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

Installation: very simple, mounting system was easy to install, screwing the tower down onto it was equally as easy and the fans clipped on nicely building inside the case.

The noise level is quite low and the cooling performance you get out of this CPU cooler is fantastic. My one gripe with the product is that its a pain in the butt to screw the heatsink to the motherboard after mounting it. However, once that process is finished then the then the rest of the installation is simple.

Fans are a bit obnoxious to get back on during the install but aside from that i cannot find anything else to nitpick

I dont really know how it was forgotten to file the cnc finish off the plate. the heatsink still works for my lower end build with a Ryzen 5 2600 averaging 65-70 under load, but i fear that the uneven finish might stir up problem when put with a different cpu. i have gotten Noctua fans an heatsinks before an this has not been an issue. If the bottom plate on the heatsink was polished like normal i would have given 5 stars, but with the uneven jagged state it came in i will not.

I have this paired with a 5800x and it decreased my temps by 30 degrees from the wraith prism cooler

This Noctua cooler is amazing. Many people already know and trust the brand, so it made it easy for me to justify purchasing it. This is the best cooler I’ve found so far and I doubt I will be ditching anytime soon.

Excellent CPU cooler which is large enough to cool and get the job done without getting in the way of other PC components.

I had a stock Intel cooler that was getting 80C average temps and was constantly throttling at 100C.

so far...I love this fan. its keeps my LGA 1700, 13th....cool.

Read through the simple directions in accordance with your motherboard. Works great for my i7 and probably would use it on an i9.