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Corsair Nautilus 240 RS ARGB vs MSI MAG CoreLiquid A13 240

Across the 120 processors either cooler can mount, the Corsair Nautilus 240 RS ARGB cools better or equally on 117 of them, at $83.48 versus $64.99 on Amazon. The Nautilus 240 RS ARGB is rated 10 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
SocketCPUsNautilus 240 RS ARGBMAG CoreLiquid A13 240
AM52525 / 2521 / 25
AM42626 / 2626 / 26
LGA185186 / 86 / 8
LGA17004128 / 4128 / 41
LGA12002014 / 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
ProcessorBoostNautilus 240 RS ARGBMAG CoreLiquid A13 240
Core i7-13700K253 W93 °CAcceptable fit96 °CAcceptable fit
Core i9-13900K253 W93 °CAcceptable fit96 °CAcceptable fit
Core i9-14900KF253 W93 °CAcceptable fit96 °CAcceptable fit
Core i7-11700K251 W93 °CAcceptable fit95 °CAcceptable fit
Core Ultra 7 265K250 W93 °CAcceptable fit95 °CAcceptable fit
Core i9-12900KS241 W91 °CAcceptable fit93 °CAcceptable fit
Ryzen 9 9950X3D230 W88 °CExcellent fit90 °CAcceptable fit
Core i7-14700224 W87 °CExcellent fit89 °CExcellent fit
Core i9-13900219 W86 °CExcellent fit88 °CExcellent fit
Core i7-12700KF190 W79 °CExcellent fit81 °CExcellent fit
Core Ultra 9 285182 W77 °CExcellent fit79 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-14600KF181 W77 °CExcellent fit78 °CExcellent fit
Ryzen 9 7900X3D162 W72 °CExcellent fit74 °CExcellent fit
Core Ultra 5 245K159 W72 °CExcellent fit73 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-13500154 W71 °CExcellent fit72 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-12600KF150 W70 °CExcellent fit71 °CExcellent fit