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

If youre considering this fan, then you probably already know of Noctuas stellar reputation. This is now the second CPU cooler of bought of theirs, and Ive also bought several models of their case fans in the past, all to great success.

Replaced my previous build AIO. Less wires, and much quieter. performance is just as good and it was half the price. Added bonus, no RGB!

Had it professionally installed, as it was my first i9 installation with a non-Intel cooling fan. Runs like a pro. Will use same on all i9 installations. Dont want to take a chance of over-heating. Dont like to cook hot dogs over the CPU.

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Install was easy. The cooler is quiet and keeps my temps to between 60 and 70⁰C under load.

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.

The chromax u12a loves up to the typical noctua quality you’d expect, which is great. Noctua has the easiest mounting system I’ve used in 20 years of building pcs. I also look it looks great but I also think the ram and brown looks good too.

Für mich der beste Luftkühler. Höre ihn kaum bis garnicht und mit Headset ehh nicht. Die Leistung ist besser als der Dark Rock Pro 4 den ich vorher hatte, diesen nun aber in einem anderen Rechner verbaut habe aufgrund eines CPU wechsels. Für mich Top!

This is a beast fan!!!! Make sure you measure your case from cpu mount to panel. I run an aorus and had plenty of room for installing the ram. Itsuper quiet even under load and reduced my temp by 20 degrees. Buy it if you have the room.

I recently purchased an NR200 case and using the wraith cooler, felt my CPU temps were not sufficient. Look up reviews and decided to bite the bullet with this tower cooler. Temps dropped more then 10 degrees and it is very quiet on light/medium loads. Definitely paid a premium for black but I am extremely pleased with this cooler.