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A Cooler Master Hyper 212 Pro air cooler with its packaging and installed on a gaming PC.

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Pro review

By Jacob Ridley published

Score: 68% Does the legendary cooler still have legs in 2025?

Score: 68%
An Arctic P12 Pro fan on a soldering mat.

The Arctic P12 Pro has earned my vote as the best replacement for ageing radiator fans—here's why

By Jacob Ridley published

Pressurised Affordable, with serious specs.

Pressurised
The best PC fans on a blue background with a PC Gamer recommended badge in the top right.

Best PC fans in 2025: I've put these case fans through their paces to find the coolest and quietest

By Jacob Ridley last updated

Fan-tastic The best PC fans will keep your gaming PC cool and quiet.

Fan-tastic
Corsair's new reverse rotor fans

Corsair introduces cheaper PC case fans with 'reverse rotors' which help those LEDs shine without obstruction

By Hope Corrigan published

news The makers of our favourite fans for RGB lighting have flipped the switch.

news
Arctic and Noctua CPU air coolers on an orange background with the PC Gamer Recommends badge in the upper right hand side.

Best air cooler for CPUs in 2025: keep your processor chilled with one of these budget-friendly and capable coolers

By Jacob Ridley last updated

Air dried Quiet, reliable and affordable—why not consider a CPU air cooler in 2025?

Air dried
A photo of a Lian Li Hydroshift LCD-C LC AIO liquid CPU cooler, as displayed at Computex 2025

Lian Li's new Hydroshift AIO cooler doesn't work properly on some motherboards but it will send you a replacement part if you can't get around the issue in the BIOS

By Nick Evanson published

News The key detail here is that not all motherboard fan headers are the same.

News
Corsair Nautilus 360 RS liquid cooler set-up on a test bench.

Corsair Nautilus 360 RS review

By Jacob Ridley published

Stealthy Great for a stealth build.

Stealthy
A Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360 Core II liquid cooler set-up on a test bench.

Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360 Core II review

By Jacob Ridley published

Keepin' cool Proof that you needn't spend a lot for a cool-running processor.

Keepin' cool
Corsair iCUE Link Titan 360 RX LCD liquid cooler set up on a test bench.

Corsair iCUE Link Titan 360 RX LCD review

By Jacob Ridley published

Flashy Good for iCUE systems, not so much anything else.

Flashy
NZXT Kraken Elite 360 liquid cooler set-up inside a gaming PC.

NZXT Kraken Elite 360 RGB (2024) review

By Zak Storey published

Poppin' Exceptional style, simple installation, and mildly frustrating fans.

Poppin'
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