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

Really powerful cooler, accidentally received the beige and chrome one but Amazon quickly replaced it with the correct one

Performance on par with a 240 AIO but way quieter, and super simple installation on AM4 considering most AIO use the same pump and installation which can be annoying. Though you can buy an addon to not make it so bad. This however, is just plug and play. Solid black brings the system uniformity and with the chromax customization can tkae it even further. Highly recommended if you want a highly compatible Tower Cooler without it being so massive.

Recommend doing the install out of the case if youre building a new PC. Check noctuas page for motherboards that work with this cooler. Some of the heatsinks on Asus and other makers are too big and will not mechanically work with this air cooler. This cpu fan is new and out of the box works with lga 1700 ie alder lake without a special adapter which is really convenient. Some people with other fans have been surprised and had to wait for a free adapter kit or pay for one from noctua. Pcpartpicker is not yet up to date with compatibility issues so keep that in mind.

It replaced a Noctua nh-9Us. A necessary move upgrading from a R3 1200 to a R7 5800x. Temps went from almost immediate thermal throttle at normal gaming use and upper 70s regular web browsing (I have it set to throttle at 80c even though they supposedly run well into the 90s by design) to it hangs out in the 50s-60s. It will slowly creep up to 83 under a stress test when I temporarily turned the throttle to stock (which compared to reviews of the 5800x Ive seen, is really good, lots of low-mid 90s from what Ive read), but it has never passed 70 otherwise. Nothing against the nh-9Us, that kept my 1200 under 45c under any circumstance, its just the 5800x runs real hot and regularly clocks itself at 4.50+ instead of the 3.8GHz its rated for. Some sort of self overclock? Either way, this helps keep it at bay. Like I said, most situations keep to the 60s now instead of 80 or higher with the nh-9Us. And that cooler was 15c cooler than the stealth that came with my 1200. Never tested the stealth on the 5800x because it was already too much for the 92mm. Only reason for 4 stars is because its louder than my (admittedly single fan) 92mm same brand predecessor and cost over 100 bucks. Forgot to add that the system temps for both is ~30-35c, however probably due to more heat dissipation by new cooler, it now occasionally hits 40c. Current case is ThermalTake T-100 minitower iTX. Vertical config with heat exiting top of cooler to top of case Noctua 140mm fan for exhaust case fan.

Der Lüfter ist echt super obwohl etwas teuer.

So Far so good

i9 9900k idled at 100c with a kraken m22 AIO.

Muy muy bueno

I7 12900k wird mit den richtigen Fan Einstellungen auf 31 grad Idle gebracht, unter Last ca 85 konstant.

As an owner of the NH-D15, my only complaint with that cooler was that it covered the release latch for the GPU, basically forcing me to either cut my fingers on the heatsink, or poke at the release latch with a screwdriver. And now this basically solved that.