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

Beast of an air cooler and nearly silent, rarely if ever hesr it ramp up a bit. Temps stay around 39c normally and gaming around 56c to 60c max. Im running a 5800x and this is by far the best air cooler I have ever owned.

The U12A is a great air cooler albeit the most expensive one. I use it in a small mATX case (inwin 301) where airflow is poor. Does a great job cooling an r5 3600 idling in high 30s to low 40s. In cinebench r23 max temp 74 degrees and while gaming up to 78 degrees max spike. I know the 3600 is not hard to cool. The U12A gives slightly better cooling performance than the wraith prism. About 4-6 degrees delta but its much better at being silent. At 100% max fan spin, while audible it is not very loud. Ive also used this cooler with a 5900x in the same case and that CPU is a hot one! It can cool the 5900x in cinebench r23 at high 70s to mid 80s and idle at around 45-50 degrees. While gaming I saw the 5900x temps spike really high. CPU package up to 89 degrees and CCD1 go up to 93. That being said the U12A chromax black is still a great cooler that I can easily recommend. If your case is limited to 158mm cooler height and youre thinking about purchasing this... do it, you wont regret it.

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.

Ive been an avid nhd15 user. No more. I will now be using the u12a for future builds. I just built a 5950x system with a u12a and it keeps it from loosing its cool. Mid 80s when PBO optimized, same as the nhd15 i tried on the same system :) In my mind, its quieter and is not an eye sore in my case blocking the pretty ram that Ive got or causing me to loose skin trying to pull out my video card. As stated before, the temperatures seems like its the same as its bigger counterpart. The only negative thing that I can think of is that I did have a couple of bent fins but they were easily bent back into shape.

Oui ce ventirad est cher, mais quelle bête. Tout respire la qualité et la robustesse, les finitions sont impeccables et le bundle vraiment tres bien fourni.

Seems a little louder than the bigger styles but fit and performs well.

worked great for my 7950x no problems

Its extremely quiet (basically silent when at idle). My intake fan is louder than the two fans running on the air cooler (I put the low noise adapters that came with the cooler because why not). AM4 installation was a breeze for a first time pc builder pleb like myself. Also nice that the cooler came with mounting brackets to fit AM3, AM4, and Intel CPUs.

No CPU overheating and barely any noise. Get ready though, it’s HUGE.

Switched over from a hyper 212 Evo and my temps dropped by about 10-11c, at idle Im around 32-35c. Im using an Asus tuf x570 gaming plus wifi and a Lian LI lancool II mesh so theres no clearance issues. Absolutely loving the look of it!