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

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  • Giorgi Beriashvili

    > 3 day

    I didn’t think I’d write a negative review, let alone for an item of a well-known and reputed brand such as Noctua, but I was very frustrated when I was building a PC, trying to mount this cooler and discovering that the box didn’t come with the thermal paste. I think it should have also included noise adapter cable but I was too focused on thermal paste. Everyone mentioned that this would include thermal paste, I have seen it in the reviews, videos, on the store page and even on the box itself, but to my surprise, there wasn’t any, so if I didn’t have a stock AMD cooler, I basically would have to delay my PC build which I already had prepared for 2 months already. I am very disappointed, please beware of this before purchasing this item.

  • ppcs27

    > 3 day

    Installé dans un setup MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk avec un Ryzen 7 3700X, ce ventirad fait très bien le job en assurant une température stable tout en étant silencieux. Lemplacement des RAM est préservé, cest ce que je recherchais.

  • TiCarre

    > 3 day

    I am so happy i follower my instinct and trust the reviews. I got the se m4 single fan version. My processor, a ryzen 5 3600 came with the stealth cooler, and I was not happy with the results. I was in the 60-70 degree range pretty much all the time. As soon as I installed this new fan/heatsink, my temps dropped to the 30s and worst case in the high 40s

  • Juan Jose

    > 3 day

    Es un disipador grande pero que deja espacio para la ram y para poner la tarjeta grafica. El montaje muy sencillo siguiendo el manual de instrucciones. Decir que se puede poner en dos direcciones y depende de la direccion se usa un montaje u otro pero es muy sencillo. Ademas te viene con pasta termica que con la cantidad que te viene se pueden usar mas veces. En cuanto a temperaturas en cinebench con un ryzen 2600 a 21 de julio saco 2876 puntos y no sobre pasa los 65º, esto lo acompaño con la torre H500 cooler master.

  • Raf

    11-06-2025

    Brutto è brutto. Ma mi ha abbattuto le temperature del ryzen 3600 di 15 gradi circa. Consigliatissimo

  • Dennis Xu

    > 3 day

    I just finished installing this cooler on my Ryzen 5 5600x so please keep in mind this is a very early review.

  • Ricardo Archila

    > 3 day

    Perfect for my Ryzen 7 5800x3d

  • Gab

    > 3 day

    Ho dovuto rrestituire questo dissipatore poiché non entrava nel mio Case per questioni di millimetri. Non ho quindi installato il componente ma lho imballato e consegnato a SDA. Secondo il traking il dissipatore è stato consegnato il giorno 10/10. Nel frattempo ho acquistato un altro dissipatore Noctua di minori dimensioni che è arrivato ed è perfetto. Il problema è che oggi 13/10 controllando lo stato del mio reso lo stesso non risulta ancora consegnato quindi dovè ?

  • Filippo

    > 3 day

    noctua non delude affatto, può non piacere il colore tipico ma con 50 euro fa lo stesso lavoro di aio che costano il triplo

  • Buster

    > 3 day

    Certainly one of the best coolers on the market. Its keeping an R7 1700 (3.8GHz on 1.368v) idling at 30-35C and 60-70C under load (25C room temp). Bear in mind, I added a second fan from a previous build to the heatsink which improved performance substantially.

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Continuing the legacy of Noctua’s classic NH-U-series, the NH-U12S has become a benchmark for slim, highly compatible 120mm single tower coolers. The SE-AM4 version is a dedicated special edition for AMD’s AM4/AM5 (Ryzen) platform, featuring the latest SecuFirm2 mounting system for AM4/AM5. Topped off with the renowned quiet NF-F12 PWM 120mm fan, and Noctua’s proven NT-H1 thermal compound, the NH-U12S SE-AM4 forms a complete premium-quality solution that combines outstanding performance, superb acoustics and excellent compatibility for AM4/AM5 systems.

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Classic 120mm tower size for excellent overall 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 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 world-wide, the Noctua"s premium quality NF-F12 Focused Flow 120mm fan is renowned to combine superb static pressure, excellent heatsink performance and surprising quietness of operation.

NT-H1 thermal compound

Having received more than 100 awards and recommendations from hardware journalists around the world, Noctua"s NT-H1 is a proven professional grade TIM solution that provides minimum thermal resistance, excellent ease of use and outstanding reliability.

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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/s): 755 g
Materials

Copper (base and heat-pipes), aluminium (cooling fins), soldered joints & nickel plating

Cooler Specifications

Socket compatibility

Please note that as a dedicated special edition for AM4/AM5, the NH-U12S SE-AM4 comes with AM4/AM5 mounting hardware only.

Scope of delivery

  • NF-F12 PWM premium fan
  • NA-RC6 Low-Noise Adaptor (L.N.A)
  • NT-H1 high-grade thermal compound
  • SecuFirm2 AM4/AM5 mounting kit
  • Anti-vibration pads and fan-clips for second NF-F12
  • Noctua metal case-badge
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Dedicated special edition for AM4/AM5 (Ryzen)

The NH-U12S SE-AM4 brings the NH-U12S’ signature quiet cooling performance to AMD’s AM4/AM5 platform. With its excellent balance of efficiency, quietness and compatibility, the NH-U12S SE-AM4 is a perfect fit for premium-class AM4/AM5 builds.

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LGA2066, LGA2011-0 & LGA2011-3 X with NM-i20xx
LGA1700 X with NM-i17xx-MP78
LGA1200, LGA115x (LGA1150, LGA1151, LGA1155, LGA1156) X with NM-i115x-1200
LGA775 & LGA1366 with NM-I3 X with NM-I3 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 X
AM5 X
AM4 X
sTRx4, sWRX8, TR4, SP3 X X X X X

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