Noctua NH-U12S chromax.Black, 120mm Single-Tower CPU Cooler (Black)
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AdamB5000
> 3 dayIve been running this on a 5600x CPU for over a year. I just upgraded to a 5800x3D. Unmounting and remounting the cooler was awesomely easy. The fan removal was simple and fast. After that, its just a phillips head screw driver for two spring-loaded screws. Done.
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Miss Anais Mohr
Greater than one weekIts what you would expect from Noctua, great quality, easy to install, and its quiet which is very important to me. The overall black finish looks really good in my glass side panel case. Noctua products are a shining example of you get what you pay for.
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Hamzeh Malkawi
> 3 dayThis cooler is the one for me, I hate fan noise. All my case fans are quiet except the CPU. Now with this cooler I can finally enjoy the silence.
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MaxZ
> 3 dayIl prezzo non è esattamente concorrenziale, ma il dissipatore vale ogni euro speso. Poco ingombrante, settato a velocità minima, mantiene un i5 12600k a 26-28 gradi in idle. Il sistema di montaggio collaudato Secufirm è comodissimo. Non ultimo, arriva corredato dalla pasta termica NT-H1 che a mio avviso è una delle migliori in circolazione. Consigliatissimo
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jon
> 3 daythis is just a few degrees hotter than my H110i GTX. its a little bit louder too, but it doesnt have any real points of failure, like a liquid system does. a very good buy, as is expected with noctua.
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S. Celle
> 3 dayThis has to be one of the highers quality fans I have seen. Good, simple instructions, every thing you need to install the cooler. I replaced an inadequate liquid cooler and the temps on my machine are 50 percent lower. Cooler equals speed! If you really think you need to be cooler, get an additional fan, but I use my machine pretty hard and I probably wont add the second fan
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Nyctores
> 3 dayI recently I bought a pre-made build with a GTX 3080 + Ryzen 5 5600X.
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Ignatius Funk
Greater than one weekI always prefer radiators fans than water cooling. And this one do the job smotttly!!!
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Allen Wisniewski
Greater than one weekEasy to read and understand mounting instructions. Great packaging. Lowered my i7 10700k temperatures by 15-20 degrees C on average versus the stock cooler. Couldn’t be happier with this product.
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Connor
> 3 dayIt’s a bit overkill for the small pc i built but wow is it ever effective
The NH-U12S chromax.black is an all-black version of Noctua’s NH-U12S premium-quality quiet CPU cooler. Thanks to the same proven slim-tower heatsink design and NF-F12 PWM fan, it stays true to the NH-U12S’s successful formula of fusing excellent cooling performance with superb quietness of operation and outstanding RAM, case and PCIe compatibility. At the same time, the chromax.black version with its black fan and black coated heatsink combines these assets with a sleek stealth look. Topped off with the renowned SecuFirm2 multi-socket mounting system and Noctua’s enthusiast-grade NT-H1 thermal compound, the NH-U12S chromax.black is a premium choice for customers who seek a highly compatible 120mm heatsink that looks just as great as it cools.
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Classic 120mm tower size for excellent case and PCIe compatibilityStanding 158mm tall, the NH-U12S is short enough to fit most modern mid- or high-end tower cases. Measuring 125mm wide (including fan and fan clips), the cooler stays clear of the top PCIe slot on most standard ATX or Micro-ATX motherboards, ensuring optimum compatibility with multi-GPU setups. |
100% RAM compatibilityThanks to its slim design with only 45mm fin depth, the NH-U12S will not overhang the RAM slots even with two fans installed. This gives the user full access to the memory modules on all current CPU sockets and ensures 100% compatibility with tall heatspreaders or optional memory fans. |
NF-F12 120mm Focused Flow fanRecommended by more than 150 hardware publications and thousands of enthusiasts worldwide, the Noctua’s premium-quality NF-F12 Focused Flow 120mm fan is renowned for combining superb static pressure, excellent heatsink performance and surprising quietness of operation. |
Colour-customisableUsing the optional NA-HC1 and NA-HC2 heatsink covers as well as the NA-SAVP1 anti-vibration pads (available in black, blue, green, red, yellow, white), the NH-U12S chromax.black can be fully customised to fit popular build colour schemes such as black and red or black and white. |
Measurements
- Height (without fan): 158 mm
- Width (without fan): 125 mm
- Depth (without fan): 45 mm
- Height (with fan): 158 mm
- Width (with fan): 125 mm
- Depth (with fan): 71 mm
- Weight (without fan): 580 g
- Weight (with fan): 755 g
Materials
Copper (base and heat-pipes), aluminium (cooling fins), soldered joints & nickel plating
Cooler Specifications
Scope of delivery
- Black NH-U12S heatsink
- NF-F12 PWM chromax.black premium Fan
- NA-RC6 Low-Noise Adaptor (L.N.A)
- NT-H1 high-grade thermal compound
- Black SecuFirm2 mounting kit
- Black anti-vibration pads and fan-clips for second NF-F12
- Noctua metal case-badge
Fan compatibility
120x120x25
chromax.black design
The NH-U12S chromax.black is black from head to toe: Featuring a black coated heatsink, a black fan with black anti-vibration-pads, black fan clips and black mounting parts, it’s right at home in all-black builds and easy to integrate with other colour schemes.
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| NH-U12S | NH-U12S TR4-SP3 | NH-U12S DX-4189 | NH-U12S redux | NH-U12S chromax.black | NH-U12A | |
| LGA2066, LGA2011-0 & LGA2011-3 | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LGA1700 | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LGA1200, LGA115x (LGA1150, LGA1151, LGA1155, LGA1156) | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LGA775 & LGA1366 | with NM-I3 | X | X | with NM-I3 | with NM-I3 | with NM-I3 |
| Xeon LGA2011 Narrow ILM / Xeon LGA1366 & LGA1356 | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Xeon LGA3647 | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Xeon LGA4189 | X | with NM-i4189 | ✓ | X | X | X |
| AM5 | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AM4 | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| sTRx4, sWRX8, TR4, SP3 | X | ✓ | X | X | X | X |
