Noctua NH-U12S chromax.Black, 120mm Single-Tower CPU Cooler (Black)
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Nathaniel Nolan
Greater than one weekFitted this cooler to my 3600 running at 4.2 GHz idles at a steady 34°C maxing out at 70°C when under full load with Cinebench with no thermal throttling. It is super quiet while keeping the CPU cool during gaming.
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Jay13
14-06-2025Very recommended item
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S. Celle
Greater than one weekThis has to be one of the highers quality fans I have seen. Good, simple instructions, every thing you need to install the cooler. I replaced an inadequate liquid cooler and the temps on my machine are 50 percent lower. Cooler equals speed! If you really think you need to be cooler, get an additional fan, but I use my machine pretty hard and I probably wont add the second fan
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Hailey K.
> 3 dayI have used Wraith Prizm, Pure Rock 2, Wraith Stealth....etc but among them, I have chosen this over any other cooler.
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Chad Sarvis
> 3 dayGreat product! Bought this as part of a refresh of one of my older PCs. Definitely don’t regret it! Easy install and it looks good in the all black build.
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Sydney Kennedy
> 3 dayWhats not to like does its job great and is whisper quiet with 1 120mm fan running.
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Cristian
Greater than one weekNoctua non delude mai, prestazioni al top e rumoristá, o meglio non rumorosità, visto che non si sente un sibilo. La versione LTT. Include dei gommini arancioni anti vibrazione oltre i gommini neri inclusi nella confezione normale. Nessun difetto da segnalare, facile da montare e ottime prestazioni.
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J.A. Madrid
Greater than one weekNoctua lives up to the hype. It is quiet, it is cool , it is well packaged.
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Renato
> 3 dayIt is advertised in the Amazon add that this cooler comes with the new mounting bracket and it is also specified in the noctua webpage. Sadly, mine came with the older mounting bracket and they told me they can’t guarantee that this will come with the new mounting bracket and that I had to contact Noctua and request the newer mounting from the website. I ended up buying it separately and I had to pay 6 extra pounds. Disappointing service for a product that is actually really good.
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Iqbal S.
> 3 dayI used to use the stock wraith prism for my Ryzen 7 3800x and this is so much quieter and much better at keeping the processor cooler
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 |
