Thermalright Aqua Elite 120 V3 AIO CPU Cooler 120mm Liquid Cooling ARGB PWM Fans Intel LGA1150-1200 AMD AM4-AM5

I bought this as a solution to my MSI MAG Coreliquid 360R V2 is off being repaired under warranty. I seriously had my doubts, an AIO cooler for under $50 that would work properly. I went with ThermalRight because I have ThermalRight ssd heatsinks with pwm fans and they have lasted 3 years not a single issue. Well needless to say my doubts have been cleared. I have an i9 12900k LGA1700 socket, one of the hottest running consumer chips. This little 120 mm aio is holding it in check quite nice. Idle temps are 36°c to 38°c and under medium loads it may hit 62°c. Heavy loads 65°c to 72°c. The heavy loads im referencing are AI LLM and AI Training. I run the fans at 100% at all times and the noise is negligible at most. You "hear" the fan and pump but its that low soft hum that really to me is a peace of mind to hear. It is compatible for intel and amd for several socket models. It comes with all necessary mounting hardware and they even throw in their name thermal paste. I use Artic mx-7, but i have heard good reviews on ThermalRights, so i kept it for back up purposes. Im very impressed and have to say ThermalRight is a good company! Install was a breeze. I didnt even need the manual. The manual is in Japanese or Chinese, but it had very easy to follow pictures, so anyone should be able to install it. Once my MSI cooler is back, I am moving this cooler to my i72600 back up rig and I know the temps will be even lower in that rig with a chip that doesnt run so hot. Overall, an amazing product with a low price point to boot! Read more

Had to replace my old cooler it was not cutting it anymore. Temps were running in the 90C range when gaming. was getting tired of being throttled back. Anyway for the price got the 120 V3 cooler. I had another brand before until the pump went out so was on an older air cooler. Long story short installed this cooler it was fairly easy, with clean up and fan removals it took about 40 min. Started it up cooler was quiet was worried that maybe the pump wasn't working but it has to be Idle temp right now is about 97F/37C, running the game that would overheat my CPU now runs at 123F/51C so it's working! definitely worth the money not sure why people feel they need to 240 or 360 but then again I am not a heavy gamer. For my needs this cooler works great. Read more

Fixed the overheating CPU. CPU core was up to 100C and throttling way back on speed. Now down to 45C. Easy to install. Good instructions. Came with thermal grease. Fun father-daughter project. RGB fan very cool. Very quiet. Read more

So far so good! Been running for a couple months now with no issues. Keeps my overclocked CPU cool and quiet. Price is excellent Read more

It runs well and keeps my cpu under temps, very quiet and cheap but durable. And compared to most worth the price. Read more

Having owned this almost a year, it is time to provide my long-term thoughts. I purchased this to cool an AM4 CPU in my homelab, so it has been running almost 24/7 since installation with the included thermal paste. Mounting and installation were straightforward and easy to complete. The LED's on the fan worked well, as did the fan, however the case I utilized for this build did not have windows, so the LED's remained off most of the operational life. Temperature performance for this cooler was slightly below (~8c) that of the Lumen S24 cooler I have on my other computer. As the resvoir is half the size I would say that is comparitively an excellent result. On average the CPU idles around 31c, that is with multiple servers and containers running constantly on the machine that constitute about 10-12% CPU consistently. The only negative note I have is that the fan seemingly failed at around the 8 month mark. However, the fan included is a standard 120mm size and was easily replaced. I haven't noticed any issues since. I would say that dollar for dollar you probably can't beat this cooler for low intensity use cases. I can't speak for CPU intensive, long term use, but it seems stable, well built, and provides numbers lower than expected. Oh, and it's just about as quiet as every other AIO water cooler, so give it a shot (I may have to try some others from Thermalright myself). Read more

Perfect. I have a Ryzen 5 9800X, and I run it fairly hard. Slight overclocking, and in heavy games. Cyberpunk, etc. I've never seen it pass 80 C with this cooler. Absolutely perfect. That price is awesome too. It looks fine, and fits perfect. You have to press fairly hard with the mount, at least for my Ryzen 5, but it has been secure and the tubing is great. I love how it comes with removable tube management. I could buy one of these every year and still save value compared to similar AIOs. Will buy from this brand more often. Read more

Good quality cooler. Easy to install, looks great, and maintains a safe working CPU temperature under high gaming stresses. Fan is very quiet as well. Read more