Noctua NH-U12S SE-AM4, Premium CPU Cooler for AMD AM4 (Brown)

I bought this to try to help my day old Ryzen 5 1600x build. I initially used my tried and true Hyper 212 Evo (with AM4 bracket ordered from CoolerMaster). For what its worth, the 212 made very weak contact with the CPU with the AM4 bracket. It also reached 88C in Prime 95 at stock 3.6ghz clocks. Fast forward, looked into something new (not interested in liquid cooling for this build), and this Noctua caught my attention. Install, as in other reviews, is really pretty damn easy. AM4 kit was included along with clear instructions. SOOOO much easier than messing with that stupid X thingee for the 212. It has as solid pressure on the CPU as you dare to make. Thermal paste is included, but I used the AS5 I just got. Anyway, long story short, now Im running overclocked at 4Ghz, and it only hit 64C on the same Prime 95 test. Its pretty much twice as expensive as any other CPU cooler Ive ever had, but worth it! Possible downside for some, the really ugly fan color, but even with a windowed case, mine is in a partially enclosed desk, so I dont see it anyway. Low temps are way more important to me than colors or RGB stuff. Oh yeah, and its the quiestest heatsink Ive ever had in my 20 years of CPU builds.

This is a beast of a heatsink and so easy to fit, Ryzen 1800x at 4ghz, no problem, running cool and quiet !

I am in total awe of how well the Noctua fan performs. I never thought that fans this quiet can move this much air, so I am delighted to be wrong. The heat sink itself does a great job absorbing heat from my overclocked Ryzen 5 2600 CPU, but the the fan is still the star of the show. I have it set to 100% and it is barely a whisper while keeping my CPU under 60° C while gaming.

Used for cooling a Ryzen 2600. Best air cooler Ive ever used - period. Idle temps: ~33C, load temps: ~40C, extreme load temps (all cpus at 100% for several minutes): ~56C. This is in a high air flow case with 3 120mm Noctua PWM case fans.

give it to me for free next time

This knocked my prime95 temperature from 72c to 46c. And its totally silent! Good stuff.

El procesador AMD 3700X venía con su propio sistema de refrigeración, pero el ruido no era aceptable para mi, con este consigo un funcionamiento silencioso dentro de un margen aceptable de temperatura.

Fa un lavoro egregio, riesce ad abbassare la temperatura del mio Ryzen 2600 X di circa 25% su ogni tipologia di carico. Lo ricomprerei a occhi chiusi

Facilissimo da montare, molto piu facile dellartic freezer che è complicatissimo.

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