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

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  • MK

    > 3 day

    Arrived promptly however the price quoted did not include VAT so it was more expensive than quoted. Cost GBP 121+ incl delivery. Deceptive behaviour - quoting price and omitting that it did not include VAT

  • Jdalzell

    > 3 day

    I went from a pretty LARGE desktop pc with a full custom water loop and it was a pain to drag around to lan parties. Switching down to a smaller form factor I found people stating this was in close proximity to the bequiet dark rock temps are great and sound is minimal.

  • Rick

    Greater than one week

    I bought this to upgrade my Noctua NH-D9L. My 92mm cooler was doing fine but I wanted to get the temps down a little more without going the water cooler route so I thought this 120mm unit and two fans would do the trick.

  • Blaize

    > 3 day

    I recently bought a new Ryzen cpu and need a better cooler than the spire that came with, this was my choice and I definitely do not regret it. The fan is super quiet even while my pc is under load, the instal was very easy and it fits well even in my micro tax case. My temperatures are really great under load with a slight over clock, hovering around the 60 while under near max load. If you are getting a step up from the spire I highly recommend this cooler!

  • Dan Damit

    > 3 day

    I couldn’t find anything to dislike honestly. I swapped back to this from a custom loop for near maintenance free longevity. It’s quiet, it looks great, and temps while gaming in division 2 stay under 50.

  • Sarah C.

    > 3 day

    I bought my son a prebuilt from iBuyPower and the AIO cooler that came with it died after less than a year. Bought another AIO and it came broken.

  • Ernesto

    21-11-2024

    Es bastante eficiente, lo tengo casi siempre a un 40% de su capacidad sobre un R5 5600g, nunca sobrepasa de los 50 grados lo cual es bastante saludable para el procesador manteniendo un ruido casi nulo, te incluye todo lo necesario para su fácil instalación.

  • Frédéric DE DECKER

    > 3 day

    Noctua est pour moi LA marque de dissipateur cpu !

  • Yearzerrrooo

    > 3 day

    All in all great cooler. At first I didnt believe all the hype about Noctua but I think Im going to be a loyal customer now. I was looking to replace the stock cooler on my Ryzen 5 3600 as it was just running a bit too hot with the stock cooler getting to 70c+ and staying there after an hour or two of gameplay or heavy work load. The install of this cooler was extremely simple compared to some of the beefy tower coolers I bought in the past. After the install the ryzen 5 3600 doesnt go past 60c underload if it does its quick put back to 50c range within seconds. The fan is extremely quiet and feels very high quality. The build of the cooler is solid. However I did bend one of the fins by accident (my fault I think though as the fan clips were putting up a fight) nothing major though. Im glad noctua finally made an all black cooler it looks great in my build. They give you everything you need (thermal paste, etc) for the install. You will need the AM4 original backplate that came with your mobo however.

  • Alec

    > 3 day

    Really easy to install, super quiet. I bought this to replace my older stock fan that was included with my I7 4790k. For games like Witcher 3 and Warhammer total war two, I would see my CPU hit 90-100 C. Now while under constant stress for up to 8 hours the CPU is at around 45-60 C.

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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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