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

Montato ieri su un Ryzen 5 3600, su scheda madre Msi X570-A pro.

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.

My recent purchase of a PC left much to be desired for a cooling solution. While it was adequate for stock. It wasnt going to cut it for any Overclocking. This cooler cut my temps by around 20 degrees C on my overclocking.

ensemble de très bonne facture. Système performant et peu bruyant. attention toutefois à lencombrement hors tout sur la carte mère où il sera implanté (quelques soucis de volume du dissipateur, mais vite gérés). Ne pas hésiter.

Noctua tiene fama de ser la mejor marca de ventiladores del mercado. Tanto es así, que se permiten una excéntrica tonalidad de marrón y beige porque saben que lo que importa no es la estética.

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.

And much quieter.

Ottimo prodotto, dissipazione eccellente su rayzen 5. Livello di rumore ventola impercetttibile su carico medio del processore.

Easy as hell to install, beautifully packaged, and the thermal paste isnt half bad. Dont get an AIO, get this instead.

Très bon ventirad !