Noctua NH-U12S chromax.Black, 120mm Single-Tower CPU Cooler (Black)

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  • Prof. Sonya Pfeffer DDS

    08-06-2025

    I don’t normally write reviews like this…but I have to say, I’m extremely impressed. I conducted a build with a Coolermaster Q500L and used a full ATX board, a Ryzen 5600x with a GTX 1080 3 fan config. If you know anything about full ATX builds in smaller towers, you know the PSU is typically front+top mounted with a piggy-back power chord.

  • Nicolas

    > 3 day

    nulla da dire, se conoscete il marchio noctua sapete che non sbaglia mai

  • Tom Dabu / Forged Garage

    > 3 day

    Cooling my CPU better than the AIO setup of my brother, considering we have same case and CPU

  • Cristiano

    > 3 day

    Ottimo prodotto, silenzioso, affidabile, sta perfettamente nel mio case e mantiene la temperatura del processore di diversi gradi in meno rispetto a quello fornito da AMD. Consigliato

  • Vince

    > 3 day

    Comes with a 1700 Bracket if youre Curious. Holds 5.0Ghz i7 12700K @ 55C at 100% Load @100% Fan Speed .

  • vanya

    07-06-2025

    this cpu cooler preforms better than expected. stays quiet under load and keeps my i5-7400 below 65 degrees F.

  • Mariusz

    Greater than one week

    Noctua is one of the best CPU cooler available. Very easy to install and very efficent cooling.

  • oscar

    > 3 day

    My CPU was getting too hot with my previous cooler and this one brought it down 20 degrees. It sits at 32° while idle and 62° during gaming. Im using a Ryzen 5600x btw.

  • Christina Mitchell

    > 3 day

    I was running an NZXT M22 Kraken liquid-cooled system on my ROG Strix motherboard with i5-8600k chip and RTX 2060. Not overclocked, playing games like Apex Legends, DOTA 2, COD Warzone, and Black Desert. I was seeing temperatures at idle, no load around 30 to 35 degrees C. After playing any one of these games for about 30 minutes, temps would exceed 80 and even go above 90 while in-game. Everyone said try re-seating your thermal paste, reset your bios to default etc. Did both of those things with little to no changes; thermal paste was Kryonaut grizzly by the way. So I start looking at Noctua air coolers. Considered getting the NH-D15 (the incredibly large 140mm cooler) but was concerned about fitment on the MB around the RAM sets. Found the NH-U12S in sexy black. Kudos to all the previous folks that wrote positive reviews about it, because I placed nearly all my faith in those reviews. Ordered it, and could not be happier. Temperature at idle is now high 20s; gaming under load for over an hour produced temps never exceeding 67. And because it runs cooler, the fans in my tower dont kick into overdrive, making gaming a quieter, more pleasant experience. These are the pros.

  • OwO

    > 3 day

    El producto en color negro es más caro que el color original, pero si quieres que este convine con una estética sobria o en tu gabinete resalta el color negro o tiene RGB, es una buena opción a considerar, también el bloque disipador se siente robusto y se ve que enfría bien porque bajó las temperaturas hasta 10° y con el ventilador casi apagado, también de que apenas hace ruido el ventilador de 120mm con el que viene

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The NH-U12S chromax.black is an all-black version of Noctua’s NH-U12S premium-quality quiet CPU cooler. Thanks to the same proven slim-tower heatsink design and NF-F12 PWM fan, it stays true to the NH-U12S’s successful formula of fusing excellent cooling performance with superb quietness of operation and outstanding RAM, case and PCIe compatibility. At the same time, the chromax.black version with its black fan and black coated heatsink combines these assets with a sleek stealth look. Topped off with the renowned SecuFirm2 multi-socket mounting system and Noctua’s enthusiast-grade NT-H1 thermal compound, the NH-U12S chromax.black is a premium choice for customers who seek a highly compatible 120mm heatsink that looks just as great as it cools.

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Classic 120mm tower size for excellent case and PCIe compatibility

Standing 158mm tall, the NH-U12S is short enough to fit most modern mid- or high-end tower cases. Measuring 125mm wide (including fan and fan clips), the cooler stays clear of the top PCIe slot on most standard ATX or Micro-ATX motherboards, ensuring optimum compatibility with multi-GPU setups.

100% RAM compatibility

Thanks to its slim design with only 45mm fin depth, the NH-U12S will not overhang the RAM slots even with two fans installed. This gives the user full access to the memory modules on all current CPU sockets and ensures 100% compatibility with tall heatspreaders or optional memory fans.

NF-F12 120mm Focused Flow fan

Recommended by more than 150 hardware publications and thousands of enthusiasts worldwide, the Noctua’s premium-quality NF-F12 Focused Flow 120mm fan is renowned for combining superb static pressure, excellent heatsink performance and surprising quietness of operation.

Colour-customisable

Using the optional NA-HC1 and NA-HC2 heatsink covers as well as the NA-SAVP1 anti-vibration pads (available in black, blue, green, red, yellow, white), the NH-U12S chromax.black can be fully customised to fit popular build colour schemes such as black and red or black and white.

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Measurements
  • Height (without fan): 158 mm
  • Width (without fan): 125 mm
  • Depth (without fan): 45 mm
  • Height (with fan): 158 mm
  • Width (with fan): 125 mm
  • Depth (with fan): 71 mm
  • Weight (without fan): 580 g
  • Weight (with fan): 755 g
Materials

Copper (base and heat-pipes), aluminium (cooling fins), soldered joints & nickel plating

Cooler Specifications

Scope of delivery

  • Black NH-U12S heatsink
  • NF-F12 PWM chromax.black premium Fan
  • NA-RC6 Low-Noise Adaptor (L.N.A)
  • NT-H1 high-grade thermal compound
  • Black SecuFirm2 mounting kit
  • Black anti-vibration pads and fan-clips for second NF-F12
  • Noctua metal case-badge
Fan compatibility

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chromax.black design

The NH-U12S chromax.black is black from head to toe: Featuring a black coated heatsink, a black fan with black anti-vibration-pads, black fan clips and black mounting parts, it’s right at home in all-black builds and easy to integrate with other colour schemes.

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LGA2066, LGA2011-0 & LGA2011-3 X X
LGA1700 X X
LGA1200, LGA115x (LGA1150, LGA1151, LGA1155, LGA1156) X X
LGA775 & LGA1366 with NM-I3 X X with NM-I3 with NM-I3 with NM-I3
Xeon LGA2011 Narrow ILM / Xeon LGA1366 & LGA1356 X X X X X X
Xeon LGA3647 X X X X X X
Xeon LGA4189 X with NM-i4189 X X X
AM5 X X
AM4 X X
sTRx4, sWRX8, TR4, SP3 X X X X X

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