Noctua NH-U12A chromax.Black, 120mm Single-Tower CPU Cooler (Black)

The U12A is a great air cooler albeit the most expensive one. I use it in a small mATX case (inwin 301) where airflow is poor. Does a great job cooling an r5 3600 idling in high 30s to low 40s. In cinebench r23 max temp 74 degrees and while gaming up to 78 degrees max spike. I know the 3600 is not hard to cool. The U12A gives slightly better cooling performance than the wraith prism. About 4-6 degrees delta but its much better at being silent. At 100% max fan spin, while audible it is not very loud. Ive also used this cooler with a 5900x in the same case and that CPU is a hot one! It can cool the 5900x in cinebench r23 at high 70s to mid 80s and idle at around 45-50 degrees. While gaming I saw the 5900x temps spike really high. CPU package up to 89 degrees and CCD1 go up to 93. That being said the U12A chromax black is still a great cooler that I can easily recommend. If your case is limited to 158mm cooler height and youre thinking about purchasing this... do it, you wont regret it.

It is amazing, it’s not noticeable to me sound wise, looks great, and my CPU has been very cool never reaching 72+ in 1440p AAA titles

Bought an LGA 1700 motherboard and CPU and this cooling system works perfectly for it. Simple installation and maintains great temperatures

Acheté pour remplacer un watercooling Enermax défectueux sur un processeur Intel I5 10600K, je ne regrette pas mon achat car il est tout aussi performant quun refroidissement liquide. Pour info, le watercooling en panne ma été remboursé par Amazon. Je suis donc très satisfait du ventirad Noctua et dAmazon

El producto funciona de maravilla, las instrucciones fueron muy claras para su instalación, el ruido es aceptable aún y cuando se sube al máximo la velocidad y la temperatura de mi procesador la disminuyó poco más de 10 grados a una temperatura ambiente de 25 grados aproximadamente y me gustó tanto su diseño como los materiales.

Have had no problem cooling my Ryzen 7700X CPU with light overclocking enabled. Experimented with ASUS AI overclocking and manual overclocking and it had no issues cooling the CPU with either enabled. Havent seen temps go above 80 degrees no matter what gaming or real world tasks I have done. I really like the fact that it is a realtively smaller dual tower air cooler so doesnt look too massive compared to a NH-D15, but still has excellent performance.

The only thing I do not like about it is the lack of installing information you have to pull on the tabs much harder than you would think to mount the fans but it may be user error

Es muy fácil de montar, incluso alguien sin experiencia en montar este tipo de coolers lo podría hacer. Tal vez el nivel de ruido sea un poco mas alto del esperado, y las temperaturas tampoco bajan demasiado. Eso si no llega demasiado alto ni en tareas demandantes, con un Ryzen 7 3700x la máxima temperatura ha sido 67 grados centígrados.

Ok, so if youve researched you know this is one of the most expensive coolers. With this you really do get what you pay for. Quality construction, silent operation, and great performance. The goal with this latest pc build was use as many used, secondhand, and left over parts as possible. The Noctua was one of the few components purchased new and it was a wise choice. Honestly works better that the old AIO that it replaced. Unlike that leaky AIO, this will last forever, only needing a fan change many many years down the road.

Received this CPU cooler to replace the original NH-U12A. Not sure what Noctua did, but the fans are quieter than the original brown/tan ones that came with the NH-U12A. I have these Chromax fans set to 1500rpm max through the ASUS AI Suite and they perform FANtastic and are super quiet. I was running some of the new PHANTEKS T30 fans on the replaced NH-U12A the past two months and they were very good as well, but the colors arent black enough to match this Chromax version and they made an annoying mechanical sound above 1200rpm. This CPU cooler is a win!!