Epilogue
Before I proceed with the conclusion of this evaluation since it has to do with a budget-oriented product promising high performance per price, I have to address the elephant in the room: Thermalright. In almost every cooling evaluation, I receive comments about this brand and its fantastic products, sold at bottom-low prices, and you wonder why I haven’t reviewed any of them so far. The answer is that I tried to contact this brand, but I never got a response, so there are no review samples, either coolers or PSUs. I found two of their PSUs thanks to a friend who bought them and sent them to me, paying all shipping expenses. The bottom line is that from the moment a brand is not cooperative and I cannot find review samples, don’t expect a review from me. It is not that I have a problem reviewing their products. The problem is that they don’t bother sending me them. And I don’t follow the same methodology as other sites or channels, which only review stuff from cooperating brands (AKA brands that put banners on their site or sponsor their videos). I review anything and everything that I find interesting as long as I can find it!
Now that we have addressed Thermalright, it is time to proceed with the product in hand, the Mugen 6 Black edition, which rocks the air cooling world by achieving a top performance-per-price ratio! So far, I haven’t evaluated a cooling solution offering so much at this price level. With 55 dollars, you get decent performance, able to handle a power-hungry CPU with over 300W TPD, two quality fans, low noise output, easy installation, compact dimensions, compatibility with all popular sockets, and nice aesthetics. Moreover, the bundle includes a long screwdriver, so you won’t need to search for one to mount the cooler!
The only less expensive cooler I could find with similar (or higher) thermal handling power, using a dual-tower design, is the Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE, which looks super promising at 34 dollars, a crazy low price given its specifications!
If you are searching for fans for your AIO or chassis, read my Best Cooling Fans article before investing in new cooling solutions. You help me a lot by using my affiliate links, which don’t increase the product’s price. I get a commission from Amazon every time you do it, which can make a difference for me, especially now that I am on my own, working exclusively for my media and not for someone else.
- Top performance per price ratio
- Affordable
- Good performance
- Can handle >300W TDP Intel processors
- Excellent RAM clearance
- Good build quality
- Straightforward installation
- Compatible with all popular (and not) CPU sockets
- 2x quality PWM controller fans included
- Not as large as a dual tower design air-cooler
- Y-cable and long screwdriver provided
- Nothing!
 |
 |
Hello,
I’m new in this site. I have one question but I don’t know is this the appropriate place.
Does installing an more powerful fan/fans will improve the performance of this cooler.
Higher noise level is not an issue for my application.
Reason for asking this question are
– Longer heatsinks create higher air resistance. It require higher pressure fan.
– Denser hetsinks create higher air resistance. It require higher pressure fan.
– Denser hetasinks requires higher air velocity. e.g pasive coolers has few ribs. High density cooler use centrifugal fans due to the high static pressure requirement.
If you don’t care for the higher noise output, it will improve it. You should also have the stock fans running at full speed.
Thanks for the review.
Beautiful aircooler.
I think it’s a perfect fit for Cooler Master MasterBox NR200.
AMD Results
CPU Temperature
All Db are at 96.26°c… wrong copy pasta ?
at 35 db lower revs than at 30 db 😛
Thermalrights Coolers aren’t that expensive. Why not just buy one?
Because I need to do their whole product portfolio. They replied to me today, they will send samples.
I’m excited to see your reviews. It’s hard to do the comparison between differents websites since you don’t have exactly the same methdology, environment etc.
Scythe, Noctua, Thermalright, Deepcool aircoolers and some 240/280/360 aio to see the difference on charts.
I’m sorry Aris i would ask, did you remove the Deepcool Cybenetics certification data on the web because 1 month ago i can download the PN1000M datasheet but their data was gone from web now, it’s also same at 80 plus web, it’s the certication data also affected by US Goverment force to action as part of sanction ?
Yes, we had to remove it.