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An Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro liquid cooler set-up on a test bench with the RGB enabled.

Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 ARGB review

By Jacob Ridley published

Score: 90% The new AIO to buy.

Score: 90%
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 image of a Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360 Core II AIO liquid cooler against a multi-colored pink background, with a white border and a PC Gamer Recommended logo.

The best budget AIO liquid cooler is 10% more budget-friendly in the Prime Day sales, making it 10% better than best

By Nick Evanson published

Prime Day Cooler Master's cooler is even cooler thanks to a cool little discount. Cool.

Prime Day
An Arctic air cooler and Cooler Master liquid cooler on a blue background.

I've kept CPUs cool through the summer with the help of these two affordable coolers: a 360 mm AIO for $90 and Arctic's finest for $38

By Jacob Ridley published

Prime Day Obviously, I didn't use them at the same time.

Prime Day
NZXT Kraken Elite 280 RGB 2024 CPU cooler floats within the PC Gamer teal-gradient deal void. This is the smaller two-fan model, though it still comes with the same 2-inch IPS LCD screen included with the larger, three-fan models.

You too can get Miku Hatsune to dance around the inside of your rig for less, with $60 off my favorite CPU cooler with a screen

By Jess Kinghorn published

Prime Day You could also use it to display your CPU temps—I'm not judging!

Prime Day
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.

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An image of a Cooler Master Hyper 612 Apex CPU air cooler against a teal background with a white border

Cooler Master's super stylish Hyper 612 Apex air cooler is a genuine bargain with this 34% discount

By Nick Evanson published

Deal It's not the quietest or the most powerful of CPU coolers, but it's arguably one of the best-looking ones for the money.

Deal
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
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