Noctua NA-HC1 chromax.Black.swap, Heatsink Cover for NH-U12S, NH-U12S TR4-SP3, NH-U12S DX-3647 & NH-U12S SE-AM4 (Black)

I purchased a Noctua NH-U12S chromax.Black cooler and didnt want to go with a complete blackout scheme on the CPU. So purchasing this in white suited my black and white scheme. Its easy to install and its held on by magnets. It is solid when the magnets touch. Make sure the top and the sides do not wobble. If there is wobbling, move it around side to side very lightly. Sooner or later you will feel it shift and lock into place. Even though the white almost matches my white case, Im going to paint it a white color (its nice to know its safe to paint) that matches the case and do some steampunk designs on it. That way it fits my theme.

To be honest, its really not worth the money considering how simple and basic the cover is although it does look great if you plan on doing a white build and dont want to see the top of your tower cooler.

Love the way this looks over the aluminum heatsink in my PC rig. A little pricey for what it does, but looking through the glass panel and seeing the cover plate makes me feel good about my first build. Happy with the purchase.

Dont get me wrong, I love Noctua ... but along with many of you, im not so keen on the vision in beige that is their stock color scheme. Thank goodness for the Chromax line. Added this and a Fractal AL120 (PWM) RGB fan to replace the stock fan and couldnt be happier

Installed on my Chromax Black NH-U12S cooler, but the white really compliments the all black fan. Looks great in my white-themed build. Super easy to install. It does add a few millimeters to the coolers height, though, so double check theres enough clearance to your case side cover.

Looks good but overpriced in my opinion and should probably just come as a standard accessory with the coolers.

Nice shiny glossy white finish. Matches the white build of my computer. Wish they had covers for the fans that comes with their heatsinks too.

Installed this on a NH-U12S inside a core v21 case, installation was simple & adds the look i was going for, keep in mind it does at about 3mm to total height.

Add just a nice little touch, but costs a lot for what it is

As per the usual Noctua standards, the Noctua Heatsink cover was well packaged, well engineered, and had great instructions for installation. I have to say that it simply looks great on the Heatsink, and it gives the heatsink a much more finished kind of look. It is very easy to install. The sides of the shroud that cover the sides of the heatsink fit fine and still fit flush despite the fan clips being underneath. You will have to remove the shroud to remove the fan, and the fan clips. If you feel creative enough, there is enough room at the top of the shroud to install an LED or RGB LED light strip underneath the shroud, and to replace the colored inserts with a hand cut white translucent plastic insert, (think plastic coffee can lid), and run the wire to the Motherboard, and synch it up with a Motherboard RGB LED. Now you have a genuine Noctua RGB LED heatsink cover.