Noctua NH-U12S, Premium CPU Cooler with NF-F12 120mm Fan (Brown)

Fantastic. I love the mounting solution more than everything about this cooler.

con noctua non si sbaglia

El disipador es estupendo. En verano y con un FX 8350 no puedes pedir mucho más, pero ha mantenido mis temperaturas estables, a máximo 52 grados con un test de estrés, en una habitación calurosa, y mínimo 20 grados en reposo. En invierno espero conseguir temperaturas mejores, pero al menos he conseguido estabilizar las máximas, ya que con un Cooler master tx3 sobrepasaban los 60 °C

Tiene un i5 6600k a 4,3 a 35° fantastico dissipatore, ventola silenziosa e corpo veramente ben fatto. Vale il suo prezzo soprattutto la parte a contatto con la cpu è fatta con materiali e lavorazione ad altissima qualità. Consigliatissima

Semplicemente perfetto... Cercavo un dissi performante, silenzioso e versatile con molti socket, questa è la soluzione definitiva...

My PC has never been quieter.

Very well made, keeps the temps down better than the stock one but much quieter (fan speed 1/3 of stock). It is however quite big so worth checking sizes before buying

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This product is great and keeps my CPU cool even when gaming and streaming. I use a Ryzen 1700X and I have no complaints for cooling. I do notice it does ramp up a bit and can be audible under heavy loads / usage but thats expected but even then its still pretty quiet. My only complaint is the install. When attempting to tighten this heatsink down I though I was going to snap my motherboard in half with the amount of force I had to apply. I even tried to tighten both sides down evenly but it was scary. Everything works though!

Kaby Lake i7 3.6ghz: My idle temps before install were sitting at 34c, they dropped to 27c after installing the NH-U12S. Load temps now sit around 38 - 40c (Example when running 26+ multi tracks in Studio One 4 Pro all jam packed with plugins running & VSTs.) Stress test at 4.2ghz saw an increase to 50c max. Installation was ridiculously easy. The included thermal compound is a major bonus, I used it over Grizzly. It spreads well and using their insisted method of a center drop the size of just a hair over a BB size does spread over the entire die once the cooler is dropped in, I checked after first install, then reapplied. Fits my Fractal case perfectly. I use this PC build for a studio recording. Its super quiet as is, so it was a great choice going with this cooler so I have no more additional noise. I am a fan of air cooling vs water cooling. Plenty of clearance from RAM on an ASRock 270Pro4. My system doesnt need to be overclocked I have a good enough video card if I want to edit video or do some gaming so I went wit the 12 instead of the larger cumbersome 14. The brown color doesnt bother me personally, I know Noctua is offering other colors on their website. It looks fine with LED strips in the case, it doesnt stand out. I suppose if you prefer LED fans then this may be an eye sore to your case.