Thermalright XP-120 Air Cooler Review

While water cooling will cool as effectively (if not better), and also be near silent as the XP-120, that solution will be much more expensive as well as more difficult to install. We’re not trying to say that the XP-120 is a water cooling replacement, but it’s damn near perfect performance and noise-wise when it comes to air cooling.

Pros: Good performance, excellent quality, universal.

Cons: Large size means the cooler will not fit on all motherboards.

Bottom Line: The performance was very good, regardless of platform. While we were impressed with the performance, the real slam dunk for us is the noise, or lack thereof. You can place a monster 120mm tornado on the XP-120, but using a much quieter 120mm fan is still very effective and one piece of the puzzle if you’re looking into building a silent system without using water.

Thermalright XP-120 Review
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