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

I am very pleased with this cooler and the amount of adapters included and the fact it came with thermal paste. I had forgotten to order, this was a welcomed find.

Admittedly Im a Noctua fan, no pun intended. Installed easy on new z690 build. Intel 12600k running mid 20s at idle in a CM h500 case. Kinda liked the the Brown / beige as a statement thing, but went black. 2 things you should never go cheap on is power and cooling. You wont be sorry.

It works very similarly to D15S on 12700K but it is a lot smaller and better looking and comes with two flagship NF-A12x25 fans that cost $44 each. I am not worried that this would bend the board and break off during movement either. It feels much more stable because of its size. I think most people should skip D15/D15s and buy this instead. The installation is also easier. I also had a chance to try Scythe Fuma 2 Rev B which cost almost half as much. It is similar in size and performs well but not good enough for 12700K imo. It was definitely running hotter during benchmarks. But if you want to save on cost, I would recommend that, not D15S. This is not twice as good as Fuma 2 overall, more like 20% better. Overall I think the heatsink itself is not anything special, its the 2x NF-A12x25s that make it work. I think if you buy two of those and put them on a cheaper tower cooler, it would perform similarly. Most of the money here is going to those two fans.

Oui ce ventirad est cher, mais quelle bête. Tout respire la qualité et la robustesse, les finitions sont impeccables et le bundle vraiment tres bien fourni.

This thing works!!! Better (lower temps) and Quieter than my old CPU cooler. No RAM restrictions.

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)

I had a corsair H100i v2, and decided to switch to a premium air cooler. At first I was really skeptical, I love the AIO but after the switch I am very happy. i5 12600k runs 25C idle and 50-55C while playing games. Overall 10/10.

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)

Instructions were clear and concise, all black is great, mounting is good(would like a preset torque driver included in the kit for the price), keeps a 11700K(stock) 10C under TJmax when running prime95s hardest test, cold plate is machined to an even and flat surface. All in all this is a good upgrade from Coolermaster 212 series.

Honestly the fact that there is a single tower cooler with the performance of a dual cooler setup was perfect for me. I have never used Noctua before so I had no expectations. I waited for the Chromax edition of the NH-U12A to become available as I had a specific black and white theme going. Mounting was super easy with instructions, and this particular model came with the universal mounting bracket for 12th get intel boards and CPUs which was awesome. It was also much easier to mount than the CM Hyper 212 Evo which has been my go-to previously. There was just so much less guesswork than you get with the spring mount on that cooler.