Lastly, the new cooler comes with out-of-the-box support for Intel Socket LGA1700, besides AM4 and LGA1200.

Same here, I watched a few reviews about this cooler sometimes ago and I'm looking to pick one up in white.Thermalright’s Peerless Assassin 120 SE is also the only air cooler that has passed my 200W tests when limited to 50% fan speeds, though it did get quite toasty when doing so. It has two 120mm fans that ensure your computer stays cool and runs smoothly, and it's compatible with various types of processors.

The PA120 (non-SE) seems to be an earlier variant and 2mm (157mm) taller that the PA120 SE version (155mm). It is by far the best-performing airr I’ve tested, capable of handling 200W+ with Intel’s Core i9-12900K, while running whisper silent, and it absolutely murders its competition in lower TDP workloads. This new socket marks a big departure for AMD — the company is moving from its long-lived Pin Grid Array (PGA) AM4 sockets to a Land Grid Array (LGA) AM5 layout.

After posting the previous review of DeepCool’s AK500, some of our readers asked us to test Thermalright’s Peerless Assassin 120 SE.