Noctua NH-U12S chromax.Black, 120mm Single-Tower CPU Cooler (Black)
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Josephhhh
> 3 daythey are really good, very quiet and keeps my cpu cool
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Ritchie Zuluaga
> 3 dayTemps are amazing, its dead silent, and SecuFirm is a hundred times easier to install than most other tower coolers.
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Christopher McCron
> 3 dayGood cooler. Is working well. It is probably as easy to install as any other cooler on the market, but its just a bit finicky like all computer components can be.
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Jonathan W Flores
> 3 dayIts a noctua thermals are gonna be great, thats a given. However the manual for some reason has either a mistake or lies to you if you are installing on an amd am4 motherboard. The manual says to use the grey stand-offs for AM4 motherboards however doing to I could not get the cooler to mount properly. When I switched to the white stand-offs it mounted with ease. Not sure if this will be the same for everyone but its something to note for AMD systems.
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Bruce
> 3 dayReally nice working fan. Minimal noise, optimal power.
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Dusty Roberts PhD
> 3 dayCoolers like this make AIOs obsolete for the majority of enthusiasts. My i7 6700k @ 4.7ghz rarely tops 70°C under load. This cooler is also very quiet, and AM4 compatible for any future CPU upgrades.
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Ms. Ivah Romaguera
> 3 dayBuilt my first PC last fall after watching every possible youtube video, reading every blog, and scouring websites for parts availability. After spending a significant amount of money on my setup, I figured I could get by with using the stock cooler on the Ryzen 5 5600x. After booting up Warzone, my CPU temps were in the 90s. While Ill admit Im somewhat new to this and likely dont have fan curves optimized, hearing my stock cooler crank to the max and see my temps so high was alarming to me.
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J Z
30-03-2025Its quieter than my Corsair H100i for sure, now I wont be bothered by the fan noise.
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Alex Sander
> 3 dayI bought this in a rush to replace my NZXT Kraken AIO that had suddenly kicked the bucket causing my CPU to thermal throttle while doing simple tasks - couldnt be happier! I configured it with the radiator fan from the defunct AIO in a push-pull setup and its actually keeping my CPU cooler than the AIO ever had. I get average idle temps around 32c on an overclocked i7 8700k , and under load I have yet to see my temps exceed 85c.
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Nick
> 3 dayEven though the box was damaged because Amazon thought it appropriate to pack it in a paper bag (thanks Amazon) I decided to go ahead and install this because it was only the accessories box that seemed dented. But, when it came to screw the heatsink on to the mounting bars the screws would NOT screw in. I read online that you might need a fair bit of force to overcome the springs but even this did not work. Rubbish.
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 |