Good cooler for 12700f?

[Drake5]

I want to change the cooler on my 12700f, currently it's a Cooler Master ML120L V2, temps are reaching about 78c when gaming but usually pretty stable around 70c and I think this might be too hot

Any recommendations ? Probably prefer an air cooler to an AIO

 

[Drake5]

Your temps are a tad on the warm side but are nothing to worry about really.

I have a 12600 non k cooled by a Thermalright Peerless Assassin PA120SE (ARGB version) and using the motherboard bios silent mode my cpu never goes over 55 degrees C when gaming and the fans never ramp up. If buying now the new price performance king is the Thermalright Phantom Spirit PS120SE which has a extra heatpipe and is just 90p more expensive than the PA SE120 for the normal version. The ARGB version is actually cheaper (under £30 which is a steal for a twin tower cooler) and the fans which are the same as on the PA120SE are excellent so that is what I would go for.

I ordered the standard Phantom Spirit 120 earlier on not realising it was the no SE version. Is the difference with the SE version that it's just RGB?

 

[Drake5]

Very little difference performance wise. The main difference would be the finishing of the cooler, one has the plate, the other has the end of the heat pipes exposed. Fans I think is the same.

If I did want to go with the SE version, that one that's ARGB, how do I know if my motherboard supports ARGB? It's a D660 Plus D4