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

Pour ce ventirad, déjà lunboxing, emballage nickel.

Bought this cooler as it was the only one that supported LGA 1700 out of the box. It keeps my 12600k in the high 60s under load.

Nice quiet product. Pretty simple install as well, fits my blackout build perfect.

Cooler better than or equal to most liquid coolers.

Honestly there’s nothing I dislike about this system. It’s amazing!!! I’m running a 12th Gen Intel with this and it’s kept it cool under a long gaming sessions no problem, and I’m talking 10-14hrs no break.

Ce ventirad est suffisant pour un i7 12700k. Préférez les ventirads qui sont plus fiable et plus silencieux que les AIO qui tombent très vite en panne.

My 5950x never goes above 65C under sustained full load. Ive never owned a cooler that could do that.

It’s a good product, I had a wobbly fan and Noctua sent me a replacement! Their customer service seems to be good. Noctua makes great stuff, it may cost a premium but it’s worth it. One of the best air coolers you can find on the market.

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.

Was expecting nhd15 levels of performance, at best. What I got was far superior cooling. I cant guarantee there wasnt an issue with the mount of my nhd15 to my i7-12700k, however, temps are a solid 8c cooler during Aida or p95 stress tests. You can tell this cooler was engineered very thoughtfully. Its densely constructed with a thick copper base. Heat pipes saturate every point of contact with the IHS. If I had to nitpick, the fans can get quite loud at full chat, but they perform excellently even at idle. Cant fault this cooler in basically any way, its very impressive. Installed in Fractal Torrent Nano.