Corsair H115i Pro RGB vs NZXT Kraken X62

jwilliamson47 · 22 Mar 2018 at 16:10

Out of the two options mentioned in the title, which would you recommend in terms of cooling, noise, reliability, warranty and looks?

Thanks.

TheVoice · 22 Mar 2018 at 18:15

I've got the Corsair, I'm really happy with it. It's very quiet, and seems to be doing a good job of keeping temperatures down so far.

I considered the Kraken but felt the design of the Corsair one better suited my build and matched my Corsair RAM and PSU better. Plus the pipe connectors on Kraken CPU blocks can intrude towards the RAM slots on some motherboards due to the circular shape.

jwilliamson47 · 22 Mar 2018 at 22:17

Yep, I was worried about the DIMM slot issue and surprised it's not been discussed more. Seems like a fairly big design flaw. The Corsair is cheaper at the moment and I've been put off slightly by the comments regarding NZXT's CAM software. Did you find it easy enough to neatly hide the cabling?

twinsenx · 22 Mar 2018 at 23:08

jwilliamson47 said:
Yep, I was worried about the DIMM slot issue and surprised it's not been discussed more. Seems like a fairly big design flaw. The Corsair is cheaper at the moment and I've been put off slightly by the comments regarding NZXT's CAM software. Did you find it easy enough to neatly hide the cabling?

I have bought corsair few weeks ago to replace my Noctua. There was no issue installing it at all, when it comes to cables please see picture below, this is the best i could achieve.

https://imgur.com/a/hvRQh [/IMG]

jwilliamson47 · 23 Mar 2018 at 00:40

twinsenx said:
I have bought corsair few weeks ago to replace my Noctua. There was no issue installing it at all, when it comes to cables please see picture below, this is the best i could achieve.

https://imgur.com/a/hvRQh [/IMG]

Cheers for that, looks great Is it pretty quiet in a similar way to the Noctua?

Techen · 23 Mar 2018 at 07:47

Warranty nzxt but Corsair purely due to CAM still being a pain in the rear.

twinsenx · 23 Mar 2018 at 08:52

jwilliamson47 said:
Cheers for that, looks great Is it pretty quiet in a similar way to the Noctua?

Noctua is definitely quieter if you run your pc on full whack, when gaming or just normal pc usage i'd say both make the same noise. Just set the fans to low rpm. Pump at standard setting is whisper quiet.

jwilliamson47 · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:32

That's good to hear, I remember the previous Corsair CLCs sounding like a jet engine, glad they include decent fans now.

jwilliamson47 · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:33

Techen said:
Warranty nzxt but Corsair purely due to CAM still being a pain in the rear.

Read quite a bit on CAM and it's made me go Corsair, seems like the software is a mess.

Techen · 23 Mar 2018 at 12:00

jwilliamson47 said:
Read quite a bit on CAM and it's made me go Corsair, seems like the software is a mess.

It is and it's a shame as there hardware and support is super.

gbgt2 · 23 Mar 2018 at 17:38

The non-Pro H115i I had developed some problem (tried reseating it but no dice) but I actually replaced it with another one because it's very good when it works. I have changed the fans for some noctua ones though because the standard fans on the non-Pro version are way too loud IMO.