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Rating 4.5 out of 5 stars with 117 reviews

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Customers are positive about the cooling performance, LCD display, and easy installation of the Kraken 280mm Radiator CPU Liquid Cooler. They appreciate its ability to keep their CPUs cool and quiet, and they find the LCD display to be informative and customizable. Customers are also pleased with how easy it is to install the cooler. On the downside, a few customers have mentioned that the size of the radiator and fans can be an issue, especially in mid-tower cases.

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  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Not Cool at all

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I have used NZXT products for years and this is not one of their best. First and foremost the LCD screen is an extreme downgrade over the previous generations. It no longer covers the entire pump but only a small portion in the middle and seems like a much lower quality LCD screen. The cooling of this unit is extremely subpar. I was extremely surprised with how warm my CPU stayed with this cooler. I removed it and re-thermal paste it twice just to make sure there was not an error on my side. As someone that builds between 25 and 50 systems in a year This is one of the worst water coolers that I have encountered.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Open box missing parts

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought this open box “excellent” condition but it was missing parts for the mounting bracket. I had some nuts that fit to hold the pump on temporarily until i can get some that look better. Its a nice cooler but i wish i wish Best Buy would have been more honest about the condition, definitely didnt qualify as excellent.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    check your vram clearance!

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    can't really give a valid review, sadly didn't get to use it the radiator was to big and was hitting my vram heatsink and couldn't get it attached.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend