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Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition against Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 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 Peerless Assassin 120 SE: 84

    26 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 Peerless Assassin 120 SE: 210

    52%to the right

  • Typical price

    Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition: $42

    Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE: $40

    $2to the right

From the spec sheets

  • Heat it holds

    Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition: 180 W

    Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE: 250 W

    39%to the right

The verdict

  • The Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE scores 45% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • Per dollar, the Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE is the better buy: 210 points per $100 against 138.1.

Specifications

SpecCooler Master Hyper 212 Black EditionThermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE
TypeAir towerAir tower
Heat it holds180 W250 W (better)
Size159 mm tall155 mm tall
SocketsAM4, AM5, LGA1700, LGA1851AM4, AM5, LGA1700, LGA1851
BrandCooler MasterThermalright
Released20192022 (better)
Typical price$42$40 (better)

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

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