Noctua NH-U12A chromax.Black, 120mm Single-Tower CPU Cooler (Black)

Plutôt imposant mais, cest toujours un plaisir davoir du Noctua. Niveau perf cest top, même si pas encore OC le proc.

AND IS DEAD SILENT TOO. i was immediately convinced and ordered replacement fans and coolers for all my rigs. Noctua wins. (on further review, Dead Silent may be subjective to how sensitive your ears and body are to SUPER HIGH FREQUENCY WHINE/DRONE)

Macht was es soll.

I will never use an AIO again -- sure they look cool, and the idea of water cooled electronics is also a neat, but after getting this cooler to replace the AIO I had go out on me (pump just quit one day), I cant believe it took me this long to get on the Noctua band wagon. My PC idles at between 30-40c, and I have never seen a spike over 65c in even the most demanding games. Best of all, this cooler has 100% RAM compatibility with most AMD and Intel boards, which was always my biggest concern when I considered a Noctua cooler. It seems as though Noctua realized this and came out with this beauty of a cooler, and its a nice stealthy black (although the brown and tan has grown on me). So I 100% recommend this to anyone looking for a cooler, or who has an AIO and realizes that even with a three fan radiator theyre not getting the cooling power theyd like to see. Seriously, and quite literally, a game changer.

If youre looking for a high end cooler that stays pretty quiet and keeps temps down - this is it. Better than the 212 Black Edition - but also double the price. If you want a high end build to cool down high end components, splurge and get this. Mounting is an absolute breeze.

Core i7 2500k, 4.2ghz, gets up to about 70°C under synthetic load. Works amazing!

Replaced my aging AIO and brought my idle temps from 149f to about 90. Whisper quiet, cant even hear it from outside the case. Had to offset one of the fans to clear the ram, and will have to remove the cooler if I want to install more ram (B550 Pro4)

Recommend doing the install out of the case if youre building a new PC. Check noctuas page for motherboards that work with this cooler. Some of the heatsinks on Asus and other makers are too big and will not mechanically work with this air cooler. This cpu fan is new and out of the box works with lga 1700 ie alder lake without a special adapter which is really convenient. Some people with other fans have been surprised and had to wait for a free adapter kit or pay for one from noctua. Pcpartpicker is not yet up to date with compatibility issues so keep that in mind.

Amazing cooling. Even on Intels hottest processor the12900KS it does a good job under full CPU load. Noise level is silent except when CPU cores are all going under heavy load. Then you can hear it faintly. I have never had one lock up on the system while running this heat sync.

I tried to fit a Noctua NH-D15 about a year and a half ago and it was too large. I ended up getting a nzxt 120mm aio. The pump failed and I was able to rma it for a new one. After a few months the pump started to whine again so I purchased the NH-U12A as it said it has 100% RAM compatibility on LGA115x which is what I have.