Deepcool Assassin III in the test – cooling power thanks to the double tower

Deepcool, or their own gaming brand Gamer Storm, may be known from their cases with integrated AiO water cooling or eye-catchers like the Quadstellar, less from individual cooling solutions. But already last year they started their attack on the cooler leaderboards with a number of water cooling systems and the air cooler giant. How the cold air killer fared in the test, you will find out today in this article.

Packaging / scope of delivery

As has so often been the case recently, the box of the Assassin III is also fully printed in color and provided with accents, here in green. The design is consistent with other Gamer Storm packaging. On the outside, in addition to a picture of the cooler, general properties, the specifications and a short description in several languages ​​can be seen. There is nothing more to say about this at first.

Mounting accessories, the two fans and even a screwdriver come in individual small cardboard boxes, plastic bags are used sparingly. Praiseworthy! There is even a cloth for wiping off old paste and a card for spreading the new, generously supplied thermal paste. Similar to the Noctua competitor, it also includes low-noise adapters for the two decoupled TF 140S fans.

Assembly / installation

In order to keep the monster securely on the base, you rely on your own backplate, which is also a sensible decision with the net weight of almost 1.5kg. With some rubberized spacers, two brackets are attached around the CPU, into which the two pre-assembled, spring-loaded screws are then turned.

The two fans are usually only attached to the cooler after installation, but then it is more difficult to take pictures, here individually:

During the installation I noticed a few little things that weren’t a big deal, but are still worth mentioning: At least for me, the thermal paste that came with it was very viscous, really more of a paste than the usual, slightly liquid paste. The plastic card to distribute was therefore not really helpful, I ended up borrowing a small spatula from a thermal grizzly Kryonaut. More about the tough paste at the end. However, the very good workmanship of the cooler should be mentioned positively, all potential finger slits are rounded or deburred.

You have to be careful with your RAM, the front fan covers all four slots on my ATX board. Very high RAM can only be built in if there is still some air between the cooler and the side wall of the case, so that the front fan can be set higher.

Specifications

The following is an overview of the technical data; further information can be found on the manufacturer’s website as usual.