When I wrote my review of Arctic’s Freezer 36, I was inundated with comments telling me to test the Thermalright Peerless Assassin. Subsequently, two of my colleagues recommended the very same cooler as one of their favourite purchases in recent years. So, I bought one, and in this review I’ll cover why my colleagues, and the internet at large, are correct. This thing rules.I purchased the Peerless Assassin 120 SE V2, a version of the cooler with six heatpipes, for £26. It’s currently $33 on Amazon US. Thermalright has around 40,000 variants of any one cooler, all with names using a combination of around ten words, and spanning nine pages on its website. I opted for one of the cheapest available at the time, but if you wanted something prettier, there are many more to choose from.It arrived in a nondescript brown cardboard box, which slightly tempered my expectations for the cooler within. Though I shouldn’t have judge a cooler by its box here; it’s a mighty impressive unit once you remove it from the packaging. It’s much larger than the other budget options I’ve reviewed recently, including the Arctic Freezer 36 and Cooler Master Hyper 212 Pro.It’s a dual-tower cooler, one more than most in this price range, and comes with two 120 mm fans. These are basic units with a not-so-basic name, TL-C12C-X28 V2, and use a fluid dynamic bearing (FDB).Peerless Assassin 120 SE specs(Image credit: Future)Type: Dual-towerDimensions: 125 x 135 x 155 mmHeatpipes: 6 x 6 mmCompatibility:…
