Well, I recently got myself pearless assassin black, and tbh, it seems.on par with my old noctua nh-d15s. Granted, full load is a bit noisy, but gaming wideo see same or lower temps , all settings the same. And all for like half price of noctua. Which sits now in my son's PC. So this cooler with 14 cm fans should be great for someone looking for decent performance and don't wanna water cooling.