Looking for a budget air cooler (<RM100) to replace my intel stock cooler. (LG1155) No overclocking.

Any recommendations? Still the CM Hyper 212?

Gamersnexus test Jonsbo CR1200 apparently very good value only 30+RM.

LGA1155 but what the CPU? Core i7-4960X can boost up to 130W.
Want cheap, SE224 XT/XTS. Jonsbo CR-1000 V2 also looks not bad

If you die die still sticking to what you have, SE 224 XT. If you have upgrade plans, Thermalright Peerless Assasin 120 SE or Phantom Spirit.

ID-cooling SE-35. about rm60

To me CM hyper still the best value for money

The opposite. For what CM is asking for the 212 it has been surpassed in performance by far newer & cheaper cooler designs

Thanks for all the suggestions... in the end, decided to go with Thermalright Peerless Assassin SE (got it at around RM100 after discount)

Installation much harder than expected.
- need to unmount the motherboard from the casing to install the backplate.
- due to the size of the cooler, the cpu fan pin become hard to reach (need to take off the cooler to plug in in the cpu fan pin)
- ram slot blocked by the cooler fan.

performance so far, has been great and more quiet than my previous stock cooler.

This post has been edited by Matchy: Feb 20 2024, 03:03 PM

Thats a very good price for that cooler.

Since you took out the mobo, installation should be more straightforward unless your putting the fan pin after inside the case or perhaps your mobo have funny fan head placements.

Dual towers are generally PITA when it comes to all round space compatibility, wait until you have to take out your GPU and having to reach the release clamp!
For RAM spacing, only Scythe Fuma 2/3 is the only dual tower with perfect RAM compatibility.

Despite that you made the right choice as PA120SE is a dang good cooler which you can reuse when time to upgrade.

i just loosen the mobo a bit to slot in the backplate... didn't took out completely. too lazy to unplug all the power cables/usb cables/etc

oic... since you didnt take out the mobo, yeah its a PITA to fit dual fans connection. I had this issue too with my chunggous Mugen 5 big block cooler in dual push pull fans config. I had to use long nose pliers to place them in as my fingers are too big to fit around haha