What’s better, a Nzxt Aio or a Corsair Aio

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Budget (including currency): $160 us

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Streaming, Gaming

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i9-10900K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor	$629.99 @ B&H
CPU Cooler	NZXT Kraken X73 73.11 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$164.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS XII HERO (WI-FI) ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$399.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$134.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$229.99 @ B&H
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Founders Edition Video Card
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	$79.99 @ Best Buy
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$154.99 @ Corsair
Case Fan	NZXT AER RGB 2 52.44 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1794.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-05 13:55 EDT-0400

 

[Zando_]

They're both Asetek coolers. Get whichever you like the look of more, both should have standard warranties and decent support. 

[Enderman]

Both brands are good for AIOs.

[Radioactive Snowman]

Just buy whichever you like the look of they're both great brands. I use an NZXT Z73 and have no complaints with it, I'm assuming all of their other offerings are built to a similar standard.

 

Also CAM and ICUE are both reasonably decent software programs. You should have no issues with either

[Jeppes]

Arctic Liquid Freezer II is better as those have thicker radiators. And you dont need any bloatware to run those.

[ShinRamen]

1 hour ago, Jeppes said:

Arctic Liquid Freezer II is better as those have thicker radiators. And you dont need any bloatware to run those.

Second this recommendation. 

 

If you are after looks then keep in mind that both iCue and CAM both relatively closed ecosystems - CAM Even more so IIRC. ICue does at least have some compatibility with Asus, plus there is more Corsair stuff to add than NZXT. Totally not relevant for performance whatsoever, but I wanted to mention it. 

[Corsair Nick]

On 10/5/2020 at 10:56 AM, Zando Bob said:

They're both Asetek coolers. Get whichever you like the look of more, both should have standard warranties and decent support. 

Not entirely true about the pump depending on which CORSAIR cooler model the OP is looking at from our lineup.

On 10/6/2020 at 10:14 AM, ShinRamen said:

Second this recommendation. 

 

If you are after looks then keep in mind that both iCue and CAM both relatively closed ecosystems - CAM Even more so IIRC. ICue does at least have some compatibility with Asus, plus there is more Corsair stuff to add than NZXT. Totally not relevant for performance whatsoever, but I wanted to mention it. 

Correct, we now support ASUS motherboard lighting control through CORSAIR iCUE.  Newer/current motherboards that support ArmoryCrate/Aura Sync should be all be supported in iCUE.  Older boards, it becomes a case by case.

 

List of older motherboards supported:

https://forum.corsair.com/v3/attachment.php?attachmentid=37222&d=1578350809