Noctua NH-U12S, Premium CPU Cooler with NF-F12 120mm Fan (Brown)

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  • Nicolas Carter III

    Greater than one week

    un modèle du genre , efficacité redoutable

  • atthedrivein

    16-06-2025

    Was using a Hyper 212 for the past year on my Intel system (i7 8700k) and decided to upgrade. It is consistently 10-12 degrees lower in all tasks, definitely happy with my purchase. I have a NH-D15 in another system and if youre trying to decide between this cooler and the NH-D15 (and are tight on $) this is a great option. After having used both I would say the temperature difference is not significant except under stress tests. Buy with confidence.

  • Kyle Gold

    > 3 day

    Make sure it is compatible with your motherboard. After mixing and matching two sets of parts I got it to fit.

  • dato

    > 3 day

    This cooler is really quiet but it hardly absorbs heat from cpu. i replaced 20$ cooler with cooper pipes (which was quite noisy) with this one. old cooler was able to keep cpu at 45-50c at 30% load and with this new cooler it goes up to 65c. i didnt used too much thermal paste to block heat dissipation so i guess this cooler uses bad material to transfer heat or something else.

  • uno

    > 3 day

    No hace nada de ruido. Su calidad es impresionante. Es caro sí, pero se nota en los acabados. El sistema de montaje es muy sencillo y permite añadirle otro ventilador. El color que a mucha gente no gusta a mi me encanta.

  • Ralph Cramdon

    > 3 day

    OMG! I had to look to make sure the fan was actually running after installing the Noctua cooler. After YEARS of thinking my computer was haunted using the stock cooler and having to endure the constant woooo, WooOOOoooo, WOOOOOOO, I have the sound I wanted. nothing! The stock cooler did a good job keeping the CPU temps down but the sounds of waking up in a haunted house at 3am had to go!

  • BrunoB

    > 3 day

    Le titre parle de lui même, placé sur un I7 4790K, refroidit comme il se doit et surtout dans le silence.

  • claudio germani

    > 3 day

    Tiene bassa la temperatura senza far rumore.

  • Kyle S

    > 3 day

    I have a Ryzen 3600, with the stock cooler; it is was hitting temps around 92c. With this cooler (and a second fan) I am getting a max temp around 74c. Thats a crazy difference!

  • Ray

    > 3 day

    This Noctua CPU fan cooler for the LGA-1150 socket processors is simply amazing. What else can I say but that the construction is superb, with all high quality components, and excellent thermal paste included. But beyond the obvious high quality is something else youll notice right away ... or WONT notice, because this fan is so quiet that you cannot hardly hear it in operation, even when you put your ear up to your open CPU case. It really is that quiet, and it is quite apparent that Noctua actually did do all the wind testing and fan blade experimentation to end up with a fan this quiet. I highly recommend this for anyone wishing to build a quiet computer, and you can purchase the Noctua fans separately (apart from this CPU cooler) in just about every size, so you can retrofit an entire case with these, if you want.

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The NH-U12S is the latest 12cm model of Noctua’s classic U-series single tower CPU coolers, which have received more than 400 awards and recommendations from the international press. The S-version’s 45mm slim shape ensures 100% compatibility with tall RAM modules and at the same time, its fine-tuned design and the class-leading NF-F12 FocusedFlow fan with PWM support for fully automatic speed control allow it to further improve its predecessor’s renowned quiet cooling performance. Topped off with the trusted, pro-grade SecuFirm2 multi-socket mounting system and Noctua’s proven NT-H1 thermal compound, the NH-U12S is a complete premium quality solution that combines outstanding performance, quiet operation and excellent compatibility.

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Classic 120mm tower size for excellent overall compatibility

Standing 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 standard ATX or Micro-ATX motherboards, ensuring optimum compatibility with multi-GPU setups.

100% RAM compatibility

Thanks 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 fan

Recommended by more than 150 hardware publications and thousands of enthusiasts world-wide, the Noctua"s premium quality NF-F12 Focused Flow 120mm fan is renowned to combine superb static pressure, excellent heatsink performance and surprising quietness of operation.

NT-H1 thermal compound

Having received more than 100 awards and recommendations from hardware journalists around the world, Noctua"s NT-H1 is a proven professional grade TIM solution that provides minimum thermal resistance, excellent ease of use and outstanding reliability.

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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/s): 755 g
Materials

Copper (base and heat-pipes), aluminium (cooling fins), soldered joints & nickel plating

Cooler Specifications

Scope of delivery

  • NF-F12 PWM premium fan
  • NA-RC6 Low-Noise Adaptor (L.N.A)
  • NT-H1 high-grade thermal compound
  • SecuFirm2 mounting kit
  • Anti-vibration pads and fan-clips for second NF-F12
  • Noctua metal case-badge
Fan compatibility

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Anti-vibration pads and fan-clips for second NF-F12 (optional)

For users who want to achieve even better performance by adding a second, optional NF-F12 fan to create a push/pull setup, the NH-U12S includes fan clips and an extra set of custom-designed anti-vibration pads that allow to off-set the rear fan by 5mm to improve acoustics in dual-fan mode.

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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
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