ThermalrightPeerless Assassin 120 SE CPU Air Cooler,PA120 SE,6 Heat Pipes Cpu cooler,Dual 120mm TL-C12C PWM Fan,Aluminium Heatsink Cover,AGHP Technology,for AMD AM4/AM5 Intel 1851/1700/1150/1200

Very solid air cooler. It keeps my 7800x3d nice and cool and is pretty much silent even when gaming. It’s cheap and performs better than the previous aio I had. It is chunky but does fit nicely and is very easy to setup. Would definitely recommend.

My CPU temps were hitting up to 90-100°C on demanding games with the STOCK intel cooler (was playing Oblivion Remastered, so maybe I should say poorly optimised games lol).I’ve got an i5 14400f paired with an RTX 4070, so these temps were crazy high, and straight up dangerous for my CPU.Now, I know the stock intel cooler is generally not great, but I was not expecting the crazy results that this CPU cooler gave me. I bought this for £27 (I think on sale). And, for £27, it lowered my temps from 90-100°C in Oblivion, to 50-55°C — incredible.This game often utilises up to 70% of my CPU, and sometimes higher, and the fact that I’m getting such low temps is amazing. I was honestly expecting, and hoping for, maybe 70-75°C on this game. I am really pleased with this CPU cooler, and it seems to be working amazingly.It gets kinda noisy in-game, but still NOT as loud as the Stock Intel Cooler. It’s audible when the fans start speeding up in more demanding games/environments, but I assume it’s to maintain those lower temps. If you really wanted to, you could create a custom fan curve, and you’d probably solve this issue. It’s honestly not an issue for me, it’s really not that loud at all. Also, at least it doesn’t turn my room into a sauna like the stock intel cooler!TL;DR: good quality, really nice temps with my CPU, really affordable price, and is compatible with AM4 boards, AM5 I believe as well (double check that), in addition to Intel boards. Can get a bit noisy, create a custom fan curve or buy a more premium CPU cooler or even a Liquid Cooler if you are sensitive or disturbed by fan noise.I used to play PS4 all the time, so I can tolerate fan noise pretty well, since that console was a jet engine. But honestly, it’s not that loud at all, just audible. Even playing with speakers, and no headphones, the fan noise doesn’t bother me.

I’ll admit I bought this because of the cool name, but it lives up to it! Installation was straightforward on my AM5 build (although I did have to watch a YouTube video to double-check the orientation). The dual fans are whisper quiet, and my temps dropped 10°C under load compared to my stock cooler. It’s big, so check your case clearance, but I had no issues. A solid choice for the price, and it looks great through my side panel, too.

Mounting the cooler is relatively easy, however, you have to be careful to not hit/damage other components due to its sheer size. This in itself could also cause problems with higher RAM sticks, or RAM on top of which you want to mount some fans.For instance, I'm using DDR5-8000 memory which gets quite hot under load without cooling (~60C+) so I'm using some top-mounted fans to cool it down. In this scenario, unfortunately I cannot use the ThermalRight cooler as with it mounted, there is no more room for the RAM fans. And no, the front (push) fan on the cooler doesn't help dissipating the heat from the RAM as it sits right on top of it. Moreover, I had to raise the front fan slightly above the heatsink as it wouldn't fit otherwise due to the RAM sticks themselves.The RAM sticks are G-Skill Trident Z series which are not a high-profile RAM like let's say the Corsair Dominator, so if you have the latter, you might run into issues mounting this beast.The cooling performance is rather good, having installed it on an i9-14900K, with Arctic MX6 thermal paste, the load temps were not above 85-86C however, the noise the fans make is very annoying. The fans are audible even at low RPM, let alone in high RPM.Otherwise, the cooler looks nice in white, ARGB lighting is good, however, I could not put up with the fans noise so went for a AIO cooler instead.One of the main advantages of this cooler though is its price, which in this category is unbeatable, incomparably cheaper than an AIO option.So in conclusion, if you're not bothered by the fan noise, possible RAM clearance issues and bulkiness of the unit itself then for this price think no further.

As other reviewers point out, this is a big air cooler, so you need to make sure you have space in your case for it. Even on my full-sized ATX motherboard, it hangs over the RAM slots, so the fan on that side needs to be shifted up a bit, so it doesn't get in their way. It's also so close to the GPU slot that I needed to use a plastic tyre lever to pop open the catch when I needed to remove my GPU.But. . . it's a small price to pay - the cooler and the pair of RGB fans cost about the same as a pair of decent quality RGB fans. The fans themselves seem to compare very favourably to the Arctic F12 PWM fans I use as case fans, and it keeps my Rzyen 5600 nice and cool at fairly low speeds, so my PC doesn't get crazy loud.

The best price to performance air cooler, with a stellar reputation, given an argb twist.This cooler is keeping a 9800x3d in the 60-70 degree range when gaming effortlessly, and idle temperatures are a dream.The fans easily clip to the heat sink, but they can get a bit noisy past 1200rpm. This can easily be remedied though, by using your own fans. However, in my experience the "hum" is tolerable past those speeds.Simply one of the best air coolers out there, especially given its price, and 6 heat pipes.