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Easy Installation
Customers are pleased with the ease of installation of the Noctua NH-U12S chromax.Black CPU Cooler. They found the instructions simple to understand and all necessary components included in the box. The installation process was straightforward, requiring only a bit of patience.
High Quality Components
Customers are highly impressed with the high quality components and build of the Noctua NH-U12S chromax.Black CPU Cooler. They praise its documentation, packaging, accessories, and overall quality as exceeding expectations. Some customers have made it their go-to cooler for multiple builds due to its fantastic mid/middle high end performance and Noctua's reputation for quality.
Cooling Performance
Customers are highly satisfied with the cooling performance of this product, reporting significant temperature reductions compared to stock coolers and quiet operation. The Noctua NH-U12S chromax.Black is considered a top performer for air coolers in maintaining low temperatures while producing minimal noise.
Highlights
Quality
Nice feat of engineering, installed easy enough and works beautifully.
Extremely easy installation, great at cooling, surprisingly quiet and fit right into my case.
After installing this beast they were down 60 degrees.
Ran a stress test as soon as i finished installing it on an overclocked 6700k.
Price
Totally worth the money, especially if you don't want to go the water cooling way.
This cooler is $20 more for the black version, which just sucks.
The price seems fair for its performance.
99(cad) you get what you pay for.
Shipping
And the amazon delivery guy dropped my package a good 10 inches off the ground.
I am comfortable with that as i receive desired/reasonable temps .
Packaging/appearance
Noctua went above and beyond with packaging, accessories, instructions, and quality.
Everything you will need for install is in the box and instructions were very simple and easy to understand.
I wish it wasn't such a pain to unbox everything but that just means noctua did a very good job at packaging.
Competitiveness
Noctua also does seem to have the best system of mounting with their secufirm hardware, it is super easy especially when compar... Read More
Performance will rival lots of quality aios, and negate the risk of having water in your system, while also generally being qui... Read More
Got my 5600x temp dropping from 50 to 30 idle compared to the stock amd cooler.
In terms of comparison to sound and how loud it might be.
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
easy, quiet, great, stock and idle. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 5,150 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 19 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The definitive smaller air cooler
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My prebuilt pc came with a really poor cooler atop the ryzen 3700x
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
With same stress test and same room temperature this noctua cooler only hit 62 celcius
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Even under load the cpu never goes above 75c with this cooler and its extremely quiet
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I wish it wasnt such a pain to unbox everything but that just means noctua did a very good job at packaging
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Finally a cooler that is not sharp and does not cut you fingers when installing
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
And the amazon delivery guy dropped my package a good 10 inches off the ground
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Never used this brand but after getting 49 degrees after 3 hours of playing cyberpunk on full blast