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

Gaming, browsing, multitasking in the month since I bought this my 3700x has not seen 45c and I dont think it will. The legends are true. This is the best cooler on the market, hands down.

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.

Super easy to set up compared to liquid cooling. Ran an i7 13700k at 100% for 5 minutes. Warm air was blowing out but it sure as heck works and isnt super loud! Im using it in an NR200 with mesh panels, fits perfectly. I bent the fins a little bit by accident but easily fixable with a credit card.

Ho sempre avuto dissipatori stock su intel i7 9700, dove le temperature in gaming su Warzone arrivavano anche a 98 gradi. Oggi, dopo averlo montato e dopo aver giocato per 2ore, ho riscontrato picchi di 80 gradi, con ina media di 65 gradi! Inoltre le ventole sono silenziosissime!!! Super soddisfatto!!!

Für mich der beste Luftkühler. Höre ihn kaum bis garnicht und mit Headset ehh nicht. Die Leistung ist besser als der Dark Rock Pro 4 den ich vorher hatte, diesen nun aber in einem anderen Rechner verbaut habe aufgrund eines CPU wechsels. Für mich Top!

Cools the 5800X quite well. Went from a 360 AIO to this as i have already 2 rigs that encountered AIO failures.

Suite à une déception avec un watercooling AIO qui a fonctionné que quelques mois avant de rendre l’âme, j’ai voulu une solution plus pérenne et le système à caloducs est la solution, mais faut aussi un refroidissement au moins équivalent. Et bien le ventirad NH u12a donne les 2 solutions et s’offre même le luxe de mieux refroidir mon proc i7 11700k que l’aio (240mm msi).

You better have a big enough ATX case for this cooler. I used it for almost 6 months. I got decent temps with the Noctua, CPU 43-45c at idle. However, I made two changes that dropped temp almost 10c on both CPU and GPU,. 1) AIO cooler for CPU and 2) Vertical riser and custom fans for GPU. The Noctua was like having a base board radiator in the case and it was heating the air in mid-case and restricting air flow. Maybe a bigger air flow case would have been better for the Noctua.

Cooler came in a Amazons box to protect retail box from getting any damage and potentially from cooler getting damaged.

This cooler is extremely quiet and definitely outperforms most of the other coolers out there. I would highly recommend.