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The Cooler Master V8 Ace 3DHP installed on a test bench and on its box.
Cooler Master V8 Ace 3DHP review

By Jacob Ridley Published

Score: 85% Proving air coolers are still cool in 2026.

Score: 85%
An Arctic Freezer 36-S on a desk and installed in a gaming PC, with the Freezer 36 nearby.
Arctic Freezer 36-S review

By Jacob Ridley Published

Score: 84% Surprisingly effective for the money.

Score: 84%
The NT-CP1 AM5/4, a cooling pad made by Carbice, is seen applied to a CPU as an alternative to thermal paste.
Noctua aims to effectively banish thermal paste horror stories and gooped-up CPU sockets

By Jess Kinghorn Published

Computex 2026 Keeping your cool.

Computex 2026
Thermaltake TH360 V3 Ultra ARGB Sync outside of a PC case with fans installed.
Thermaltake TH360 V3 Ultra ARGB Sync review

By Zak Storey Published

Score: 88% Surprising value.

Score: 88%
The Thermaltake Minecube 360 Ultra ARGB Sync set up on an open test bench.
Thermaltake Minecube 360 Ultra ARGB Sync review

By Jacob Ridley Published

Score: 70% Four screens, good performance, high price.

Score: 70%
Two Arctic CPU coolers on a blue background with a PC Gamer Recommended badge.
Best CPU coolers in 2026: I've tested the latest liquid and air coolers to find the coolest and quietest

By Jacob Ridley Last updated

Cool Breeze Our picks for the best CPU coolers will have your processor running cool with air or liquid during the hottest gaming sessions.

Cool Breeze
Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro
I know I'll get rinsed by rising costs somewhere when building a PC but my favorite product this year was one of a few things that didn't ask for more money

By Jacob Ridley Published

Gear of the Year Let's give it up for affordable all-in-one liquid coolers.

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Gear of the Year
Xigmatek's giant CPU cooler screen on show at Computex 2025
This ginormous caricature of a CPU cooler screen just about sums up Computex 2025, I think

By Jacob Fox Published

Computex And you'd better believe I'm here for it.

Computex
A gaming PC sat on a desk with purple RGB lighting on the fans and light bar enabled.
Arctic Freezer 36 review

By Jacob Ridley Published

Top notch An all-round excellent air cooler.

Top notch
A Cooler Master Hyper 612 Apex on a desk and installed on a gaming PC.
Cooler Master Hyper 612 Apex review

By Jacob Ridley Published

Apex Looks a million bucks, but costs a whole lot less.

Apex
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