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NZXT X41 & X61 CLC Hands-On & Overview

2014-06-22
hey everyone this is steve from gamers nexus dotnet and i am not wearing a GN shirt for once because i'm being really lazy so this is not actually a special occasion but it is somewhat interesting because i'm doing a quick overview here of some new clcs from NZXT I can't benchmark these yet because we're waiting on some software updates for the review samples but I can't show you what we have here so this is the new x 61 and next to me we have the x 41 and these are one digit increments over there x 60 + x 40 predecessors which were also supplied by a stick so these are clcs they are closed loop liquid coolers and we've got one that fits 2 1 40 millimeter fans and one that fits 11 40 millimeter fan and beyond that pretty much the the major changes for these are going to be software side these actually link up to n TFC's new cam software so that's kind of cool it's very useful if you want to control the LED color on the on the top of the pump through cam or if you want to control the pump speed this is a variable pump speed pump go figure on the CLC so that is quite unlike most other CLC's on the market NZXT claims i mean the first however i believe i could change the pump speeds on at least one other products in the past and i think it was an txt 1250 but i may be wrong on that that may have been a fan speed check out our reviews on the website if you want to see what I'm talking about I'm sure it is on there so we have controllable pump speed which ultimately means lower noise levels and you can kind of moderate the thermals in that regard I would imagine for the most part you really don't want to run the pump at max speed because it will be a tiny bit louder for most users you're going to be safe running around the mid-range and then there is a silent setting as well if you are running this on say an htpc where you're really going to notice every tiny amount of noise coming out of the box because maybe it's running your movies or something like that so that's what we've got here I just wanted to show these office again x 61 and the x 41 I cannot yet state whether I think these are worth buying so don't go by them just yet wait for the full review which will hopefully be online by the end of this week depend on one txt guess the drivers going so wait for the full review before buying and just basing off the original x 40 + x 60 they were pretty good coolers I believe the h110 slightly outperformed the x 60 but ultimately in my review i determined that i prefer the x 60 x 40 because they had software control for the fan speeds whereas the h110 did not corsair's iseries coolers are the only ones that use software control so the psalter control makes a huge difference because you can mitigate the noise levels and the noise level on these stock fans can be pretty loud when they're run at maximum voltage this is the fan ntsc has changed the design slightly here it's actually going to absorb sound or absorb vibration excuse me much better now they have these added rubber dampers here on the on the sides the corners where you're actually mounting it and they've got a couple of changes going on just in the chassis of the fan in general I'm sure that is for airflow or thermal purposes i don't really know that it does it does much for you in the way of appearance it does look a little bit cooler but it's a fan so if you cares right so that's what we've got check the subscribe to the channel for the full review when i have that ready for you in the meantime hit the website check out the cool stuff we've got a lot of stuff up there as of this past week and I will see you all next time peace what do I do with all this stuff I'm trapped
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