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A Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE cooler on a desk with the fans beside it.

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE review

By Jacob Ridley published

Score: 94% Practically peerless on price/performance.

Score: 94%
An air cooler from Noctua and a liquid cooler from Arctic on a blue background with the PC Gamer Recommended badge in the upper right.

Best CPU coolers in 2026: I've tested the latest liquid coolers and air coolers to find the very best for your CPU

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 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 2026: 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 this year?

Air dried
A photo of Noctua's collaboration with Asetek, an AIO liquid cooler, as displayed at Computex 2025

Noctua once again delays its fan-equipped mouse and 140 mm desk fan but we're still on for the launch of its all-in-one liquid cooler soon

By James Bentley published

News All eyes are on Q2.

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A Be Quiet! cooler at CES 2026.

Be Quiet! keeps the 'consumer' in CES with new PC components including a dashing new Dark Rock 6 cooler

By Jacob Ridley published

CES 2026 Be Quiet! has its eyes on the prize.

CES 2026
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
A promotional image for the Jonsbo TF3-360SCB AIO liquid CPU cooler, focusing on its key selling point: four LCD screens.

RAM prices might be sucking all the joy out of building PCs but four-screen AIO coolers go a little way to bringing a smile back on my face

By Nick Evanson published

News I just think it's neat.

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

The company that invented the AIO cooler has accepted an $85 million buyout offer from a major Chinese electronics group

By James Bentley published

News Asetek's cooling solutions and racing sim developments seem to be what the bidder is after.

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The Hyte Q60 liquid cooler on a yellow background with the words Black Friday on the side.

The Hyte Thicc Q60 is the most ridiculous liquid cooler I've ever used and it's now over half off for Black Friday

By Jacob Ridley published

Black Friday A liquid cooler with its very own screen, processor, and even RAM.

Black Friday
A promotional image for the Thermaltake Minecube 360 Ultra ARGB Sync AIO liquid CPU cooler.

Thermaltake's new Borg-like AIO cooler might look ridiculous with four LCD screens, but its other cool features are far more noteworthy

By Nick Evanson published

News Comes with reversible fan blades that you pop out and wash in water, for example.

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