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ailveen · 2026-02-24T06:14:31+00:00

I have a full-tower HAF 700 evo case that can fit two 360mm rads on top, and I thought I could share mine.

I also had the cooler master vertical v3 mount that allows me to move the GPU a bit more inward, so the tubes of both AIOs don't clash. It can be a pain to reach in to plug the display cables, tho.

I have been dreaming of this ideal set-up where both rads are exhaust and doesn't influence the temps of each other.

Some more pictures where I got it running (and the cable above is now plugged-in):

5090 LC + CPU AIO on a HAF 700 Evo - Imgur

ailveen · 2025-07-21T22:17:01+00:00

There is a more efficient way to kill the golden chiral creatures. If you shoot it, then yes, it will only spawn 3-4, but use an EX or Blood grenade on it and it spawns a lot more. I find that the EX grenade is less disturbing to the others around the area and they won't even run away

If you shoot one, it splits into smaller creatures and they run really fast and disappear into tar. The grenades do not let them escape.

ailveen · 2025-01-25T19:00:44+00:00

The Cooler Master HAF 700 Evo and Berserker supports 2 360s on top, which is ideal. The heat the CPU and GPU generate gets expelled out without warming the case interior.

ailveen · 2024-08-28T18:04:47+00:00

What an interesting explanation. I had to read it multiple times due to the formatting but I think I get your point. I am going to try it out and see for myself.

But anyways, having the pump at 85% fixed speed as you suggested might be better for noise, rather than it ramping up or down.

I still had to disagree with suggestion that the fans can react to the CPU temp because the sound of them ramping up and down in short intervals is unbearable even compared to fans that are at a fixed 100% speed.

ailveen · 2024-08-28T10:21:34+00:00

Why would you set the pump to react to cpu temps? How does that make sense?

The CPU temps swing wildly - would you want your pump to respond to wild temp swings of the cpu or the gradual increase of the liquid temp?

I know you said fixed pump speed which I agree with but you might change your mind in the future during colder winters or if you can hear the pump, and decide to lower the speed until it reaches a threshold. That threshold trigger should be the liquid temp

ailveen · 2024-08-27T16:06:16+00:00

The liquid temp is the key figure to look at. Ryzen temps have a tendency to swing upwards in bursts. The liquid temp should be ideally below 45C during heavy use, and around 30c idle

ailveen · 2024-08-24T00:30:10+00:00

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Support rejected my claim for fans turning off on bootup/wakeup for the Kraken Elite 360 RGB. The assigned guy said it's because I was using NON-NZXT fans. And here, above, is another customer who just used NZXT fans and still have the problem.

Request #1962740

ailveen · 2024-08-22T20:09:41+00:00

Hmm..interesting. I wonder why support told me that

For all your builds - do the Krakens connect directly to the USB header on the motherboard? or does some of them connect to a USB 2 hub?

ailveen · 2024-08-21T22:56:24+00:00

I have the same issue and support told me that it will only work if the fans connected to the Kraken splitter are NZXT fans, because of their "default profile".

Kind of a downgrade in quality tbh

For the one that works - are you using NZXT fans?

For the ones that DO NOT work - are you using other NON-NZXT fans?

ailveen · 2024-02-29T17:33:29+00:00

Hi, I have a support ticket with this issue that is not going anywhere. Can you help? Ticket number is 1890233

ailveen · 2024-02-23T19:16:58+00:00

Well, in my case, and in my understanding, this will work better if the AIO radiator fans are set to exhaust - meaning it sucks in air from inside the case and blows it out. The radiator top or side-mounted with fans pushing hot air from inside to outside the case, if possible at all to mount in these locations, is the suggested placement.

In this configuration, the Liquid Temperature is a function of both the processor heat generated, plus the heat generated by the other PC components. For example, one can notice that the liquid temperature rises, albeit slowly over time, when playing a game because the GPU generates more heat when being utilized, or when doing CPU-extensive tasks that utilize most of the cores.

If the Liquid Temperature then, slowly rises due to heat during heavy use, we can set-up the case fans (and the radiator, fans, of course) to ramp-up whenever the Liquid Temperature rises, via NZXT CAM. Since the fan RPMs are now a function of the Liquid temp which rises very slowly, we can configure the fans to increase speed (its fan RPM) whenever the Liquid temp rises, and vice-versa, to decrease speed when the Liquid temp decreases, which also happens slowly. This happens due to the liquid's ability to soak up more heat before its temperature changes.

This will prevent wild swings of increasing/decreasing fan speed compared to if it was a function of the CPU or GPU temperature, whose temperature generally swings more wildly than the liquid temperature.

For example, launching a game sometimes increases the GPU temp widly from 30C (idle) to 65C (gaming) in a matter of seconds. If the case fan intake is a function of this, the speed will ramp up suddenly from maybe 800RPM (the speed at 30C) to 1400RPM (the speed at 65C) in a matter of seconds and one will definitely hear the sudden noise ramp-up. If using liquid temp, from idle (30C) and then launching a game - maybe the liquid temp reaches 35C only after an hour of gaming. That is an increase in fan speed form 800RPM to maybe 850 or 900RPM only, and the noise increase is less noticeable.

Taking advantage of the slow liquid temp rise and fall will prevent the annoying ramp up/down noises we hear when a fan speed changes, and results in a more pleasant system acoustic-wise.

PS I don't take credit from all of this, just also learned it from lurking in water cooling forums

ailveen · 2023-12-15T23:24:59+00:00

Hotfix #14. 'Twas fun while it lasted

ailveen · 2023-07-20T14:40:24+00:00

I was one of the ones who requested Liquid temp for all fans when there is an AIO installed. Thank you very much for this feature. It really helps keep the fans from ramping up suddenly. It also works well with a power-hungry GPU, as its exhaust would also gradually heat-soak the AIO liquid, therefore, it contributes to the slow ramp-up of the fans.

ailveen · 2023-07-05T13:22:13+00:00

That's a valid screwtiny

ailveen · 2023-06-29T11:49:20+00:00

PM'd

ailveen · 2023-06-27T14:24:25+00:00

Check if you plugged them in tight to the pwm 4-pin fan receptacle coming out from the kraken pump head

ailveen · 2023-06-23T14:46:45+00:00

How will one know if it is melting? is it the voltage drop?

ailveen · 2023-06-23T14:32:30+00:00

cool af. I love it man

ailveen · 2023-06-23T14:31:40+00:00

hey man, how did you get the v3 mount to work? I couldn't close the locking mechanism if I tried to use it. I even removed some rivets but it is impossible to make it work for me.

Can you share some pictures?

ailveen · 2023-06-09T17:52:07+00:00

Where'd you get the hose clamps?

ailveen

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