The Best BUDGET CPU Coolers!

After so many requests, I decided to do a CPU heatsink roundup with almost a dozen of the best budget CPU coolers to see if there's one true winner out there. In this CPU cooler review I'm going to focus on air coolers like the ID Cooling SE-224-XT, DeepCool Gammaxx 400V2, Hyper 212 EVO, Arctic Freezer 34, Vetroo V5, be quiet Pure Rock 2 and more! Some of these are the cheapest air coolers you can buy right now....and yes some are the best.

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0:00 - Best Cheap Air Coolers Intro
1:34 - The Roundup & Prices Explained
2:37 - The Cheap Coolers I've Reviewed
3:08 - The NEW Coolers
3:46 - Average Pricing vs LOWEST Prices
6:21 - Common Features in Budget Coolers
7:02 - Arctic Cooling Freezer 34 CO vs. eSports
8:00 - be quiet! Pure Rock 2
8:29 - DeepCool Gammaxx 400 V2
9:26 - ID Cooling SE-224-XT
10:09 - ToughAir 310
10:55 - Cooler HEIGHTS & Sizes
11:56 - Installation Failures & Successes!
14:25 - Performance Testing EXPLAINED
15:57 - 95W Cooling Performance
16:51 - 38dB / 95W Normalized Performance
17:36 - 125W Cooling Performance
18:45 - 38dB / 125W Normalized Performance
19:41 - 150W Cooling Performance
20:52 - 38dB / 150W Normalized Performance
21:16 - And the BEST Budget CPU Cooler Is

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[Bryan-T]

I love comparisons like this. There are so many products nowadays and essays like this really help.

[VincentAndre_HK]

Thanks Mike for the positive review and top3 position for our Freezer 34 eSports. For the 34 CO, Let me add the mention about the dual ball bearing of the fan that makes it lives for like forever. Congratulations on completing such extensive round-up.

[talldarkshark]

I really like this dude's delivery and calm demeanour. He keeps me focused on the video. Wish you guys did more videos like this. Cpu fans next, maybe?

[soapa]

Just want to say it looks like a ton of time was spent on making this video. Good stuff guys

[nerdonabudget]

Remember the days when the CM Hyper 212 was the go to budget cooler? Seeing them at the bottom of this list, when they come in more expensive then a lot of the coolers shown here is really telling. Cooler Master hasn't done anything really unique with the design for so long and now they've been surpassed. Hopefully this gets them working on the line of Hyper 212 coolers to get more performance out of them because the only time I ever pick them up nowadays is when they go on sale for $20. Any other time I go with the other alternatives for $20-30 since $40 standard pricing for the Cooler Master brand name is NOT worth it.

[lordseph]

Fantastic review! I've been using the Se224xt (white) for a month now and I'm pretty happy with it. Since it comes with an extra set of retention clips, I went ahead and bought another identical fan for a push pull config. Now I'm running the fans slower without changing the performance and having it too loud.

[elgigante]

This video was great. Was looking to upgrade my cpu cooler from a small cheap 92mm tower to a bigger 120mm tower. After watching I went with your pick of the ID Cooling SE-224, and I love it. I like having that extra headroom when it comes to the cooling, and a little extra noise under heavy load isn't too bad on my system. Thanks for all the work comparing all these coolers and making my decision easier.

[Wild_Cat]

How does this video only have 70k views? this is one of the best reviews for products that people can actually afford!

[perdomot]

Excellent work. These kinds of roundups provide the information we need when building our rigs.

[brennenhrebeniuk]

This is by far the best comparison review ive ever seen! You should compare mid tier coolers and high end coolers in two seperate videos as well!

[matiasbeckerle]

Thank you very much for working with and sharing these things!

[mateofantasma]

Great video, a lot of work clearly went into it, and the presentation was clear and informative. Thanks! Also, air coolers is my jam.

[Sykeye]

As a proud owner of a black & red Arctic 34 Freezer Esports Duo cooler, I can only LOVE this video! :)

[troutrl]

i love how thorough this video is thank you!

[seanraf]

Great video! Really appreciate the effort and thought put into it. This helped a ton

[fullmetaflak]

Loved the whole series, and I'm glad you had a lot of fun making it

[johbuldmann]

Great video and I find your presentation very natural already, great job 👏

[KonvoyChief]

Best tech YouTube video I've watched since the start of the human malware situation. In depth, informative and yet still palatable. Must be something to do with the delivery :) Also it helps that it's something that we can buy.

This is really helpful. Thanks for your hard work!.

[isaiahfurrow]

I have seen a few of your videos in the last month or so as I help my son research and choose components for his first build.... this was a really good video, thanks for the content... this video has me deciding to click the subscribe button and heading over to check out what other previous content I have missed... cheers!