Deciding on whether to buy a product like PHANTEKS PH-TC12LS 120 mm CPU Cooler or perhaps PNY 2.5″ SSD, Enclosure & Upgrade Kit? You’re in the right place as we’ll take you through all of the specs, features and look at the quality, pricing and reviews of both to help you make the decision on which one to go for.

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PHANTEKS PH-TC12LS 120 mm CPU Cooler vs PNY 2.5″ SSD, Enclosure & Upgrade Kit

PHANTEKS PH-TC12LS 120 mm CPU Cooler specs

PHANTEKS PH-TC12LS 120 mm CPU Cooler
PNY 2.5

PNY 2.5″ SSD, Enclosure & Upgrade Kit
Type: CPU cooler

Internal connectivity: SATA

Size: 120 mm

Colour : Black

Speed: 2050 rpm

FEATURES

Airflow: 53.3 CFM

Voltage: 12 V

Hard drive type: Laptop

FEATURES

Disc format: 2.5″

Connectivity : USB 3.0

Other features: – Physical Anti-Oxidant Thermal Shield (P.A.T.S)
– Aluminum With Nickel Plated Base

Other features : Acronis software:
– Backup of running system
– Disk/partition backup
– Full backup
– Factory backup
– Local drives
– Network shares
– External storage (USB/Firewire)
– Bare metal restore
– Disks/partitions cloning
– Restoring individual files and folders
– Extended capacity disks
– Support for GPT/UEFI-based systems
– Advanced drives (4k drives) awareness

GENERAL

GENERAL

Colour: Black

Box contents: – 3.5 to 2.5 bracket
– SATA III data cable
– USB 3.0 external enclosure
– USB 3.0 cable
– Screws
– Screwdriver
– Acronis 2014 software

Box contents: – Phanteks PH-TC12LS 120 mm CPU Cooler
– Thermal paste
– PWM HSP premium fan x 1
– Mounting kit

Weight: 180 g

Dimensions: 74 x 120 x 120 mm (H x W x D)

Manufacturer’s guarantee: 2 years

Weight: 500 g

Manufacturer’s guarantee: 5 years

Price: £29.99

Price: £14.99

Number of Reviews:

Number of Reviews:

Review Score: 9.6 / 10

Review Score: 8.1 / 10


When deciding on whether to buy PHANTEKS PH-TC12LS 120 mm CPU Cooler or PNY 2.5″ SSD, Enclosure & Upgrade Kit, a very important consideration is the price. So we’re going to spend a bit of time looking at the price of both.

To start with, we looked at the price of the 77 products in the same category as PHANTEKS PH-TC12LS 120 mm CPU Cooler, which is the PC fans and coolers category. Of these 77 products the average price was £71.97, the most expensive was £339.95 and the cheapest was just £3.95. We then looked at the price of the 69 in the same as the PNY 2.5″ SSD, Enclosure & Upgrade Kit, which of course the average was £372.68, top price was £1860 and cheapest £5.99.

We then looked specifically at the average price of products from Phanteks and Pny, the average was £79.57 for Phanteks, £109.35 for Pny. The max for each was £199.99/£1100 and minimum was £3.95/£4.99

Price analysis of PHANTEKS PH-TC12LS 120 mm CPU Cooler

Price analysis of PNY 2.5

  • PHANTEKS PH-TC12LS 120 mm CPU Cooler
  • Speed: 2050 rpm
  • Max airflow: 53.3 CFM
  • Designed with smaller PC cases in mind, the Phanteks PH-TC12LS 120 mm CPU Cooler is compact. It requires less vertical clearance for an easy fit.You get a thermal bond with other components in your build (courtesy of Nano particles) for fast cooling.The included mounting kit works with a number of broad sockets.
  • Product codes:
  • PNY 2.5″ SSD, Enclosure & Upgrade Kit
  • 3.5″ to 2.5″ mounting bracket
  • USB 3.0 external enclosure
  • Mounting kit
  • Acronis software included
  • The PNY SSD and 2.5″ Hard Drive Enclosure and Upgrade Kit is an all-in-one solution for upgrading your laptop or desktop storage to solid state storage. Upgrade kitThis upgrade kit provides everything you need to install a 2.5‚Äù SSD into your desktop computer, including a 3.5” to 2.5” mounting bracket, SATA cable, screws and tool. EnclosureAlso included is a USB 3.0 hard drive enclosure. Designed to allow you to turn any 2.5‚Äù SATA SSD into an external hard drive, it’s perfect for backing up your data before upgrading.AcronisAcronis True Image for PC makes it simple to migrate data and operating systems from old hard drives to new ones with automatic and manual modes.Working with both local and cloud backup, Acronis saves your entire system and single files, so you can go back to them any time. It’s a totally reliable back up of everything.Choose where, when, and how you want to back up using a simple graphical interface. You can use external drives, cloud backup, or any NAS devices, and it’s compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. It also has support for Windows 8.1.Save changes as you work and set up your own backup schedule. Since you’re full backed up, you can restore in quickly and easily or move your entire system to and from any PC.
  • Product codes: 3536401517498

What’s better PHANTEKS PH-TC12LS 120 mm CPU Cooler or PNY 2.5″ SSD, Enclosure & Upgrade Kit?

There are obviously a number of differences between PHANTEKS PH-TC12LS 120 mm CPU Cooler and PNY 2.5″ SSD, Enclosure & Upgrade Kit, but there are several things that you can use when comparing the two. The first of these, which we’ve already covered, is price. Make sure you spend a bit of time deciding how much you are willing and able to spend on your product to really get a good idea if the £29.99 cost of PHANTEKS PH-TC12LS 120 mm CPU Cooler is closer to the expectation you had than the £14.99 pricep point of PNY 2.5″ SSD, Enclosure & Upgrade Kit.

Once you’ve nailed down everything there is to know on the price of both, the next step is to really study the reviews. Taking the time to read reviews of both will really help you to decide which is a better product between PHANTEKS PH-TC12LS 120 mm CPU Cooler and PNY 2.5″ SSD, Enclosure & Upgrade Kit. We looked at the reviews over at Currys PC World for both products and found that PHANTEKS PH-TC12LS 120 mm CPU Cooler scores out of 10 from reviews. Whereas PNY 2.5″ SSD, Enclosure & Upgrade Kit scores out of 10 from reviews.

It’s also really worthwhile spending the time to look at the key differences between the two products. For that you can use our comparison table about which looks at the main features of both products to give you a clear idea of where one product perhaps benefits over another. When comparing the two it’s a really good idea to have an idea in your mind of the key features that you need from your PC fans and coolers as this will help you to narrow down the products that do or don’t meet your criteria.



PHANTEKS PH-TC12LS 120 mm CPU Cooler



Rating:
9.20 out of
10