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

Replaced bs liquid cooler that came with pc. Nocturna was the answer to my cpu i9-9900k heating problem. I highly recommend .

Was missing 4 parts, could not use until missing parts are replaced.

I had been struggling with high temps on my NH-L9i-17xx hitting 80-90C during games, even after re-mounting. Turns out the LGA1700 runs really hot and I needed to get something proper, which is challenging for an mATX profile. Enter NH-U12A + NT-H2, it surprisingly fits in my ASUS z690-G and has dropped the temperatures down to 25 idle 50-65 max while gaming. Its really effective!

Cooler accessories bag was opened, missed thermal paste, some of the fins were bend. Cooler looks clean with no scratches found on the plate so believe is still new. cooler fan works, temperature for my ryzen 5600x is good..

These are the things that I thinks make this air cooler stands out.

This air cooler has far exceeded my expectations, I have a i9-9900k and I ran a stress test using AIDA64. my lowest idle was about 33 and highest was 75 at full load, (temps in Celsius). This air cooler is worth what I paid for. Also, I dont have much case fans yet, (still looking for ARGB fans). I highly recommend this Noctua Air Cooler. Since I live in southern California, expect hot ambient temperatures. There is clearance for my ram memory. (In picture attached, the ram closest to the air cooler is the first ram slot, dont mind the wires, Im still cleaning it.)

Im sold to NOCTUA since Im able to afford-it. I Use only Noctua product in my last rig.

When I was pulling together the components for my recent computer build, I was toying with the idea of water-cooling the I9 CPU, but opted to try air-cooling first. Enter the Noctua NH-U12A and the online reviews indicated that it was designed to provide better clearance over the taller RAM DIMMs on the market. When I test-fit this cooler onto the I9 mounted on an ASUS ROG Maximus XI Extreme motherboard, it looked like it would indeed mount nicely with some overlap of the RAM DIMM slots. Unfortunately, the forward fan doesnt clear my DIMMs, but there is an interesting workaround. The way Noctua mounts these fans to the radiator, they can be mounted higher and moving the fan up half of an inch up did the trick. Everything fits and works quietly. The only downside was the brown fans and rather than replace these, I mounted a 120mm Phanteks Lux RGB fan frame which plugs into the Aura port on the motherboard and computer case to provide an integrated look and mask that brown fan. As for cooling, I ran some overclocking stress tests on my system and the Noctua air-cooler kept the CPU below 70 degrees Centigrade while overclocking around 5 GHz on the CPU. Your results will vary based on overall airflow through your case, I am using the Phanteks Evolv X with the glass doors closed and having great airflow. One note of caution - the NH-U12A is tall, and by offsetting the front fan higher, you may have clearance problems in a narrower computer case. This offset works fine inside the Evolv X.

This cooler is amazing. Fits perfectly in my case and has significantly dropped the temps on my cpu. I have a Ryzen 1600 AF and the stock stealth cooler and at times temps reached 85c. I play modern warefare with a gtx 1080. This has dropped the temps down to max ~56c which works for me. Just using my pc for other things the temps idle at 48-50c. Definitely recommend.

La eficiencia de los productos de noctua es conocida por todos, en concreto este ventilador con un precio ligeramente elevado echará para atrás a mucha gente, pero se están equivocando ya que por menos de ese precio no conseguirán algo mejor, supera a muchas AIO liquidas y tiene un nivel de ruido más bajo incluso que alguna de ellas.