Noctua NH-U12A, Premium CPU Cooler with High-Performance Quiet NF-A12x25 PWM Fans (120mm, Brown)

My Ryzen 5 5600x was consistently hitting 90-degree temps on AMDs stock cooler, even in undemanding games. But with this beefy Noctua cooler, I havent seen so much as a peak into 75 degrees, even on my most CPU-intensive titles. So it does its job beautifully, and its incredibly quiet to boot (even without the noise reducing add-ons). But I cant give this cooler the 5 stars it should otherwise deserve because of the absolutely abysmal fan-mounting solution. You get two 120mm fans that attach to the heat sink with incredibly flimsy aluminum brackets, such that when the case is stood up and the cooler is now parallel to the ground, the fans sag and actually hang about half an inch below the bottom of the heat sink. I imagine it has only a marginal affect on the cooling, but it looks and feels incredibly sloppy, especially for a $120 cooler.

I could have gone with the Chrome version, to make the PC more attractive. This giant brown cooler keeps my CPU nice and cool. I was about to buy a water cooler AIO, but the tests show this cooler can keep the PC as cool as water cooling. You cant even hear it while the computer is under load. Well packaged and arrived on time.

As expected

A well worth investment. My cpu has never ran this cool before. Having xmp profile turn on it still maintains the temperature low. The dual fans are very quite.

Well the cooler it self is amazing, switching from a Hyper 212 evo. What i dont like is that Noctuas webpage said that that my mobo supports this cooler (MSI MPG z390m) although I dont quite have the clearence with the ram, had to mount one of the fans offset thats why 4 stars. Be sure to investigate if the cooler fits in your system!

Awesome cooler. Keeps an 10700k decently cool at 5.0 GHz. It fit in my NR200P itx case no problem.

This cooler keeps my 3900X CPU comfortably cool, but I never actually hear it even during intense use. Im very impressed with how quiet this thing is, it was a very nice surprise.

Just finished installing the cooler, and Noctua did a great job again. would give 15 stars if I could. Even packaging itself worth more than 5 stars :)

This is keeping Intels coffin (3900X) from overheating in my PC. 35-40C while idle. 78-82C while at sustained 100% CPU load. Super easy installation and everything you need to install it is included*

super easy to mount, even for a motherboard already in the case. My temps dropped 20C from stock for my 3700x