Which cooler?

[Joelbanks5]

So I was wondering what liquid cooler I should get. I was thinking either the nzxt kraken x61 or the deepcool captain 360 (my case can do for either one so don't ask that lol) so if you guys could clear this up for me or suggest any better coolers that'd be awesome. 

 

Also im trying to stay below $150 if you decide to throw another option out there. 

[TheHappyJarhead]

kraken x61 is amazing.

[Zyndo]

The Corsair H115i will do a good job as well, but there is no real reason to pick it over the other two you mentioned. Just thought I would put that out there since it wasn't mentioned.

 

There is also the EKWB predator series. I don't know how expensive these are or aren't where you live (they will likely be out of your price range, but they're also a pretty good cooler, and they allow you to directly upgrade to a custom loop in the future and reuse the components if you wanted.

[Joelbanks5]

7 minutes ago, Zyndo said:

The Corsair H115i will do a good job as well, but there is no real reason to pick it over the other two you mentioned. Just thought I would put that out there since it wasn't mentioned.

 

There is also the EKWB predator series. I don't know how expensive these are or aren't where you live (they will likely be out of your price range, but they're also a pretty good cooler, and they allow you to directly upgrade to a custom loop in the future and reuse the components if you wanted.

I'm more of looking for what your opinions are on the two rather than suggestions. But like I said I'm open to them. 

 

What're your opinions on the two?

[Zyndo]

Oh my apologies, I must have misunderstood.

 

Well, the 360 has more radiator space and fans than the 280, so it should provide more cooling potential compared to the X61 (assuming it can fit in your case). However, I've never seen either of these two in action, or directly compared the two, so its hard to say exactly how much one is better than the other.