CPU Cooler Check

Cooler comparison

Cooler Master 240 Core II vs Thermalright FW360 ARGB

Across the 120 processors either cooler can mount, the Thermalright FW360 ARGB cools better or equally on 120 of them, . The FW360 ARGB is rated 90 W higher.

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 IIFW360 ARGB
AM52521 / 2525 / 25
AM42626 / 2626 / 26
LGA185186 / 88 / 8
LGA17004128 / 4141 / 41
LGA12002013 / 2020 / 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 IIFW360 ARGB
Core i7-13700K253 W96 °CAcceptable fit80 °CExcellent fit
Core i9-13900K253 W96 °CAcceptable fit80 °CExcellent fit
Core i9-14900KF253 W96 °CAcceptable fit80 °CExcellent fit
Core i7-11700K251 W95 °CAcceptable fit79 °CExcellent fit
Core Ultra 7 265K250 W95 °CAcceptable fit79 °CExcellent fit
Core i9-12900KS241 W93 °CAcceptable fit78 °CExcellent fit
Ryzen 9 9950X3D230 W90 °CAcceptable fit76 °CExcellent fit
Core i7-14700224 W89 °CExcellent fit75 °CExcellent fit
Core i9-13900219 W88 °CExcellent fit74 °CExcellent fit
Core i7-12700KF190 W81 °CExcellent fit69 °CExcellent fit
Core Ultra 9 285182 W79 °CExcellent fit67 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-14600KF181 W78 °CExcellent fit67 °CExcellent fit
Ryzen 9 7900X3D162 W74 °CExcellent fit64 °CExcellent fit
Core Ultra 5 245K159 W73 °CExcellent fit63 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-13500154 W72 °CExcellent fit62 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-12600KF150 W71 °CExcellent fit61 °CExcellent fit