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

I rate it 5 by quality.

Può non piacere il colore cacarella, ma come raffreddamento ad aria è imbattibile.

First off, I can’t get over how massive it is, to where I wonder about the structural integrity of the motherboard. It actually has a warning that basically says be careful about transferring your pc with the air cooler attached bc there’s no telling what could happen. I imagine if someone were moving their office, they’d have to disassemble the air cooler first to be safe. And somehow the NH-15 is supposed to be bigger. Luckily, I have plenty of clearance with the Asus Tuf Z690 and Be Quiet 500dx case with the nh-u12a.

Good enough for Ryzen 5900x.

It good

On my recent 5800X build (running PBO and curve optimizer, nothing fancy) I tried out a relatively nice 360mm AIO with push/pull fans (so 6 fans in total) and then one of these. Performance (Cinebench scores and max temps during runs) was so close as to be indistinguishable between the two, and Ive been testing the Noctua during the recent west coast heat wave, so make of that what you will. All other things being equal, air has obvious advantages, and I wont be swapping the AIO back in.

Works well and quiet on idle. Fits well so I can reach the gpu. I returned the bigger 140mm coz couldnt reach gpu, but this one is perfect.

Just wanted to begin by saying that I started off on the wrong foot by purchasing a non-liquid cooled Alienware R12. The heating and noise issues those cases have are horrible since the power supply sits right over the cpu and stock cooler. So side note, if youre buying an Alienware because you just think theyre so cool, get an AIO for the CPU. That being said I swapped cases and put the Noctua NH-U12A on it and had about a 40 degree temp drop/improvement on the processor with very little fan noise. Much happier with my temps with a new case and this CPU cooler.

5600x, idle Temps 27 degrees C. Under gaming load, (Warhammer Inquisitor Martyr) Temps get in the very low 60 degrees C. No specific benchmark tests. You get what you pay for and this is no exception. I initially bought a coolermaster 212, and its a good cooler, but Noctua spared no expense with hardware, and came with a full sized Noctua thermal paste which is some of the best. Quality hardware and the best fans you can get. Its a heavy boy, and retains the stock mobo back plate that is a metal unit. Im really happy I decided to go the expensive route with my cooler, worth every penny.

Encore une fois abusé par les tests et les commentaires : ventilo qui nest guère plus efficace que mon NH-U12S précédent, qui était plus petit et avait un ventilateur de moins