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

The U12A is a great air cooler albeit the most expensive one. I use it in a small mATX case (inwin 301) where airflow is poor. Does a great job cooling an r5 3600 idling in high 30s to low 40s. In cinebench r23 max temp 74 degrees and while gaming up to 78 degrees max spike. I know the 3600 is not hard to cool. The U12A gives slightly better cooling performance than the wraith prism. About 4-6 degrees delta but its much better at being silent. At 100% max fan spin, while audible it is not very loud. Ive also used this cooler with a 5900x in the same case and that CPU is a hot one! It can cool the 5900x in cinebench r23 at high 70s to mid 80s and idle at around 45-50 degrees. While gaming I saw the 5900x temps spike really high. CPU package up to 89 degrees and CCD1 go up to 93. That being said the U12A chromax black is still a great cooler that I can easily recommend. If your case is limited to 158mm cooler height and youre thinking about purchasing this... do it, you wont regret it.

Runs silent, keeps i7 12700 under 60c while gaming demanding titles. a tad expensive but well worth it. Cant see myself ever needing another air cooler for future builds.

After doing some research and trying to find a cooler that is not a AIO this fits the bill perfectly. it is quiet, easy to install, and comes with everything you need in the box for a LGA 1700 and you do not need to worry about reaching out the the manufacture for parts.

When it comes to air cooling a CPU there is no better choice than noctua. The product arrived in perfect condition and is very visually appealing. Mounting was easy and the product quality was typical noctua - excellent. Im running a ryzen 7 5800x and cinebench r23 multi core peaked at 69 degrees celsius in a Lian li Lancool 2 mesh case. Also - I had the nh-d15s before and found that mounting the nh-u12a and installing the fans were much easier.

Fits in a Fractal Meshify C tower on a Asus TUF z390 mATX board due to its 120mm fan profile.

Bought this to replace a 1 year old AIO liquid cooler that started overheating for no apparent reason, I decided to go back to air cooling and obviously went for Noctua.

Bought this cooler as it was the only one that supported LGA 1700 out of the box. It keeps my 12600k in the high 60s under load.

Excellent ventirad, design sympa et performance au top sur un 12700k.

Super leise und die wärne wird super abgeleitet

This cooler does not fit in the Lian Li 011 Dynamic mid tower ATX case.