Noctua NH-U12S chromax.Black, 120mm Single-Tower CPU Cooler (Black)
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Sai Hemanth
> 3 dayI was using the Intel stock cooler for my 11th gen i5 before switching to Noctua. Oh boy, it was worth it! My onload temps dropped from 70 to 45. Idle temperature dropped from 45 to 30. This thing is just beautiful! Shell out a couple more bucks for the Chromax variant because it looks amazing.
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Jesse Garcia
> 3 dayEasy mounting and compatible with many CPU’s
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Carolus62
> 3 dayCalidad Noctua.
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denis
Greater than one weekA high quality product as expected from Noctua. Easy to install, looks great in black and it performs well in terms of both thermals and noise.
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JKF
> 3 dayStylish, efficient cooler that makes it relatively quiet
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Adis
> 3 dayHabe den stock cooler mit meinem Ryzen 5 3600 ca. 1 Jahr lang benutzt, 4. pass mit Cinebench 23 mit ca. 84°C - nach dem Einbau des Noctua cooler komm ich auf ca. 67°C mit dem selben benchmark. Kein thermal throttling mehr, also hat sich super gelohnt. Top Qualität und Zubehör wie von Noctua zu erwarten.
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XxRiccardoxX
06-04-2025Il prodotto é arrivato con la confezione priva di sigilli, la ventola presenta un vistoso graffio al centro, anche limballaggio interno presenta alcuni segni di apertura. Non sono sicuro che si tratti di un prodotto nuovo. Ma lho pagato per nuovo. Gli accessori invece erano correttamente confezionati. Ci tengo a precisare che la funzionalità del dissipatore é perfettà, ma dato il costo, cioé 70 euro, mi aspettavo una confezione sigillata e un prodotto privo di difetti estetici. Sono abbastanza deluso, anche perché su tutti i componenti che ho acquistato per assemblare il mio pc, questo é stato lunico a non avere sigilli.
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Dez
> 3 dayThis thing is not as easy to install as it looks. The two screws you have to screw in require a good deal of pressure and proper angle to get it to catch right. Once it finally does, it is still worth it.
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Anon
> 3 dayThe thing is a monster. I ordered it to replace an MSI AIO I had. MSI nearly cost me a brand new 5600x when their cooler went out 6 months after purchase.
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Scott Cranston
> 3 dayIt came with a great variety of mounting hardware, great thermal paste included, and it keeps my 12600k very cool! Worth the price, performs better than cheap AIOs and you never have to worry about it failing.
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 |