Best AM5 air cooler around £50?

[PapaLazaru]

To go with this bundle - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...-b550-aorus-elite-ax-v2-bundle-bu-02c-am.html

Might be tempted to spend more if required.

Cheers,

P

 

[pastymuncher]

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE is a fantastic cooler and can be had for £37-45 depending on the version you go for. I have the ARGB version which cost just over £43.

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

As @pastymuncher said peerless assassin
Great cooler and a great price
Not sure about ram clearance using 2 fans on it
He may be able to answer that bit

 

[PapaLazaru]

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE is a fantastic cooler and can be had for £37-45 depending on the version you go for. I have the ARGB version which cost just over £43.

Cheers, not interested in RGB but can't seem to find the black one under £40?

 

[PapaLazaru]

Ah it seems good value anyway so will buy.

 

[pastymuncher]

Cheeky git's have hiked the price since I got mine last week. The non RGB one was £37.30.

As for ram clearance, I have the Team Group 8Pack 3600mhz C14 kit which has tall heatsinks and I had to raise the front fan a little to clear the memory. The cooler itself clears the memory as it has cut out's for the sticks. I posted some images in this thread, post #29.

 

[Glanza]

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x be quiet! Pure Rock 2 FX Black ARGB CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: HS-023-BQ) = £38.99

Total: £41.72 (includes delivery: £2.73)​

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[mickyflinn]

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE is a fantastic cooler and can be had for £37-45 depending on the version you go for. I have the ARGB version which cost just over £43.

I Wonder how much of a temp increase if you removed the front fan , sort of like a Noctua d15s ?

 

[pastymuncher]

You could even mount the fans in pull mode on the rear of each tower if space was at a premium because both the back and front of the towers have fan mounts. I wonder how it would do with fans in push/pull on each tower?

 

[doyll]

Cheers, not interested in RGB but can't seem to find the black one under £40?

Just don't plug in RGB and you have a non-RGB cooler.

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 is probably best performance value out there right now. Thermalright has always made great products!

 

[Noxia]

I'm not happy with the weird fan noise on these. It has a strange almost mechanical whirring noise to it. There are no cables touching the fans. It just has a strange pitch.

Edit, seems it was just one fan with the issue.

 

[Wing-Man]

Hyper 212 black

 

[doyll]

Hyper 212 black

Sorry, but Hyper 212 black or otherwise isn't even close to Peerless Assassin 120's performance.

Hyper 212 was decent economy cooler years ago, but many coolers out-perform at lower prices in recent history

 

[Wing-Man]

Sorry, but Hyper 212 black or otherwise isn't even close to Peerless Assassin 120's performance.

Hyper 212 was decent economy cooler years ago, but many coolers out-perform at lower prices in recent history

no need to be sorry..
TBF i did see the 212 was now a £40 cooler.


what the cost of a Peerless Assassin 120 and who stocks them in the UK?

 

[doyll]

no need to be sorry..
TBF i did see the 212 was now a £40 cooler.


what the cost of a Peerless Assassin 120 and who stocks them in the UK?

OcUK has Hyper 212 Evo V2 for £34.99.

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Quick search of internet for "Thermalright" finds Thermalright Assassin X120 (4x 6mm heatpipe single tower similar to 212) 38% less than your posted price. Before last posting internet pricing of Peerless Assassin 120 models starting at about 1.12 times more you posted. PA120 cools way better than 212.

OcUK rules frown on members posting sources and prices of competition.

 

[EsaT]

no need to be sorry..
TBF i did see the 212 was now a £40 cooler.


what the cost of a Peerless Assassin 120 and who stocks them in the UK?

Even if it cost closer to £30, Arctic Freezer 34 for fair £25 was better choise.


And for sub £40 there's Alpenfohn Brocken 3, currently discounted at £33.
Alpenfohn Brocken 3 CPU Cooler - 140mm (SKU: HS-05A-AL) = £32.99

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[doyll]

Alpenfohn Brocken 3 for £32.99 is good deal.

 

[PapaLazaru]

Cheeky git's have hiked the price since I got mine last week. The non RGB one was £37.30.

As for ram clearance, I have the Team Group 8Pack 3600mhz C14 kit which has tall heatsinks and I had to raise the front fan a little to clear the memory. The cooler itself clears the memory as it has cut out's for the sticks. I posted some images in this thread, post #29.

Got it for £43 in the end, thanks for the advice.

 

[doyll]

So how was it to install and how is it cooling? Always good to have other peeps input.

 

[PapaLazaru]

So how was it to install and how is it cooling? Always good to have other peeps input.

Will let you know once all the bits arrive. The bundle I wanted was out of stock so I built my own but had to use three retailers to get the price down.