Noctua NH-U12S chromax.Black, 120mm Single-Tower CPU Cooler (Black)
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Ron Manuell
Greater than one weekSwapped out my Hyper212 and Im not looking back. The 212 was good and I appreciate the value but the Noctua is great. Keep temps below 70C on my 3600x with a 4.3 OC and idles at 40C which is 5-8C cooler than the 212. I have a Corsair LL120 push and the providedNoctua fan pull on this setup because I slipped into the RGB rabbit hole. But it still works amazing. These measurements are immediately after install with the provided Noctua thermal paste. Idk if Noctua paste has a cure time but I wont complain if temps drop even lower
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Miss Anais Mohr
> 3 dayIts what you would expect from Noctua, great quality, easy to install, and its quiet which is very important to me. The overall black finish looks really good in my glass side panel case. Noctua products are a shining example of you get what you pay for.
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Russell C.
> 3 dayI have a intel i5 12600K 12th gen processor (LGA1700) and it keeps it very cool. Under normal use on computer temps are around 28-35 degrees. While gaming this fan keeps my cpu around 42-60 degrees which is brilliant as my cpu has a recommended max temperature of 82 degrees. I would definitely recommend this fan for gaming.
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Harry Sipes
19-11-2024This was my first time installing a cooling fan larger than a stock intel heatsink and fan, so I spent more time reviewing the instructions than I needed to.
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James Mullins
> 3 dayWorks as advertised.
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Myles Lindsey
> 3 dayThis keeps my 5600x cool under load (around 60 C) and idle (around 35 C). No issues installing, and the thermal paste it comes with works fine. At full tilt, the fans (I purchased the second one for aesthetics) stay pretty damn quiet. I also really like the way it looks in my build. Glad I chose this over an AIO.
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alex l.
> 3 dayDissipatore top, poca rumorosità, bello da vedere, affiancato ad un i5 12400f
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Erik Zirbel
> 3 dayAnd much better than the stock cooler on my am4 processor. I dont know if its easy. Im sure there could be easier ones and harder ones so yea. Its not excessive.
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jfh
> 3 dayLowers temperatures drastically, was topping over 80 with the stock amd cooler with no overclocking. Installed this and set the auto OC setting on using ryzen master and didn’t get temps over 60 degrees when gaming for over 5 hours.
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Ms. Annabell Braun Jr.
> 3 dayI was between this and the NHU-12A. The price difference didnt justify the moderate increase Im performance Id expect.
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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