Thermalright's Assassin line features mid- and high-end tower coolers designed to cool powerful processors such as Intel Core i7/i9 and Ryzen 7/9. The design of a typical Assassin model includes a vertically positioned radiator with a height of 136 to 163 mm and several heat pipes at the base. Radiators are made of aluminium and copper, and there is no direct contact between them and the processor, and a metal backplate is often used for additional stability.


Assassin coolers are divided into two categories based on power. The first category is single-fan models designed to cool modern 4- or 6-core processors like Core i5, with a cooling efficiency of about 100 W. The second category is more powerful devices with a dense radiator and dual fans operating on the blow-out principle, capable of cooling processors such as Core i9 with a thermal package of 240-260 W. Thermalright follows trends, releasing models in two color options - black and white, and also offering versions with RGB / ARGB backlighting.

The Assassin 120 super cooler is ready to demonstrate the seriousness of the Assassin series. It is a massive, almost one-kilogram tower with a double radiator and two active coolers, which are layered on top of each other like a sandwich. From below, the radiators are connected using a bundle of 6 heat-conducting tubes of indirect contact. Active 120 mm fans are based on hydrodynamic bearings and can accelerate to 1550 rpm. Instead of exact TDP numbers, the manufacturer promises efficiency at the level of elite supercoolers and three-section water cooling systems.