These new NZXT Kraken series liquid coolers are surprisingly affordable
NZXT launches its new Kraken Plus 360 RGB and Core 360/Core 420 series CPU liquid coolers
NZXT has teamed up with Asetek to create new Kraken Plus 360 RGB and new Kraken Core 360/Core 420 series coolers. All of these new coolers use Asetek’s latest pump designs, with the new Kraken Plus 360 RGB using the new Gen 9 Ingrid pump. The Core 360 and Gore 420 will use Asetek’s Gen 9V Ingrid V platform, focusing on increased value.
Asetek’s new Ingrid pump platform focuses on improved performance and reduced noise levels. Asetek claims up to a “3°C improved thermal performance at typical TDP” with their new Gen 9 pump design over their older Gen 7 pumps. With their Gen 9 pump, Asetek delivers a 100% increase in free-flow rate, while the Gen 9V pump delivers a 63% increase.
NZXT Kraken Plus 360 RGB
NZXT’s Kraken Plus 360 RGB features a F360 RGB single-frame fan, giving users only two cables to route. The cooler also features a 1.8-inch 60 Hz LCD that can be controlled using NZXT’s CAM software. It can display system information, GIFs, and videos.
At $149.99, this cooler is fairly affordable for an LCD-clad liquid cooling solution. With its new Asetek Gen 9 pump, it also promises to be quieter than its predecessor. This cooler is available in black and white.
The Kraken Plus 360 RGB comes in Black or White.
- Cooled by Asetek: Asetek’s new Gen 9 pump works against a copper cold plate, with a suspended impeller that keeps vibration from reaching the case.
- A display that is the pump cap: The 1.8-inch screen fills the cap edge to edge and runs at 60 Hz, so an image, a GIF or a live readout animates smoothly.
- Tuned your way in NZXT CAM: Custom images, GIFs, live system info and web integrations on the display, set in NZXT CAM. Its orientation is adjustable in software, so it stays upright however the block is mounted.
- Three fans, one frame: The included F360 RGB single-frame fan is one unit — two cables to route rather than three fans to mount, with lighting across the whole frame.
- Ready in minutes: A 360 mm aluminum radiator on braided EPDM tubing, thermal paste pre-applied to the cold plate, and universal mounting for current Intel and AMD sockets.
Kraken Core 360 and Core 420
Priced at $79.99 and $99.99, respectively, these large liquid cooling solutions are highly affordable. Yes, they lack RGB lighting, but their Gen 9V pump promises low noise levels, and their single-frame fans make installation and cable management easy.
Unlike the Kraken Plus 360, these new Core series coolers are only available in black. No white models are available for this liquid cooling solution.
Kraken Core 360 and Kraken Core 420
The Kraken Core comes in 360 mm and 420 mm, in Black, with the same cap, pump and cold plate on both.
- Cooled by Asetek: Asetek’s new Gen 9V pump is built to run quiet, with a pump design that keeps vibration from reaching the case.
- Concentric rings under a semi-transparent cap: The cap reveals rings layered inside rather than printing a pattern on the outside, and the magnetic NZXT logo face piece offers 4-way orientation, sitting upright in any mount.
- One fan, one cable: A single-frame static pressure fan tuned for dense radiator fins — three 120 mm fans on the 360, three 140 mm on the 420, on one cable. No hubs and no controllers.
- An aluminum radiator on braided tubing: The nylon sleeve keeps the lines tidy and the tubing bends to a tight route, all in black.
- Straight into any build: Pre-applied thermal paste, a direct connection to the motherboard and broad Intel and AMD socket support.
NZXT’s new Kraken series CPU liquid coolers are available starting today. These new units sit on the more affordable side of the CPU liquid-cooling spectrum, with NZXT’s Kraken Elite series remaining its flagship CPU coolers.
- Kraken Plus 360 RGB — $149.99 AMER / €149.99 EMEA / $149.99 APAC
- Kraken Core 360 — $79.99 AMER / €79.99 EMEA / $79.99 APAC
- Kraken Core 420 — $99.99 AMER / €99.99 EMEA / $99.99 APAC
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