Review Thermalright Peerless Assassin 140 review: Another banger

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Thermalright’s Peerless Assassin 140 shows that good performance doesn’t need to be expensive.

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[brandonjclark]

Why are there two different sized fans?

 

[Notton]

Why are there two different sized fans?

Because a 140mm would never fit over the RAM sticks. Especially the RGB tall ones that everyone loves.

 

[Heat_Fan89]

This review reads more like a 5/5, performance and price.

 

[tennis2]

@Albert.Thomas are the fins press-fit? Gotta imagine they are for the cost, but wanted to verify.

 

[-Fran-]

I've always wondered how the life/duration* of the fans looks like. The fans look cheap compared to most other coolers, so I guess a revisit for the fans down the line would be good? Well, from people using them.

Everyone wonders in the industry how Thermalright gets away with such low prices, but for us it's great they can and get away with it

Thanks a lot for the great data as always Albert. I hope your AMD system arrives soon

Regards.

 

[newtechldtech]

I've always wondered how the life/duration* of the fans looks like. The fans look cheap compared to most other coolers, so I guess a revisit for the fans down the line would be good? Well, from people using them.

Everyone wonders in the industry how Thermalright gets away with such low prices, but for us it's great they can and get away with it

Thanks a lot for the great data as always Albert. I hope your AMD system arrives soon

Regards.

how can a fan "look" cheap ?

 

[-Fran-]

how can a fan "look" cheap ?

Plastic finish mainly. In the pictures, at least to me so feel free to disagree, it looks like the brittle plastic that could break under stress or in dry conditions.

Regards.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Everyone wonders in the industry how Thermalright gets away with such low prices, but for us it's great they can and get away with it

Isn't that because they sell direct to consumer? I'm pretty sure I've read that. Cut out the middleman, sell for lower price. I could be wrong there though. Can't find the reference now.

I think your statement should be reversed. If TT can produce really good quality units that perform really well, shouldn't the question be, why are other manufacturers charging so much for what are essentially inferior products?

 

[Amdlova]

Why are there two different sized fans?

The truth... Two fans same model can produce a high pitched sound... last month build a ryzen with a thermalright two towers like that. Don't remember what model. But the heat sink comes with two fans same model. Result bad noise.

 

[Albert.Thomas]

Why are there two different sized fans?

Some manufacturers do this to create a "vortex" effect, claiming that it increases overall static pressure.

But it was probably done to save costs and to avoid RAM compatibility issues.

 

[Albert.Thomas]

This review reads more like a 5/5, performance and price.

I very rarely give anything a 5 star review, that is something extremely difficult to get from me.

I did, however, give that to Thermalright's Phantom Spirit 120 EVO

 

[Watermelonn]

@Albert.Thomas are the fins press-fit? Gotta imagine they are for the cost, but wanted to verify.

They are, on most thermalright coolers, the new royal praetor ultra (45$ launch price) will have soldered fins, but according to thermalright they do not contribute to better thermal performance.

 

[Watermelonn]

I've always wondered how the life/duration* of the fans looks like. The fans look cheap compared to most other coolers, so I guess a revisit for the fans down the line would be good? Well, from people using them.

Terrible compared to DBB or true FDB, except 0.5 to 3 years for the tl-c12c, a bit more for the tl-k12, they also have a few DBB fans (that also come with the drawbacks of DBB) that should last nearly indefinitely.

 

[Eximo]

The coolers are cheap enough that you can swap in your own fans is the way I see it. If you don't like the noise they make or they don't last, no big deal.

Only flaw I found with the Peerless Assassin I bought is that for older Intel motherboards it needs to be installed in the old "AMD" orientation to avoid the main PCIe slot. An issue with ITX boards as well.

 

[froggx]

I've always wondered how the life/duration* of the fans looks like. The fans look cheap compared to most other coolers, so I guess a revisit for the fans down the line would be good? Well, from people using them.

Everyone wonders in the industry how Thermalright gets away with such low prices, but for us it's great they can and get away with it

Thanks a lot for the great data as always Albert. I hope your AMD system arrives soon

Regards.

The fans ARE cheap: 3x 120mm for $12. However they are also quite good. I've been running 8x of them in my system for 8 months now (2x on CPU cooler and 6x on case). They perform well, are quite quiet and have shown no durability issues. Although for the price replacing one if it burns out is a non-issue.

 

[froggx]

The truth... Two fans same model can produce a high pitched sound... last month build a ryzen with a thermalright two towers like that. Don't remember what model. But the heat sink comes with two fans same model. Result bad noise.

This is a "YMMV" kinda thing. Got the same kinda build you describe except noise is well within expectations and by no means "bad."

 

[wingfinger]

Since most of us have cases that mount the motherboard vertically, I was wondering how heavy a cooler one should really be using.

Also out of curiosity, I was wondering if you could do something like 2d graph with noise normalized performance and install weight.

 

[brandonjclark]

Because a 140mm would never fit over the RAM sticks. Especially the RGB tall ones that everyone loves.

Ahh, I haven't built in a long time, and even then it was a server (without the lame lights).

 

[Hotrod2go]

Not enough competition among the results to seriously draw a conclusion. For example where are the Thermaltake, Phanteck, Arctic Freezer & Noctua products?
In this article from Tom's they are all absent.

 

[Albert.Thomas]

Not enough competition among the results to seriously draw a conclusion. For example where are the Thermaltake, Phanteck, Arctic Freezer & Noctua products?
In this article from Tom's they are all absent.

The Arctic Freezer 360 and Noctua's NH-D15 (G1) are featured in this review. Noctua NH-D15 G2 results were removed from this review because my sample's fan had noise issues, but if you'd like to see those results they are available here.

I do regret that there are not as many competitor comparison results as my reviews typically contain, however I've only been using this new testing methodology for a short time and it takes time to properly test coolers.

 

[colossusrage]

They don't miss. I've almost converted everything in my house to Thermalright. I've got a 360mm AIO in my main PC, my daughter's is a Phantom Spirit (which is insanely quiet), my racing sim PC has a Peerless Assassin, and all that is left is my wife's which I'm going to upgrade to something low profile from Thermalright since it's in an ITX case.

 

[Hotrod2go]

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