But unlike most of the generic design, the Kraken Z53 is designed to fit in the NZXT ecosystem and compatible with the CAM monitoring software. NZXT has finally announced the latest addition to its Kraken Z series AIO liquid cooler, the Kraken Z53.

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You’ll find two headers on the pump, one for the proprietary cables which we’ve mentioned earlier that is required to power up the pump and the fans connected to it, and the USB cable to connect to the onboard USB header so you can monitor and customize it using the NZXT CAM software. This review will walk you through the features, design, and performance of the NZXT Kraken Z53, showing whether it's worth your money. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page. This simplified mounting mechanism makes maintenance a lot easier and personally, I think is this the most convenient design you can get on an AIO liquid cooler.

Because of its limiting radiator size (240mm is considered small for high-end or enthusiast PC builds), you'd assume the AIO liquid cooler is not up to the task of cooling an AMD Ryzen 9 3900X, but you'd be mistaken. The Z53 is a new addition to the family and it's ideal for smaller systems that don't have plenty of space. The LCD display is clearly the star of the show, allowing you to control it through CAM to show a whole host of data.

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The smaller radiator simply means we have less contact area for the surrounding air to extract heat. Therefore, this is the kind of cooler I’d only recommend if you’re totally into the NZXT ecosystem or have an extra budget to spend on a premium AIO liquid cooler. The pump unit has a customizable LCD display via the NZXT CAM software to display the temperature of your CPU and GPU, a seemingly reasonable feature and aesthetics some users might appreciate. It looks great, offers excellent performance, reasonable customizability with the NZXT CAM software and honestly, I don’t really have much to complain about the Kraken Z53. Rich Edmonds was formerly a Senior Editor of PC hardware at Windows Central, covering everything related to PC components and NAS.This can be easily overcome with a simple change in the installation orientation but it still bothers me a lot. Now with the CPU overclocked, the Kraken Z53 now outperforms all the coolers we have here on the list, even better than the Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L V2 RGB which performs slightly better than it in the previous test set. While you can switch between silent and performance mode in the NZXT CAM software, the Kraken Z53 will give you the same result when the CPU is on load. The only differences here are the idle operating noise and I personally would prefer to go with the silent mode that is almost inaudible when the system is idle. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent.