CPU Cooler Check

Cooler comparison

Cooler Master 240 Core II vs Thermalright Aqua Elite 240 V3

Across the 120 processors either cooler can mount, the two are evenly matched: 120 ties, 0 wins for the 240 Core II and 0 for the Aqua Elite 240 V3.

Reviewed by Farrukh Sufyan SarwarHow we estimate temperaturesPrices verified Model v1.2 · data updated

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Excellent verdicts by socket

Number of processors per socket each cooler keeps in the Excellent band
SocketCPUs240 Core IIAqua Elite 240 V3
AM52521 / 2521 / 25
AM42626 / 2626 / 26
LGA185186 / 86 / 8
LGA17004128 / 4128 / 41
LGA12002013 / 2013 / 20
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Head to head on popular processors

Estimated full-load temperature and verdict for each cooler on the highest-power processors
ProcessorBoost240 Core IIAqua Elite 240 V3
Core i7-13700K253 W96 °CAcceptable fit96 °CAcceptable fit
Core i9-13900K253 W96 °CAcceptable fit96 °CAcceptable fit
Core i9-14900KF253 W96 °CAcceptable fit96 °CAcceptable fit
Core i7-11700K251 W95 °CAcceptable fit95 °CAcceptable fit
Core Ultra 7 265K250 W95 °CAcceptable fit95 °CAcceptable fit
Core i9-12900KS241 W93 °CAcceptable fit93 °CAcceptable fit
Ryzen 9 9950X3D230 W90 °CAcceptable fit90 °CAcceptable fit
Core i7-14700224 W89 °CExcellent fit89 °CExcellent fit
Core i9-13900219 W88 °CExcellent fit88 °CExcellent fit
Core i7-12700KF190 W81 °CExcellent fit81 °CExcellent fit
Core Ultra 9 285182 W79 °CExcellent fit79 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-14600KF181 W78 °CExcellent fit78 °CExcellent fit
Ryzen 9 7900X3D162 W74 °CExcellent fit74 °CExcellent fit
Core Ultra 5 245K159 W73 °CExcellent fit73 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-13500154 W72 °CExcellent fit72 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-12600KF150 W71 °CExcellent fit71 °CExcellent fit