Lack of cooperation may give rise to regional water conflicts. Water that is too far outside this scale may not be safe to drink. But take a few minutes to set a custom fan curve in your BIOS or motherboard software, and these coolers offer the best noise-normalized performance we’ve tested so far. And even more impressively, it did all that with a maximum noise level of just 44.4 dBA – and when tied to our test system’s default fan curve during our heavy gaming test, the cooler topped out at just 40.9 dBA. The Phantom Sprit 120 EVO cooled 238 watts in our benchmarking, a result only bested in air coolers by even larger coolers with 140 mm fans, like ID-Cooling’s A770 and Thermalright’s own Frost Commander 140. Even better, all coolers set to run their fans at a quiet 38.2 dBA, The Phantom Spirit 120 EVO EVO was actually the best-performing air cooler we’ve ever tested, beating out those larger, more expensive alternatives. Phone, you have no fans, typically. No need to feed them for weeks – they eat algae on the wall,” says Kodama. “So unlike dogs and cats, you do not have to worry about them while you are on vacation.

By default, Silverstone sets the IceMyst’s fan speeds higher than they need to be, making them louder than necessary. It aslo has a unique fan on top of the CPU block that helps circulate air around the socket, helping to chill VRMs and RAM. Costly coolers from the likes of Noctua and Be Quiet have long dominated both benchmarks and enthusiasts’ perceptions when it comes to top CPU cooling performance. When you’re counting ounces, the Lightweight Wide Mouth comes in clutch. If you’re after a well-performing air cooler with low maximum noise levels, the Mugen 6 and Mugen 6 Black Edition are well worth considering. The cooler’s two 120mm fans did their job of dissipating all that heat at low noise levels, making at just 34.5dB at max speed, and 33dB at 50% speed. Enermax’s LiqMaxFlo SR 120mm SR combines very good thermal performance with low noise levels, at a competitive price. The Phantom Spirit 120 EVO basically bests or matches the performance of Coolers like Noctua’s D15S, while costing not much more than a third of that cooler’s price. But if you set the IceMyst cooler’s fans to a quiet 38.2 dBA, as well as its competitors, Silverstone’s 360mm cooler performed better than any cooler we’ve tested, dissipating 237 watts.

This is the best 360mm liquid cooler on the market right now, without question. Now, she packs her Hydro Flask every day for work as a rock climbing guide in Joshua Tree. The 360mm model we tested performed generally quite well in our testing, but apart from that, this cooler lets you add multiple additional fans (which cost $16 each) on top of the CPU block that can easily be positioned to help cool VRMs, RAM, SSDs, or other nearby components. Plus, if you want to add some additional cooling to components around your CPU, you can do so for as little as $16 extra. The recipient can use the value of the gift voucher towards the cost of any activities listed on our websites, they don’t have to do a helicopter flight. For this reason, car washes have remained popular ever since two Detroit men opened the first one, the Automated Laundry, in 1914. A lot of people wash their own cars at home, but the convenience of an automated car wash and relatively low cost can be hard to beat. But we didn’t observe any difference in thermals between the two modes when tested with our i7-13700K.

Coolers with low-noise modes usually have reduced thermal performance when it’s enabled. Not long ago, Thermalight released its first Phantom Spirit 120 air cooler, which blew us away in terms of its tested performance and price, earning it a rare perfect score. For that price, you get RGB fans and an infinity mirror on top of the CPU block, a tube of one of the best thermal pastes we’ve tested, and shockingly great performance for the price. But if all you care about is keeping your CPU cool and your system quiet while adding some RGB lighting to your rig, ID-Cooling’s FX360 INF is one of the best – and most affordable – 360mm options we’ve tested to date. Lian Li’s latest 360mm AIO raises the bar for closed-loop liquid cooling. But Lian Li included a built-in low-noise/high-performance toggle switch, allowing you to reduce maximum fan speeds and noise levels with the flip of a switch.