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Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE CPU Air Cooler, 6 Heat Pipes Cpu cooler, Dual 120mm TL-C12C PWM Fan, Aluminium Heatsink Cover, AGHP Technology, for AMD AM4 AM5/Intel 1150/1151/1200/1700

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OCCT’s CPU Test was run and HWInfo64 was used to log data for each execution. I then extracted out some key metrics and graphed them for easy review. My goal for the test was to generate heat in a straightforward, repeatable and controlled a manner with various CPU configurations. in the very limited couple days we've had with am5, i've not seen anything to say otherwise. everything i have seen says am4 coolers are compatible.

I wasn't expecting much quality for the fans for the low price but the included fans are crazy good, almost Noctua level for air / low noise. I don't have any results from the Freezer 34 DUO, But with the PA120, I'm in the top 3-7 for the 5600x In testing, it seems that Thermalright however are as good/slightly better than the 9yo D15 (or even 360mm AIOs) despite having way less thermal mass (750g vs 980g) and smaller 120mm fans, unless dealing with 260W load (HC review) Math Geek said:in the very limited couple days we've had with am5, i've not seen anything to say otherwise. everything i have seen says am4 coolers are compatible.

Difficult to increase sample size with multiple TH reviewers. Leaves me wondering about comparison to the Deepcool AS500 (or similar single-tower 140mm coolers, Scythe Fuma 2, etc.) Would be nice if testing can be normalized in a way that allows results to be transferred/combined for larger lists. Intel ® Core™ i7-12700 | GIGABYTE B660 AORUS MASTER DDR4 | Gigabyte Radeon™ RX 6650 XT Gaming OC | 32GB Corsair Vengeance® RGB Pro SL DDR4 | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB | WD Green 1.5TB | Windows 11 Pro | NZXT H510 Flow White I say go for it, you may lose 1-3c but its not that big of a deal. I was running 1 fan on my cooler for a month or so, just to see how it dealt with summer. I have the front fan on right now, but I might take it off since I cant see my ram anymore

I looked at the Peerless Assassin and was initially put off by the installation. But then, what is the guy in the review doing? He complains about the amount of force required and the bend on the MB, but he's installing it where all the corners are elevated on 1 inch high pins? I presume this is the 'professional' way to do it, but wouldn't you put it flat if it was bulging like that? Saw a couple of other installs where they were done on flat surface with ease. I have this cooler on my spare/tv system, 1080ti with day1 3900x, fans only go 50% when using 160w or 65c temps relative performance and sound output when under different heat loads. The comparison is conducted under the following conditions:

Phantom Spirit 120 SE aka PS120SE (7x 6mm heatpipes & 2x TL-C12B V2 fans) is same price range as Peer.ess Assassin SE aka PA120SE w/ 6x 6mm heatpipes & 2x TL-C12C fans). It doesn't come with a screwdriver like some other coolers, but you don't need it because it has access to the mounting screws, unlike some coolers where you need to insert a long screw driver to a tiny hole Also, you can install the fan at the rear instead of the front (like what I have in the picture), if you have room for it.

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