Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 Black

freeagent · May 26, 2023

tabascosauz said:
One thing the FC140 has over the PA120 is support for 30mm fans (if you run a T30-120 fan swap like me, or if you are waiting for T30-140).

Oh yeah, my fin stacks are pretty messed up from sliding a 30mm fan between them..

Double-Click · Jun 6, 2023

Too funny, so I emailed Thermalright a few days back on this (as of last night nothing).
Today I got an email to buy from Amazon direct for warranty support and it's back in stock.

I'm sure it's 99.99% coincidence, but on the other hand:

Double-Click · Jul 28, 2023

Right...so I've sat on this for over a month, and am finally going to install it this weekend lol.

Question regarding the fans, how are they?
1550rpm doesn't seem too bad full tilt / stock performance-wise they seem fine in benchmarks.

Still have the fans from my U12A though, so figured those + finally setting up a curve would be the way to go (as we have established I am lazy).

tabascosauz · Jul 28, 2023

Double-Click said:
Right...so I've sat on this for over a month, and am finally going to install it this weekend lol.

Question regarding the fans, how are they?
1550rpm doesn't seem too bad full tilt / stock performance-wise they seem fine in benchmarks.

Still have the fans from my U12A though, so figured those + finally setting up a curve would be the way to go (as we have established I am lazy).

They don't stand a chance against A12x25s lol. Just install those and call it a day.

Double-Click · Jul 28, 2023

Yeah that was my knee-jerk reaction (they are pricey fans for a reason), I never looked into the fans on this thing much just the overall benchmarks.

maxfly · Jul 28, 2023

That's what I ended up doing with my pa120 se. The stock fans are decent but not close to the level of a12x25s. They're so much more quiet.

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Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 Black

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