Best cooler on Reddit
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#1
Thermalright
4.4
(198)
"Thermalright Peerless Assassin / Phantom Spirit or Arctic Freezer 36."
"Peerless assassin or phantom spirit. Both are usually under $40"
"Cheapest I’d go. This cooler won best budget cooler on gamers nexus cpu coolers."
"Can I recommend the Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 (or the 120 SE) if those are available to you?"
"The Peerless Assassin is an excellent cooler for the Ryzen 7 7800X3D."
"IMO its the best air cooler on the market, because of its $35-40 price tag."
"Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE is $40 and will cool damn near anything you put it on."
"A phantom spirit would probably be your best bet since you will be able to keep it for a very long time."
"TPA 120 SE is more than enough, especially for this CPU."
"MSI Tomahawk x670e and the Thermalright Phantom Spirit."
#2
Arctic
4.7
(56)
"Artic liquid freezer 3 seems to be the best value for money still."
"Arctic liquid freezer III without a doubt!"
"Arctic Freezer III is considered the best value AIO cooler currently."
"I personally love my arctic freezer and have never seen temps in the 90°C range."
"Arctic freezer 36 is insane value, very good cooling properties."
"There's no point getting anything but an arctic liquid freezer iii 360."
"I’ve got a arctic 420 with a 5800x3D push pull config and it never goes higher than 60 degrees."
"Arctic Freezer 360, or the 420 if your case supports it."
"The Arctic Freezer III 360mm would be my recommendation"
"I'm quite happy with it :) "
#3
Noctua
4.6
(27)
"Noctua has great air coolers!"
"Look good, silent, works perfect."
"Noctua NHD15 is arguably the best CPU cooler on the market."
"I use the U12A black with my 12700KF, keeps temps down very well."
"The Noctua NH-L9A-AM5 is probably the best choice as your case can't fit an AIO."
"Runs whisper quiet and more than ample."
"Classic but a beast."
"Nhd15 never failed me"
"I only use Noctua now."
"I’d opt for a solid air cooler (NH D15 or the Dark Rock Elite)."
#4
Deepcool
4.1
(19)
"If you like deep cool the AK620 is an option."
"Outside of US Deepcool AK620/620 digital around 70$."
"Thermalright Assassin X120 or Deepcool AK400 are great budget options under $50."
"Deepcool AK400, ID Cooling Frozn A410 or Thermalright Assasin Spirit Plus 120 V2."
"Deepcool AG400, Deepcool AK400. Or if you can, Arctic Freezer 36."
"Deepcool ag400 should do it."
"You should look for deepcool."
"AK500 from among those yeah."
"Ak500 is a good one for you."
"I use Deepcool ak500 for 5800x3d."
#5
Phantom Spirit
4.4
(14)
"Eh, go for a Phantom Spirit. Basically tops all of the charts and at less than $40USD still won't kill a budget."
"Phantom Spirit imo."
"Keeps my 9900x at 40-50 degrees idle, even in a case with garbage airflow."
"Yeap is plenty for my 9800X3D , don’t be afraid of only Paying 35$ for amazing air performance."
"Yes but the Phantom Spirit is like the same price and slightly better."
"I have a 9800x3d with a phantom spirit 120 SE. Works great!"
"Phantom Spirit 120 should more than suffice."
"The phantom spirit is slightly better and newer and is good for a 7800X3D."
"I went with Phantom Spirit for this."
"I run a Phantom Spirit 120SE on a 5900X."
#6
Scythe
4.4
(7)
"Fuma scythe 3 gets my vote."
"It's very quiet while also keeping the temps in check."
"I have a Scythe Fuma 3 it’s great for my 5800x3d. $50 on amazon"
"In terms of performance potential, I prefer the **Fuma**."
"I went with Scythe Fuma 3 on my 5800X3D, seems to be working alright."
"I use a Mugen 6 BE with a 7600x, and I'm amazed at how well it cools."
"I suggest getting a Scythe Mugen 6 unless the Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE or the Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE is back in stock."
#7
Peerless
4.5
(6)
"I run a peerless assassin SE with my 9800x3d and it works great."
"I went with the Peerless Assassin 140. Their largest because it could fit in my PC case."
"Get the Peerless Assassin 140. It's a beast but does the job."
"Peerless assassin 120SE works great with my 9800x3d."
"90% of the performance of a Noctua for 50% of the price."
"Peerless assassin 120, get the non SE version, it's quieter and about the same price."
#8
Thermalright Phantom Spirit
4.0
(6)
"Bang for Buck King"
"Dirt cheap and literally headbumps the top dogs like noctua or be quiet"
"Cost around 35$ and can cool any cpu out there"
"Should be $30-$45"
#9
Thermalright Peerless Assassin
4.0
(6)
"Will cool it well"
"Dirt cheap and literally headbumps the top dogs like noctua or be quiet"
"Cheapest air cooler would be thermalright peerless assassin $35 amazon"
"Cost around 35$ and can cool any cpu out there"
"Should be $30-$45"
#10
Peerless Assassin
4.0
(5)
"The peerless assasin mini might work too"
"What about the Peerless Assassin Mini or Assassin spirit?"
"Heatsink Fan: Peerless Assassin or Phantom Spirit."
"A Pearless Assassin or Phantom Spirit would be ad."
"Peerless assassin, great performance for a 3rd the price."
#11
ID Cooling
4.3
(4)
"Gamers Nexus just recently called the id cooling se-214-xt their best budget cooler."
"Deepcool AK400, ID Cooling Frozn A410 or Thermalright Assasin Spirit Plus 120 V2."
"The ID-COOLING SE 214XT does fine at $16 on Amazon."
"It's less than 20 bucks and works as good as one of those cooler master ones."
#12
Cooler Master
4.3
(3)
"Cooler Master Hyper 212 is the gold standard of cheap coolers."
"I'd be inclined to pick up a Cooler Master 212 or Thermalright Assassin 120."
"Even a Evo 212 would handle it."
#13
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120
4.5
(2)
"Best bang-for-your-buck you can get"
#14
RTIC
4.5
(2)
"RTIC is what we have, 3 sizes and they are awesome."
"Check Rtic they have all kinda coolers. Affordable and perform well"
#15
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE
4.5
(2)
"Excellent air cooler at a very affordable price"
"Get something like this"
#16
be quiet!
4.0
(2)
"I have a be quiet! Shadow Rock LP on my 125W CPU, it cools well and it's quiet."
"The cooler idles a couple of degrees above room temperature and performs well under load."
#17
Phantom Spirit EVO
5.0
(1)
"Go for the Phantom Spirit EVO, I bought it for my 9800X3D."
#18
EK
5.0
(1)
"I'm using a EK 360 Elite AIO and temps never exceed 71c even doing a cinebench run."
#19
PS
5.0
(1)
"Air cooler: PS120 hands down"
#20
Royal Knight
4.0
(1)
"Get the Royal Knight or Phantom Spirit to cool it."
#21
AK400
4.0
(1)
"The AK400 will be fine for either CPU."
#22
Pure Rock
4.0
(1)
"I use pure rock 2 on 5700x3d and while gaming I do not pass 62 celsius."
#23
FROZN
4.0
(1)
"$29 FROZN A620SE."
#24
ARCTIC
4.0
(1)
"If you want it for beauty i would recommend taking ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 280 A-RGB."
#25
NZXT
4.0
(1)
"NXZT Kraken 360 non elite, non rgb, with temp lcd is $150.00"
#26
Lian Li
4.0
(1)
"Any 240mm Lian Li gallahad."
#27
Coolermaster
4.0
(1)
"Coolermaster Hyper 212 should do the trick"
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