Noctua NH-U12S chromax.Black, 120mm Single-Tower CPU Cooler (Black)
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Not Anthony Fantano
> 3 dayKeeps my Ryzen 7 3800X at around 50 degrees at idle, and around 70 or so at peak load. I can even get an overclock of 4.4 GHz at reasonable temperatures, but it does get quite toasty at the end of a Cinebench run at that speed.
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Patrice McLeod
> 3 dayI have a Ryzen 3600 at stock clocks. Mining crypto with the stock cooler it would get to around 95c. With this new cooler it sits around 75c. Really works great!
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Hernan Lombana
Greater than one weekSolo tardo 4 días en llegar a Bogota, la instalación fue muy fácil, lo compre para reemplazar el wraith prism de AMD por cuestión de ruido y vaya que estoy satisfecho, la temperatura bajo en 8 grados con el ventilador al 40% y son el ventilador al 100% baja hasta 12-14 grados en comparación al anterior
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Kou Vang
> 3 dayPretty straight forward to install. Comes with an instruction packet as well. This is the second one I bought after i bought one for my brothers build. Noticed the temperature on his CPU was always low and since I was using a stock AMD Prism cooler I decided to upgrade to this one as well.
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J
Greater than one weekThis cooler lives up to expectations, it is a perfect cooler for mid-range CPUs and it is easy to see why Noctua are regarded as the best when it comes to fans and coolers.
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Mike
> 3 dayeasy to use with extra bits in case you lose something. its great
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Nicholas M.
> 3 dayThis cooler is very quiet and only gets loud when it is 100% ramped up. But this thing is so good that I’ve never heard it without really listening unless I was running a cinebench benchmark. Getting it installed was also fairly easy, comes with thermal paste in the box (not pre-applied) and even gives instructions on how to do the thermal paste. Great instructions on mounting as well.
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JoeLam
> 3 daythe best cooler ever made. trust me !!!
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Jesus
> 3 dayMuy silencioso y muy fácil de instalar
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Tom
> 3 dayNoctua is the leader in air cooling for a reason - their products are well made, are easy to install and most importantly work very well. Unless you are really pushing the boundaries of physics, air coolers work nearly as well as modern AIO coolers and are significantly more reliable. Even under stress test conditions, I can barely hear this cooler running. Noctua’s mounting system is very easy to install and very solid - no wonder so many competitors copy their design.
The NH-U12S chromax.black is an all-black version of Noctua’s NH-U12S premium-quality quiet CPU cooler. Thanks to the same proven slim-tower heatsink design and NF-F12 PWM fan, it stays true to the NH-U12S’s successful formula of fusing excellent cooling performance with superb quietness of operation and outstanding RAM, case and PCIe compatibility. At the same time, the chromax.black version with its black fan and black coated heatsink combines these assets with a sleek stealth look. Topped off with the renowned SecuFirm2 multi-socket mounting system and Noctua’s enthusiast-grade NT-H1 thermal compound, the NH-U12S chromax.black is a premium choice for customers who seek a highly compatible 120mm heatsink that looks just as great as it cools.
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Classic 120mm tower size for excellent case and PCIe compatibilityStanding 158mm tall, the NH-U12S is short enough to fit most modern mid- or high-end tower cases. Measuring 125mm wide (including fan and fan clips), the cooler stays clear of the top PCIe slot on most standard ATX or Micro-ATX motherboards, ensuring optimum compatibility with multi-GPU setups. |
100% RAM compatibilityThanks to its slim design with only 45mm fin depth, the NH-U12S will not overhang the RAM slots even with two fans installed. This gives the user full access to the memory modules on all current CPU sockets and ensures 100% compatibility with tall heatspreaders or optional memory fans. |
NF-F12 120mm Focused Flow fanRecommended by more than 150 hardware publications and thousands of enthusiasts worldwide, the Noctua’s premium-quality NF-F12 Focused Flow 120mm fan is renowned for combining superb static pressure, excellent heatsink performance and surprising quietness of operation. |
Colour-customisableUsing the optional NA-HC1 and NA-HC2 heatsink covers as well as the NA-SAVP1 anti-vibration pads (available in black, blue, green, red, yellow, white), the NH-U12S chromax.black can be fully customised to fit popular build colour schemes such as black and red or black and white. |
Measurements
- Height (without fan): 158 mm
- Width (without fan): 125 mm
- Depth (without fan): 45 mm
- Height (with fan): 158 mm
- Width (with fan): 125 mm
- Depth (with fan): 71 mm
- Weight (without fan): 580 g
- Weight (with fan): 755 g
Materials
Copper (base and heat-pipes), aluminium (cooling fins), soldered joints & nickel plating
Cooler Specifications
Scope of delivery
- Black NH-U12S heatsink
- NF-F12 PWM chromax.black premium Fan
- NA-RC6 Low-Noise Adaptor (L.N.A)
- NT-H1 high-grade thermal compound
- Black SecuFirm2 mounting kit
- Black anti-vibration pads and fan-clips for second NF-F12
- Noctua metal case-badge
Fan compatibility
120x120x25
chromax.black design
The NH-U12S chromax.black is black from head to toe: Featuring a black coated heatsink, a black fan with black anti-vibration-pads, black fan clips and black mounting parts, it’s right at home in all-black builds and easy to integrate with other colour schemes.
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| NH-U12S | NH-U12S TR4-SP3 | NH-U12S DX-4189 | NH-U12S redux | NH-U12S chromax.black | NH-U12A | |
| LGA2066, LGA2011-0 & LGA2011-3 | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LGA1700 | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LGA1200, LGA115x (LGA1150, LGA1151, LGA1155, LGA1156) | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LGA775 & LGA1366 | with NM-I3 | X | X | with NM-I3 | with NM-I3 | with NM-I3 |
| Xeon LGA2011 Narrow ILM / Xeon LGA1366 & LGA1356 | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Xeon LGA3647 | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Xeon LGA4189 | X | with NM-i4189 | ✓ | X | X | X |
| AM5 | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AM4 | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| sTRx4, sWRX8, TR4, SP3 | X | ✓ | X | X | X | X |
