Noctua NH-U12S SE-AM4, Premium CPU Cooler for AMD AM4 (Brown)

Noctua lives up to their rep

Main goal was to overclock my CPU as far as it can go. I did not think it would be a very good idea to do it on an air cooler, however this one is a very competent one, and does the job ( ryzen 5 2600 - furthest I could push it is 1.42V, 4.15 Ghz, at 82-84°C; temps get even lower at - 1.37V, 3.95 GHz, at 74.5°C at full sinth. load ). At stock or at a lower clock on the CPU this cooler maintains (depending on the CPU that is) 29-32°C at idle, and around 49-56°C at full load. Noice levels are OK. These are results from my personal use of the cooler. Even the thermal paste that comes with the cooler is good. All around the installation was easy enough. Everything, including the tools that you would need to mount it and some spare parts come in the box. Perfect for AM4 motherboards and mid tower cases.

poor quality. fan failed. poor customer service. seller asked to break the fan blade in order to do RMA.. which is very dangerous and can injury eyes if not done correctly.

If youve ever installed a cooler on your CPU, you know the utter torture that came with the process of attaching it to the CPU/mobo. Once you understand the idea behind this particular cooling tower design, you will see how this system is more efficient and user friendly than anything Ive ever seen. Id call it revolutionary (I dont own company stock - Im just a consumer). The key here is knowing that the metal BACKplate of your motherboard CPU is a critical component, and if you take both black plastic AM4 brackets off at the same time, that plate will FALL to the inside back of the case. Youre gonna need that plate to stay snuggled up to its original position on the backside of the mobo. If it falls, youre likely gonna have to take the entire mobo out of the case to do this install (a MUCH MORE lengthy and frustrating process).

does a great job of cooling and so easy to install...

Bello da vedere, silenziosissimo e mantiene le temperature basse, consiglio vivamente lacquisto di questo prodotto, soprattutto per il prezzo contenuto

I overclocked this CPU using this cooler, and guess what? The cooler never broke past 30 DEGREES Celsius during idling time! Im running a Pinnacle Ridge CPU from AMD, during heavy loads this CPU Cooler will keep your CPU under 50 Celsius! With proper ventilation, good PC fans (I have at least 7 fans running inside of the unit) this cooler will keep your CPU safe and sound, you just use the thermal paste that is supplied with this cooler and youre good to go. What more could you literally ask for if you want to keep your investment safe??

I ended up just installing the wraithcooler that came with the Ryzen 3 3600 I bought, This is by far the most tedious product I have ever worked with. The design in poor in my opinion, It forces you to take of the fan to mount it (I dont know when they would have just engineered it so those thumb screws arent underneath the fan. Once you get that fan off the IT WONT go back on, Those junk metal clips it gives you only bend when you dont want them to. NEVER AGAIN, This was $60 wasted for Im about to just throw it in the trash. PS My father gifted me this for an early birthday present because I hate stock coolers but this is complete trash. Also I spent 40 minutes trying to make it go on.

Apart from stock coolers this is one of the easiest cpu coolers I’ve mounted in the 10 years I’ve built pcs. Temps seem a bit better than the 212 evo and the included fan is amazing!!

Hardly runs past idle ,immensely quiet even up to full throttle and maintains good temps couldn’t ask for more