Noctua NH-U12A, Premium CPU Cooler with High-Performance Quiet NF-A12x25 PWM Fans (120mm, Brown)

High quality cooler, nicely packaged and performance is excellent. It keeps my 5900x running at 67C under full load (PBO off). I used the included fans at first but found them ugly and kinda noisy. So switched to a single Arctic P12 which actually gave almost identical results but with a lower noise output.

I have an ASUS Tuf Gaming H670 Pro mobo and a Corsair iCue 5000x RGB case, so I have lots of room between the mobo and wall, but the area around the CPU is limited, so I had to very carefully consider what cooler to buy. After contacting different companies, asking on forums, and comparing sizes and statistics, I was able to determine that, along with those considerations and input, their warranty put this product as the best choice. As they are located in Austria, there was something of a communication barrier, but they were very helpful. I dont care for their website design, since it doesnt provide an easy way to compare products and only lists their coolers and whether its compatible with your mobo, and they didnt seem concerned about my feedback on that, but the product itself is solid and will supposedly do a great job (along with all my case fans) of keeping the CPU cool in the summer 90+ degree weather without an AC. Well see...My only complaint is that it wasnt perfectly obvious as to which way I should face it on the CPU. Since the height of the heatsink is taller than the fans, you can have them perfectly parallel, or offset, and it has lots of heatsink pipes, meaning it cools the CPU more efficiently than a cooler with fewer pipes. If youve got limited space around the CPU, and you dont want the cooler to overhang things nearby, this is definitely one to consider. It comes with extras, including an AMD mounting kit, and spare parts, as well as heat compound, LNA cable, y-splitter cable, wrench, mobo backplate to reduce stress on the mobo due to the weight, etc.. Recommended!

A pesar de los problemas con el envío, el producto es increíble. Baja la temperatura unos 5 grados de CPU y GPU, en comparación con mi anterior EVO212, no es gran cosa pero mi equipo a full la GPU no supera ahora los 60 en ningún momento y la CPU con OC sobre 55, y sin achuchar a los fans.

make sure it case so big enough and ram cards arnt too tall or your going have some clearance issues, but that all has to do with the motherboard layout, this cou cooling fan is perfect

Ho acquistato il Noctua NH-U12A per sostituire un Corsair Hydro H80i-v2 al quale si è guastata la pompa.

Very loud at full speed. Had to use included low noise adapters, which dropped the fans speed to about 1700 RPM. Made it OK sound wise. Cooling was not affected on my Ryzen 5950X. Noctua NH-U12A cannot keep up to the demands of the hot CPU, temps are fine under medium load, but are pushing 85 to 90 C under heavy load, all 16 cores at max, default settings, not overclocked. I use it for data science computations, not some bench marking tests. Not a gamer. I know the CPU is designed to push the thermals to 90C, but I am a little uncomfortable running it at 80C+ for many hours. Overall I feel this cooler has been over hyped by the reviewers. It is all quality and nicely made and packaged, so I can see it being superb under less demanding installs.

The best of the best in terms of cpu coolers, not too expensive, and fantastic cooling. Really quiet too. Noctua always delivers on their reputation

Shipping - From supplier to the philippines took about 5 days, which is incredibly fast considering were under lockdown.

I have this mounted on a stock Ryzen 9 3950X. During Cinebench R23, the highest temperature reading observed was 66° C with an ambient temperature of 23° C. The thermal paste used was NT-H2. The case used was a SilverStone RL05 with twin Noctua NF-A14 fans up front and a single NF-A12x25 in the rear. All fans were under BIOS-optimized PWM control.

...and just as quiet. For the uninformed, Noctua products are typically the best in category, and this CPU cooler is no exception. Noctua coolers and fans are in all of my systems. One of these was decommissioned recently after nine years of reliable “quiet PC” operation. At the end it was running just as reliably and quietly as when it was first installed. Pro tip: Even for someone who installs these somewhat regularly, it’s easy to get confused and attempt to install the wrong model, use the wrong parts, try to install backwards, and so forth - then complain. Not a good thing. Don’t be a complainer. Order the correct model for your board and RTFQ! (Read The Funny Instructions).