NZXT CAM Software
Basically, the H6 Flow comes without an RGB controller even in the RGB variant tested here. That means the configuration of the fans has to be realized via an external controller or via a corresponding 5V ARGB connector of the motherboard. Since we were also provided with a NZXT Kraken Elite 360 RGB for the test and I have not yet had any contact with the NZXT CAM software, I would like to discuss it here.
Resources
CAM software, like iCUE, is said to be quite wasteful with resources. Of course, I took a closer look and recorded my observations. With just 1.4MB you could even give the installer of the software to your friends on an old 3.5″ floppy disk. The installer alone won’t get you very far, though, because the rest of the required files are pulled from the Internet during the installation, so the installation folder ends up growing to about 450MB. In times where 1TB SSD storage costs less than 50 cents, you can certainly overlook this, but the fact that the software is constantly running in the background with several processes and about 400MB in memory can have an impact on the performance of the system. It is also annoying that the complete pump and fan control, as well as the small display on the pump, stops directly when the software is shut down and no longer works. If you accidentally quit the program in Zero RPM mode, it can quickly get cozy in the case during gaming.
Monitoring
The software offers a very comprehensive hardware monitoring. Right at the start of the program we get the PC monitoring displayed, which shows the current load, temperatures and running processes.
If we click on one of the components in the overview, we get to see even more information, such as frequencies and power consumption or general info about the respective component.
In the system specifications, the entire installed hardware is listed neatly, including details about the respective components. The direct option to “share” suggests that this function is designed to easily list the installed hardware for less experienced users in case of problems and to provide a quick overview.
At this point, I’ll briefly skip a few points, because the “Mini-Mode” still counts as monitoring in my opinion. The program can show an OSD on which specific data of the hardware can be displayed permanently.
There is also a separate area in the settings for this, where you can select the colors, size, transparency and ultimately the values to be displayed.
Lighting and display
In the lighting menu, we first get an overview of the connected or compatible devices.
Profiles can be created for the lighting, so that separate lighting can be set for each mood.
The LCD of the Kraken Elite AIO can display many things. Besides hardware monitoring and temperatures, animations (clock, GIF images) and even video clips can be played.
The individual values of the hardware monitoring can then also be individualized, whereby there are hardly any limits to creativity.
The RGB controller of the AIO is listed separately. On the info button you can even see how many LEDs are already assigned to the respective channels of the controller.
The controller has automatically detected the connected devices – in our case three F120 RGB Core fans – and lets us control each LED of the fans individually.
Cooling / fan control
This area is actually self-explanatory and should be familiar to most users from their BIOS/UEFI. Depending on the selected temperature (CPU/cooling liquid/…), the speed of the fans and the pump can be adjusted in a fine-grained way. The controller is also able to turn off the fans completely (Zero-RPM) mode.
General settings
In this area the units of measurement, as well as the general program behavior can be set. Who is a little more reserved with the utilization of its data, can deactivate here also still in some places the transmission of user attitudes etc..
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