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

Keeps my 7950x3d around 50c-60c

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

Purchase this size if you are looking to build a mini-atx computer. I put this into the fractal design define 7 nano case (w/ i5 12600K) and it fits perfectly. Anything bigger MIGHT clear but this is the perfect size with equally excellent cooling capacity.

Like all Noctua products, the quality is exceptional. It is a touch difficult sometimes to get the screws going when mounting the cooler, but thats about it. Keeps my Ryzer 7 at good temps. I did try out their smaller 92mm single fan cpu cooler version for a bit. Compared to that I got 5 degrees lower on idle, and around 9 degrees cooler on load on Cinebench. That is going from a single 92mm cooler to dual 120mm, so the improvement makes sense. That just goes to show how good their smaller coolers are! If you dont plan to overclock your cpu I would go with their smaller cooler as the difference isnt massive. This particular all black version is on the pricier side (thats the 1 star drop). Nonetheless, Noctua is my go-to for anything cooling. I thought hard about buying an AiO from another brand but didnt want to have to worry about pump issues, leaking, or fitting the radiator in my case. Im happy I went with Noctua.

I installed this cooler in a new computer build in April of 2022. I made sure to buy the black one since I didnt want the brown one in my completely no-windows case. Because reasons. Mostly, I didnt want to see brown fans every time I opened the case to clean it. Based on other reviews, Im not the only person who feels this way. I digress. The install was straightforward (although there are quite a number of steps compared to the old snap on coolers). Once inside the case, the cooler is whisper quiet and takes good care of my i7-12700K processor, even under load. A few things to note:

The noise level is quite low and the cooling performance you get out of this CPU cooler is fantastic. My one gripe with the product is that its a pain in the butt to screw the heatsink to the motherboard after mounting it. However, once that process is finished then the then the rest of the installation is simple.

I will never use water stuff around electricity, and people have gone mad with their insane water cooler pcs. This air cooler is better than almost all of the aio coolers out there. Its very quiet, and if it needs to speed up the cooling, it does it immediately. My CPU never passes 60 degrees during heavy gaming. The only issue I have is the weird latches of the fans that connect to the cooler itself. Its hard to remove them if you have it installed and want to adjust stuff around the mobo.

Initially had gotten a unit that was broken through shipping. Luckily had gotten a replacement for it and have been fairly happy about it. There were still a few bent fins but, not hard bending them back and was only a couple of them.

Dieser ralativ kompakte Kühler schafft es den Ryzen 7950X in fast allen Situationen weit unter der 95°C-Grenze zu halten. Nur bei Cinebench r23 (multi core) kam er an diese Grenze. Nur wer alle Kerne maximal Stresst, 3D Rendering wie beim Cinebench oder dergleichen betreibt, der solle den Ryzen etwas runterregeln, alle andere müssen nichts weiter tun. -- Ich betone das, weil ich oft lese, dass für den 7950X zwingend eine große Wasserkühlung von Nöten sei. Wasserkühlungen sind mir wegen des möglichen Wasserschadens nicht ganz geheuer. Der Noctua ist zwar genauso teuer wie eine günstige Wasserkühlung, aber wer schon über 600 EUR für einen Prozessor ausgibt, der muss eben auch in einen guten Kühler investieren.

Excellent all around cooler. Extremely good performance for such a small size. I love that it does not block the RAM, PCI slots nor the GPU; nor does it interfere with the case side panel.