NZXT Kraken X53 vs Scythe Big Shuriken 3

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...

We'll also be comparing the stock fan, which is only 15mm tall, with a standard height 25mm fan, and see how big of a difference those 10mm make. Let'...

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

Went to downsize my case to free up some wasted real estate. Cooler I had was way to big. This worked perfect in my silver stone mini case. No problems at all