Cooling Kings: Top CPU Air Coolers That CRUSH the Heat in 2025! @Mr_Matt

Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

#gamingpc #pcbuild #pccooling - From low cost, to high performance and everything in-between! Let's take a look at some of the best CPU air coolers you can buy right now in 2025.

All of the PC build clips featured here have been taken from other videos right here on the channel. Please do browse through if something caught your eye to see the full build video, cinematics and hardware specs!

Timecodes, though I don't recommend skipping for visual narrative reasons!

00:00 - Introduction to Air Coolers
01:15 - ID Cooling's Small Form Cooler
02:32 - Arctic Freezes the Competition
04:02 - Be Quiet's Stealthy Giant
05:30 - Noctua's GOAT
07:42 - Noctua's Larger GOAT
10:02 - Thermalright Hits The Spot
10:50 - Scythe Goes Hard
11:45 - To Summarise...
12:37 - The LARGEST Cooler EVER

When it comes to air cooling your CPU, there are so many options readily available. Of course, there are so many more tower coolers we would've loved to include in this list for their own reasons. The seven we chose to showcase in this video have been among some of the best we've personally tested and continue to use through 2025.

Here's a selection of my personal recommendations for Air Coolers in 2025:

(USA Amazon)
ID Cooling IS-55 Black: amzn.to/4lKSpSO
ID Cooling IS-55 RGB: amzn.to/4lG2Cju
Arctic Freezer 36 Black: amzn.to/463wS38
Arctic Freezer 36 White: amzn.to/4mNWqHH
Arctic Freezer 36 Copper: amzn.to/4oOOpDD
BE Quiet DarkRock Pro 5: amzn.to/3Jsqg5D
Noctua NH-U12A: amzn.to/45VSkWK
Noctua NH-D15 G2: amzn.to/47bBHbM
Thermalright Peerless Assassin: amzn.to/4gaf5eh
Scythe Fuma 3: amzn.to/420fdXA

(UK Amazon)
ID Cooling IS-55 Black: amzn.to/4mrYkND
ID Cooling IS-55 ARGB: amzn.to/4mrUcxd
Arctic Freezer 36 Black: amzn.to/4mSe4t7
Arctic Freezer 36 White: amzn.to/4mw2WTe
Arctic Freezer 36 Copper: amzn.to/4mYd0nQ
BE Quiet DarkRock Pro 5: amzn.to/4fZa8os
Noctua NH-U12A: amzn.to/45DM9Gk
Noctua NH-D15 G2: amzn.to/3JMkKux
Thermalright Peerless Assassin: amzn.to/4lRTfgQ
Scythe Fuma 3: amzn.to/3JwB8zt

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Air coolers are without a doubt a time-proven method of CPU cooling and often preferred over liquid for longevity and reliability. With that being said - what CPU cooler are you currently using in your PC? Did any from this list stand out to you? Let's chat in the comments!

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