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Thermalright Aqua Elite 120 V3 vs Thermalright Frozen Magic 240 ARGB V2

Across the 120 processors either cooler can mount, the Thermalright Frozen Magic 240 ARGB V2 cools better or equally on 120 of them, at $43.90 versus $33.90 on Amazon. The Frozen Magic 240 ARGB V2 is rated 70 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
SocketCPUsAqua Elite 120 V3Frozen Magic 240 ARGB V2
AM52515 / 2521 / 25
AM42626 / 2626 / 26
LGA185182 / 86 / 8
LGA17004116 / 4128 / 41
LGA1200207 / 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
ProcessorBoostAqua Elite 120 V3Frozen Magic 240 ARGB V2
Core i7-13700K253 W100 °CThrottling risk96 °CAcceptable fit
Core i9-13900K253 W100 °CThrottling risk96 °CAcceptable fit
Core i9-14900KF253 W100 °CThrottling risk96 °CAcceptable fit
Core i7-11700K251 W100 °CThrottling risk95 °CAcceptable fit
Core Ultra 7 265K250 W100 °CThrottling risk95 °CAcceptable fit
Core i9-12900KS241 W100 °CThrottling risk93 °CAcceptable fit
Ryzen 9 9950X3D230 W95 °CThrottling risk90 °CAcceptable fit
Core i7-14700224 W100 °CThrottling risk89 °CExcellent fit
Core i9-13900219 W100 °CThrottling risk88 °CExcellent fit
Core i7-12700KF190 W98 °CAcceptable fit81 °CExcellent fit
Core Ultra 9 285182 W96 °CAcceptable fit79 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-14600KF181 W95 °CAcceptable fit78 °CExcellent fit
Ryzen 9 7900X3D162 W89 °CThrottling risk74 °CExcellent fit
Core Ultra 5 245K159 W88 °CAcceptable fit73 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-13500154 W86 °CExcellent fit72 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-12600KF150 W85 °CExcellent fit71 °CExcellent fit