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

Have it mounted on a Gigabyte X570S Aero G with a Ryzen 9 5900X CPU. Using supplied thermal paste, CPU temps are a bit high for my liking. Moderate gaming loads are mid to upper 70s. I am going to try and reseat the cooler to see if that helps.

Veramente silenziosa, questo dissipatore quasi non si sente, il sistema di montaggio è semplice ,ma soprattutto il prodotto è correlato da un semplice ma efficace foglio di istruzioni che ti spiega bene cosa fare in base alle varie possibilità di installazione.

Siehe Titel, ansonsten bleibt zu sagen, dass Noctua mit der Schwarzen Edition mir endlich den Wunsch nach perfekter Kühlung und optischer Neutralität erfüllt hat. Die Halterung der Lüfter nach Noctua Art wirkt erstmal befremdlich, aber ist effizient und hält.

I did not want to liquid cool, so I took a chance on this fan. Works well with Ryzen 5900 and my ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero AMD AM4 X570S. Normal web surfing and Word and Excel, the idle temp is around 33 Celsius. I run the fans on quiet mode. When video rendering, the temp goes to 65 degrees. The processor is running at 4700 MHz. If it gets near 70, the fan kicks into higher mode and keeps the temp below 65. I have a full size case. I am not a gamer, but I suspect the temp will be kept below 70. I love the Ryzen because the the cpu speed drops below 500 MHz. I have been using this system since I built it March. I am extremely pleased. My case supports liquid cooling, but I see no need for it. The reason I chose the Asus MB is that superbly built and has lots of USB ports.

It includes the LGA 1700 socket mounting kit and it fits fine on an MSI MAG Z690 TOMAHAWK WIFI DD4 mobo. They also include thermal paste as well. The fans are still attached using spring clips which work fine. The fans have nice rubbarised corners which helps with the assembly. Brackets are also included for AMD CPUs. The fans are quiet. Quality product by Noctua much better & less hassle than water pumps in my opinion.

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.

This Noctua cooler is amazing. Many people already know and trust the brand, so it made it easy for me to justify purchasing it. This is the best cooler I’ve found so far and I doubt I will be ditching anytime soon.

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.

Had it professionally installed, as it was my first i9 installation with a non-Intel cooling fan. Runs like a pro. Will use same on all i9 installations. Dont want to take a chance of over-heating. Dont like to cook hot dogs over the CPU.

Great cooler for anyone looking for something simple and easy to install. Keeps my 5900x idling at 35-45c reaching a max of 75c under 100% usage. The Noctua fans that this cooler comes with are so quiet at 100% power that I can only notice they make sound if I turn my corsair case fans off to listen, and thats without the included noise reducing cables. Highly recommend this over an AIO. I’m giving it 4 stars because of the lack of color options for the fans, and that the $20 chromax magnetic cover for the heat sink is a separate purchase when I feel it should be included in the already expensive price.