TINY Beast: Thermalright Peerless Assassin Mini Cooler Review & Benchmarks

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The Thermalright Peerless Assassin Mini is the next in Thermalright's seemingly never-ending avalanche of CPU coolers, and we're reviewing and benchmarking it vs. the original Peerless Assassin. The full Peerless Assassin 120 (PA120) has earned its spot as one of the best CPU coolers in 2024 (so far), and 2023, and 2022, and just generally one of the best value in recent years. This smaller variant cuts a fan, reduces the size, but keeps other elements the same to try and keep Intel and AMD CPUs cool enough while fitting (at least slightly) better in some ITX or smaller form factor cases.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Thermalright Has a Cooler Addiction
02:35 - Silver Soul 135 vs. Peerless Assassin Mini
04:24 - Competition & Alternatives to the Peerless Assassin
05:15 - Mechanical Design
07:15 - Testing Plan
07:55 - Thermals: 200W Noise-Normalized
10:00 - Thermals: 200W Full Fan Speed
10:59 - Thermals: 123W Noise-Normalized
12:38 - Thermals: 123W Full Fan Speed
13:06 - VRM Thermals: 200W Noise Normalized
13:58 - Pressure Scan Testing
15:20 - One of the Best Pressure Scans
16:20 - Peerless Assassin Installation Instructions (Intel & AMD)
20:28 - Straight-Forward
20:45 - Conclusion

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