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Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition against Thermalright Aqua Elite 360 V3

Thermalright Aqua Elite 360 V3 leads on the overall index. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.

Head to head

Scores

Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.

  • Spec score

    Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition: 58

    Thermalright Aqua Elite 360 V3: 76

    18 ptsto the right

Price and value

Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.

  • Value, points per $100

    Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition: 138.1

    Thermalright Aqua Elite 360 V3: 138.2

    0%to the right

  • Typical price

    Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition: $42

    Thermalright Aqua Elite 360 V3: $55

    $13to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Heat it holds

    Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition: 180 W

    Thermalright Aqua Elite 360 V3: 300 W

    67%to the right

The verdict

  • The Thermalright Aqua Elite 360 V3 scores 31% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • The Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition typically costs $13 less.

Specifications

SpecCooler Master Hyper 212 Black EditionThermalright Aqua Elite 360 V3
TypeAir towerLiquid (AIO)
Heat it holds180 W300 W (better)
Size159 mm tall360 mm radiator
SocketsAM4, AM5, LGA1700, LGA1851AM4, AM5, LGA1700, LGA1851
BrandCooler MasterThermalright
Released20192023 (better)
Typical price$42 (better)$55

The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.

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