Custom water cooling

joseph9012

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there is nothing special about Krappen AiOs beside that infinity mirror.
https://www.asetek.com/desktop/do-it-yourself/
as you can see, most of the AiOs made on the same factory and other kits can be found for 1/2 the price of the NZXT.
Have a look at Swiftech H220 X2 or H240 X2. They are cheap enough and yet are made of better components. they are also customizeable and expandable.
So you can cut/extend the tubes for the exact length. you can replace the tubes even with hard line ones later and you get to pick colored liquids and lighting.
the real question is why would you want to get into watercooling ?
I mean it can keep outperform air coolers for CPU in both cooling and noise departments, but will cost 3-6 times of best air cooler out there.
AiOs will perform worse than much cheaper air coolers.
Don't get me wrong, I like liquid cooling. It's just it is more of an (very) expensive hobby. It does not really give you meaningful performance boost (100MHz more in overclock is nothing). So if you are on a tight budget, treat yourself with something else like better CPU or GPU or SSD or keyboard/mouse or simply go out and have a few drinks with your friends.

The kit you mentioned, is made of aluminum - so if you want to expand it in the future, you will be limited to the parts from the same series - not so many available at the moment. And not to mention that performance is mostly on par with good air coolers. also the pump is on the weak side - can't handle many components well enough (CPU + GPU + couple of radiators would be too much for it.)
 
there is nothing special about Krappen AiOs beside that infinity mirror.
https://www.asetek.com/desktop/do-it-yourself/
as you can see, most of the AiOs made on the same factory and other kits can be found for 1/2 the price of the NZXT.
Have a look at Swiftech H220 X2 or H240 X2. They are cheap enough and yet are made of better components. they are also customizeable and expandable.
So you can cut/extend the tubes for the exact length. you can replace the tubes even with hard line ones later and you get to pick colored liquids and lighting.
 
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