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

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  • Freewill

    > 3 day

    Awesome cooler 10/10, Prefer this over cheap AIO coolers. User with a good thermal compound like Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut. Check case compatibility on Noctuas site and Read last paragraph of review if you are replacing an existing CPU Cooler.

  • Choughik T.

    > 3 day

    Although it seems like Noctua added a color tax to this cooler because its the Chomax Black, its an incredible cooler especially for those who are replacing an AMD Stock Cooler. There are better options out there, but I believe this tower cooler to be one of the best of the best. I dropped almost 20°C on average compared to the AMD stock cooler. Its super easy to install and is pretty quiet. Overall, I highly reccomend this.

  • Tyler H

    > 3 day

    Paired it up with a Ryzen 3700X CPU, temps at idle are about 40C. Havent pushed it hard but Ive owned Noctua coolers before, never had any issue with them overheating. Installation instructions are clear and concise. Much more quiet than my AIO cooler!!!

  • Truong

    Greater than one week

    Better than amd ryzen stock coolers. It a bit expensive but its still cheaper than an AIO and its noctua. Louder than I thought. Recommend a second chromax fan. It looks nicer and you can do push-pull.

  • L. Kelly

    > 3 day

    This is a fantastic CPU cooler. I installed it with my Ryzen 5 3600 to replace the stock AMD cooler. Super easy install. Directions are very clear and all the necessary parts are included.

  • Jocelyn Oberbrunner

    Greater than one week

    No hace nada de ruido, la caja viene con todo lo necesario y más y se ve que todo de es grandísima calidad.

  • Richard

    > 3 day

    This is a great step up from the Cooler Master Hyper 212. Easier to install and temps are a lot lower than with the cooler. Installation was super easy and everything you need is included with this cooler including thermal paste (I used Artic MX4 though). Currently running the I7 9700KF and under full load on Prime95 Im holding steady at 58C. Which is more stress than I will put on my chip gaming. Idle Im at 30C.

  • Maria Eugenia Perez Diaz

    > 3 day

    Los productos Noctua son una pasada y son de lo mejor. Este no iba a ser menos. No tiene ningún inconveniente. Perfecto.

  • Bob

    > 3 day

    Comes with hardware to mount 2nd fan, if you need it. Dropped my temps more than 25C from stock fan on Ryzen 5 3600. Super quiet. I had 170mm of space in my case, this measured 168mm, it fits perfect. Very impressed and hope to use this a long time.

  • jana

    Greater than one week

    It was a bit of a pain to install as someone whos inexperienced with PC building but it helped me by making my CPU temperature much lower. With the stock Ryzen 3600 cooler, I was peaking 70 Degrees Celsius when idle and hitting 80-90 degrees when playing something like Monster Hunter World with medium settings. After installing this, the temperature peaks at 60 when idle (but mostly stays at 40-50s) and sometimes 70 when playing monster hunter world. The fan that comes included with it is fairly silent so no complaints on that end. It also doesnt look too bad. One thing to note is to make sure your case is wide enough to accommodate the heat spreader. To give a reference, Im using a NZXT H510 and it has enough space for the spreader. If possible, its best to get a different thermal paste instead of using the one that was given to you with this product.

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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

120x120x25

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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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