump is nice and quiet as well. I tried the Noctua nh-l12s, Blackridge with 25mm fan, the Thermalright axp-100 pure copper with 25mm fan, and this AIO.

72 degrees is not the best in class, but not by a long shot, but it's already something. But what about that badly performing fan? Well, we have two p...