Wednesday, April 12th 2017
NZXT Announces the Kraken G12 AIO Liquid VGA Cooling Adapter
NZXT announces today the Kraken G12 kit, allowing users to use their liquid AIOs to better cool their GPUs. Lower temperatures at lower noise improve both gaming performance and experience. By mounting an AIO, like the NZXT Kraken Series, users can significantly lower their GPU's temperatures compared to its stock cooling, increase overclocking performance, and reduce noise output for an improved gaming experience. An update to the previous Kraken G10, the Kraken G12 allows for easier installation and wider compatibility with more than 30 popular liquid AIOs on the market.
"Being able to play the latest games at the highest settings, without sacrificing performance is something all gamers want. While aftermarket graphic cards have improved lately, most stock cooling systems still can't reach the performance level of liquid cooling. That's why we decided to design the updated Kraken G12 to be easier to install and support the latest liquid AIOs" says Johnny Hou, NZXT's founder, and CEO.Kraken G12 main features:
For more information, visit the product page.
"Being able to play the latest games at the highest settings, without sacrificing performance is something all gamers want. While aftermarket graphic cards have improved lately, most stock cooling systems still can't reach the performance level of liquid cooling. That's why we decided to design the updated Kraken G12 to be easier to install and support the latest liquid AIOs" says Johnny Hou, NZXT's founder, and CEO.Kraken G12 main features:
- 40% better cooling over stock GPU coolers
- Newly redesigned bracket for easier installation
- Compatible with more than 30 liquid AIOs on the market
- Cooling: 92mm dedicated fan for both memory and VRM, compatible with aftermarket VRM heatsinks
- Support for both reference and non-reference AMD & NVIDIA designs graphic cards
For more information, visit the product page.
9 Comments on NZXT Announces the Kraken G12 AIO Liquid VGA Cooling Adapter
Will this fit the galax gtx 1060 6gb EXOC edition?
btw no worth, water cooling only gpu, vrams have only FAN :/ so vrams boiling all the time i have it 3 years ago on 7970
if you want cooldown vrams need buy separate vram mini heat sinks
Compatibility - Graphic Cards Nvidia
Titan X, Titan, Geforce GTX 1080, 1070, 1060, 980 Ti, 980, 970, 960, 780 Ti, 780, 770, 760, 680, 670, 660Ti, 660, 580, 570
AMD
RX 480, 470, R9 390X*, 390*, 380X*, 380, 290X*, 290*, 285*, 280X*, 280*, 270X, 270, R7 370, HD7970*, 7950*, 7870, 7850, 6970, 6950, 6870, 6850, 6790, 6770, 5870, 5850, 5830
* Some variations in AMD die height may require the use of a copper shim which is not included.
I asked NZXT what my best options were for the Kraken G12 and they responded with "NVIDIA REFERENCE CARDS OR AMD REFERENCE CARDS". These would be the founders series cards if you do not understand what a"Reference card" is. However, the Kraken G12 can still be used with NON-Reference cards just not with all of them. Most likely if you can install the bracket onto your GPU and the bracket is fully in place without touching capacitors, VRM, VRAM you should be "okay". Please remember you need to make sure the VRM are getting direct cooling from the 92mm fan.
I'm currently waiting to see if NZXT has a list of non-reference cards that the Kraken G12 is compatible with to save us consumers a long time of pain. I am deeply upset at the fact that I bought a G12 bracket and Kraken X62 to find I couldnt use it due to the design. I wont be buying a new graphics card right now so the Kraken X62 is just going to collect dust until I can. Eventually I'll have my GPU cooled just not my current MSI 970.
I don't want to go watercooling way, and middle path would be great.
Why is this not a thing yet?