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

Very nice fan. It does not low at all and my whole set up is very silent. It is amazing. I am new to build a pc so it does take me a while to set it up. I would recommend you guys to watch tutorial on YouTube if you are a newbie on building pc like me.

I bought it with ryzen 5900x and I love it.

Fits in a Fractal Meshify C tower on a Asus TUF z390 mATX board due to its 120mm fan profile.

Everything is good but the fans didnt match my build and no options to buy one from Noctua

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.

For almost two hours, my friend and I were not able to understand how to attach these clips. At one point, I thought of returning it, which would be very tedious, since we ordered it from overseas. However, my friend managed to get the clips in place. He said this is a very nice cooler and we must not return it. Anyway, I think it would be better to have 4 long screws with amortization for peace of mind. No complaints after we managed to set the clips in place.

The only negative I can see is the fans mount to the radiator. They are only held on via spring tension by two thin metal wires.

Substitui water cooling na perfeição.

Works great for my gaming computer and its quiet.

Funciona muy bien, montado en 5900x. Ventiladores al 50% fijos, yo al menos no escucho los ventiladores a no ser que me acerque, instalado en una caja tipo openframe thermaltake p30.