Introducing the 2013 Closed-Loop Cooler Line-Up
Dukutek.com - While closed-loop liquid coolers seem to perform at best comparably to
the highest end air coolers, there's a certain appeal in their
flexibility, stress on the motherboard, and sometimes even in cost.
Prolimatech's industry standard Megahalems starts at $70, and that's
before you even put halfway decent fans on it. Meanwhile, closed-loop
coolers are getting to the point where you can find them for under $60.
One of those is Corsair's H55, just one of the coolers we have in for
review today.
Of course, in addition to the H55, Corsair has refreshed their H60,
H80, and H100s with the H60 2013 Edition, the H80i, and the H100i. The
"i" designates Corsair's Corsair Link technology, software that allows
you to control fan speeds from within Windows as well as potentially
integrate and monitor other Corsair peripherals. Not to be outdone, NZXT
hit us with two coolers based on 140mm fans instead of 120mm: the
Kraken X40 and X60. With a 280mm radiator, the Kraken X60 could very
well be the best closed-loop cooler available.
This is all just surface, though. The reality is that these new coolers
are almost uniformly indicative of an evolution of this product type as
a whole. Corsair's H80i and H100i integrate with their existing Corsair
Link software (also supported by their "i" series power supplies),
while NZXT's Kraken coolers also include USB headers and their own fan
speed control software. This kind of integration alone is a smart
differentiation point from air coolers.
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