Noctua NH-U12S chromax.Black, 120mm Single-Tower CPU Cooler (Black)
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Gyandeo Bajnath
05-06-2025Reduced the temps nicely on a Ryzen 7 5800x, however it is advised to get another fan to mount to the back of the cooler as well.
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Anon
> 3 dayThe thing is a monster. I ordered it to replace an MSI AIO I had. MSI nearly cost me a brand new 5600x when their cooler went out 6 months after purchase.
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Maria Eugenia Perez Diaz
> 3 dayLos productos Noctua son una pasada y son de lo mejor. Este no iba a ser menos. No tiene ningún inconveniente. Perfecto.
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Marshall French
> 3 dayI was a little timid to buy the chromax.Black version since it isnt the bland old Noctua style. But it all works and really does impressive as a CPU heatsink!
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Luca
> 3 dayHo montato questo dissipatore su un case nzxt h510 flow, ci sta perfettamente nonostante le grandi dimensioni. Il dissipatore molto elegante e abbastanza facile e intuibile da montare, molto silenzioso. Unica pecca (ma questi sono solo miei gusti personali) non ci sono le ventole rgb per questo tipo di dissipatore. Molto soddisfatto
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Alexander Harvey
> 3 dayAs some others have said in different reviews, I have an AMD Ryzen 3800x that was running the in-box cooler that came with the CPU. After upgrading to this cooler, the Furmark CPU Burn test brings the CPU to around 70 Celsius and hovers around there. Running the same CPU Burn on the original cooler was getting the CPU into the 85 Celsius range.
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Max
> 3 dayFinally noctua got the point! Black fans matched with black hs= best looking AND performing heatsinks they have released. Noctua mounting system is as easy as it gets. Temps with oced 8086k are excellent. In a blacked out build it looks the part.
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Nancy S
> 3 dayI was hovering near 70C using the AMD wraith prism stock cpu cooler. After installing this bad boy, my temps dropped by over 10C. Glad I got the single tower version since I’m using a Corsair icue 465 rgb midtower atx case. I wanted to install this cpu cooler first to see how much room I was left with near the top of my case and it’s perfect. Now I can add a top fan comfortably next in my tower!
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Marc
Greater than one weekFor those wondering, intels LGA 1200 supports the same layout as LGA 1151, so this cooler fits just fine. Using it on a ASUS Strix B460-I ITX motherboard with an i7-10700 and it keeps the CPU under 70 degrees at maximum load in a Fractal Design Nano S. Cant be more pleased with this purchase.
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Arpacus
> 3 dayOttimo nel fare il suo dovere
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 compatibilityStanding 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 compatibilityThanks 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 fanRecommended 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-customisableUsing 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. |
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
120x120x25
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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| NH-U12S | NH-U12S TR4-SP3 | NH-U12S DX-4189 | NH-U12S redux | NH-U12S chromax.black | NH-U12A | |
| 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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