Noctua NH-U12S chromax.Black, 120mm Single-Tower CPU Cooler (Black)

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  • Ruben ortega

    > 3 day

    Its a good product, just the customer service. Is not good at all. I took me a month and 1 week to get my refund finally back. Overall item is ok. But Service is not good.

  • luigi pigozzi

    > 3 day

    Si potrebbe quasi farci oc, noctua sempre il meglio

  • Brooke Lewis

    > 3 day

    This is a great cooler for anyone who wants quiet performance. It is big enough to dispute enough heat that the fan a lot of times doesn’t have to run but small enough to fit in my h500i. Great overall cooler!

  • Jonas

    > 3 day

    I purchased this cooler as a replacement for a CoolerMaster TX3i to cool my i5-7600K adequately when clocking 5GHz. The NH-U12S delivers excellent cooling performance, both at idle and under full load temperatures have dropped by an average of 7° compared to the TX3i so that I can safely clock 5GHz at 100% load for extended periods of time, with the CPU merely reaching 73° vs. reaching or exceeding 80° previously.

  • Terrell

    > 3 day

    This cooler is drastic improvement from the stock AMD wraith cooler I had on my system. Temps with the old cooler were in the low 40s to mid 50s. After installing, this cooler has dropped my temps into the mid-to-high 30s! Install was tedious for me due to me installing it without removing the motherboard from my case. However, if the motherboard hasn’t been mounted this install is simple. The instructions are straight forward and everything is in the box from Noctua. I would highly recommend for any platform and definitely will be buying Noctua for future builds! 10/10 - Great job Noctua!

  • OwO

    > 3 day

    El producto en color negro es más caro que el color original, pero si quieres que este convine con una estética sobria o en tu gabinete resalta el color negro o tiene RGB, es una buena opción a considerar, también el bloque disipador se siente robusto y se ve que enfría bien porque bajó las temperaturas hasta 10° y con el ventilador casi apagado, también de que apenas hace ruido el ventilador de 120mm con el que viene

  • Gortan

    > 3 day

    Bello, perfetto e fatto bene.

  • Forrest S.

    > 3 day

    Does the job, simple to install, good form factor, almost no overhang, and keeps my incredibly hot cpu at a cool 75° under extended load. Besy cooler around

  • Chris

    > 3 day

    Been using the stock AMD cooler since I bought my 3800x waiting for these to release.

  • Erik

    01-04-2025

    Works perfectly, the fan makes literally no noise unless Im playing a CPU intensive game for an extended period of time. Build quality is great, which you can definitely feel when youre holding it. Wasnt too big and was incredibly easy to install.

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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 compatibility

Standing 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 compatibility

Thanks 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 fan

Recommended 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-customisable

Using 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.

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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

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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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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

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