Noctua NH-U12S chromax.Black, 120mm Single-Tower CPU Cooler (Black)
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President Mourinho
> 3 dayI dont understand computers.
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Donghoon Lee
> 3 dayThis item replaced the stock cooker, Wraith Prism. Has the same CPU temperature at half the speed and at an almost zero noise level. Great product!
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The Harders
> 3 dayUpgrade from stock stealth cooler brought my temps down from 80-90 to 60-70 at load. Now cpu can clock to its max 4200 mhz rock solid. Love it, should have done this ages ago.
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Jay13
> 3 dayVery recommended item
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G Ramirez
> 3 dayUnboxing was a pleasant experience. Noctua really put attention to detail in the way they pack things together and give you lots of extra bits in case that you need them. In my case I used the included AM4 backplate with my motherboard and installation was really easy. Took me 5 minutes in total, remove the old Wraith stock cooler, clean paste, reapply paste and screw in new cooler.
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Manoslanoub
Greater than one weekHallo an alle. Ich habe gedacht das für mein i7 11700k wäre besser ein Wasserkühlung also habe ich zuerst 2 verschiedenen Msi Coreliquid v2 ( R und C ) Version, der zweite sogar 130 euro, die beiden haben sehr unangenehme Geräuschen von die Pumpe leider und meine Temperatur war hocher als ich gedacht habe. Beides zurück, und dann nach so viele Bewertungen habe ich der noctua gekauft. Für mich in Vergleich mit die anderen ist total leise und die höchsten Temperaturen .ot unbetakten cpu nich meht als 52-55 Grade. Sehr zufrieden.
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Alec
> 3 dayUse a push pull system, make sure the push has the larger rubber offsets to give abit of space between the fan and the radiator. Super quiet, nice low temps on my 5900x.
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Keeop
> 3 dayOK, I have recently built 2 new machines, identical spec, with some slight differences in components. On machine 1, the Ryzen 3600 uses an Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Duo whereas on machine 2 I have fitted this Noctua. With no CPU tinkering of any kind, the Freezer cools its CPU by around 5 degrees more than this Noctua, and thats with the fan curve on the Freeezer dialled down somewhat to make it pretty much silent under load. So, when running something like Cinebench on them both, I would day the Noctua is slightly louder as well as not cooling as well - and this Noctua cost nearly double that of the Freezer.
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Max
> 3 dayFinally noctua got the point! Black fans matched with black hs= best looking AND performing heatsinks they have released. Noctua mounting system is as easy as it gets. Temps with oced 8086k are excellent. In a blacked out build it looks the part.
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Timothy Sheehan
> 3 dayVerify your clearance. This is a tall cooler. But it brought my thermals down 30degrees C.
The NH-U12S chromax.black is an all-black version of Noctua’s NH-U12S premium-quality quiet CPU cooler. Thanks to the same proven slim-tower heatsink design and NF-F12 PWM fan, it stays true to the NH-U12S’s successful formula of fusing excellent cooling performance with superb quietness of operation and outstanding RAM, case and PCIe compatibility. At the same time, the chromax.black version with its black fan and black coated heatsink combines these assets with a sleek stealth look. Topped off with the renowned SecuFirm2 multi-socket mounting system and Noctua’s enthusiast-grade NT-H1 thermal compound, the NH-U12S chromax.black is a premium choice for customers who seek a highly compatible 120mm heatsink that looks just as great as it cools.
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Classic 120mm tower size for excellent case and PCIe compatibilityStanding 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 most standard ATX or Micro-ATX motherboards, ensuring optimum compatibility with multi-GPU setups. |
100% RAM compatibilityThanks 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 fanRecommended by more than 150 hardware publications and thousands of enthusiasts worldwide, the Noctua’s premium-quality NF-F12 Focused Flow 120mm fan is renowned for combining superb static pressure, excellent heatsink performance and surprising quietness of operation. |
Colour-customisableUsing the optional NA-HC1 and NA-HC2 heatsink covers as well as the NA-SAVP1 anti-vibration pads (available in black, blue, green, red, yellow, white), the NH-U12S chromax.black can be fully customised to fit popular build colour schemes such as black and red or black and white. |
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): 755 g
Materials
Copper (base and heat-pipes), aluminium (cooling fins), soldered joints & nickel plating
Cooler Specifications
Scope of delivery
- Black NH-U12S heatsink
- NF-F12 PWM chromax.black premium Fan
- NA-RC6 Low-Noise Adaptor (L.N.A)
- NT-H1 high-grade thermal compound
- Black SecuFirm2 mounting kit
- Black anti-vibration pads and fan-clips for second NF-F12
- Noctua metal case-badge
Fan compatibility
120x120x25
chromax.black design
The NH-U12S chromax.black is black from head to toe: Featuring a black coated heatsink, a black fan with black anti-vibration-pads, black fan clips and black mounting parts, it’s right at home in all-black builds and easy to integrate with other colour schemes.
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| NH-U12S | NH-U12S TR4-SP3 | NH-U12S DX-4189 | NH-U12S redux | NH-U12S chromax.black | NH-U12A | |
| LGA2066, LGA2011-0 & LGA2011-3 | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LGA1700 | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LGA1200, LGA115x (LGA1150, LGA1151, LGA1155, LGA1156) | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LGA775 & LGA1366 | with NM-I3 | X | X | 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 |
| AM5 | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AM4 | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| sTRx4, sWRX8, TR4, SP3 | X | ✓ | X | X | X | X |