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

I love this CPU cooler, dropped my temps to like 28degC while in the basement (room temp around 22degC) at idle. Works like a charm!

Had for a couple of years now. Never any problems and does the trick.

Could be cheaper

Well designed cooler. Box did not contain AM4 kit! Had to order that separately once I discovered this. Amazon refunded me the price of the upgrade kit. Cooler installs easily and is very quiet.

Works wonders. Using it with a 1700x. Installation was relatively painless, and it keeps my system both cool and quiet. A bit expensive for an air cooler, but this is one of the best. Quite small as well, so you probably wont run any issues with RAM clearance.

4 stars just because I dont know anyone who likes those colors and getting one in black costs an extra $10. Seriously thats so dumb. Just charge what youre going to charge for it and give people the option of what color they want. This $10 cheaper version with ugly colors just makes no sense. That said this is an awesome cooler and Im planning on using the same one on my next build (just going to buy the black one this time). It would be really nice if Noctua gave you the choice of cooler finish (chrome or black) and fan color. I actually like the look of what I did with my last build where Ive got the chrome finished cooler with a black fan. The problem is that you have to buy a second fan to do this, and if you care about aesthetics youre going to have a really nice noctua fan sitting there doing nothing for you because its poop brown.

Ruidoso, voluminoso y y poco atractivo. EFECTIVO Y DE FÁCIL MONTAJE. Cuando lo desenpaquete tuve miedo de que no entrase en la caja, pero entro justito, y el montaje resultó muy sencillo, incluyendo poner la pasta térmica que trae. Mi procesador HA REDUCIDO DE 93-94°C a un MÁXIMO DE 77°C en las situaciones más exigentes. Contento con la CALIDAD/PRECIO.

love it

This isn’t the most aesthetically pleasing cooler, but my god it works amazingly well. The fans are silent, as you’d expect from Noctua. Under a moderate load while streaming to Twitch, my Ryzen 5 2600 originally ran at about 75-80 degrees Celsius. This dropped my temperature to peaking at 48 Celsius. Granted, I did purchase another fan and attached it to the other size of the cooler.

Its installed, and I cant tell that there are any fans in my computer. Also my temperatures have immediately dropped by 10-12 degrees Celsius. On a Ryzen 1700 I am now at 27 degrees Celsius idle, full load is sub 46!!! On maximum load! A prime95 maximum heat test and none of my case fans are spooling because theres just no need. AMAZING. Stop reading this review and buy it. EDIT - ok so it got a bit hotter than 46. 51. Still amazingly low though. Combined with a low-TDP CPU, this cooler is astoundingly good.